FlamingLibrul's Comments (364)

“How ridiculous. I don't hear any teabaggers talking about policies. That would involve educating themselves to actual issues. Their name-calling signals a movement that lacks enough critical thinking to provide concrete arguments.

It is intellectual laziness and just plain ignorance that fuels the na zi comparisons- not to mention immature, mean-spirited spite, because the black guy was elected. Talking about death panels and killing grandma for example, is not discussing policies- it's stupidity fueled by old-fashioned bigotry and buying into rightwing prop@ganda- fear, fear, and more fear- that's the only message involved.”

“The teabaggers have no message. Trying to ascribe one to them is futile. If they were so concerned about liberty and the Constitution, they would have been protesting the Bush misadministration- you know, the guy who said the Constitution was just a gdammed piece of paper, and set out to prove it. The only true message is "I want to keep my money, and I detest dark-skinned people who are taking over my country." THAT'S the message.”

“You must be mistaken- this isn't Redstate.”

“The trogdylites are upset with National Science Day? And they accuse liberals of ha ting America. The ignorance is just stunning- even when I think I've heard it all. Europe and Asia are going to surpass America in science, engineering, teaching, medicine- everywhere, because of the neanderthal rightwingers. The European Union's GDP is already that of ours, and inching upwards. They aren't busy fighting biblical wars you see. Their universities and engineering programs are filled- not their mega-churches.”

“An organization that spreads the message of "The black guy isn't one of us- he's not even American," and rails against brown-skinned people (they don't seem to care about non-Hispanic immigrants so much), is upset that the neo's showed up? The sane people of America couldn't tell the difference to begin with. We've all seen the confederate flags and n a zi signs. You reap what you sow seems appropriate here.”

“Like Chris Matthews said, Red-baiting went out of style about 50 years ago. As soon as I see "Commie, Stalinist.­..facist..­." I stop reading, and relegate you to dining room table status. All this name-calling is proof positive that the rightwing side of the aisle is bereft of the intellectual capacity to actually debate issues in a meaningful way.”

“You make a great point Kassandra. This version of change is rather disheartening. It goes to show insurance companies and banks now own both the legislative and executive branches. The "We The People" stuff is a thing of the past- if it ever really existed at all.”

“The side that says Health Care Reform is unconstitutional wants to decide who can and can't get married. The really tragic aspect here is that no lessons have been learned from history. People need to remember that when one group is targeted, no one among us is safe.

There are fundamentalist politicians on the state and national levels who have tried to pass legislation denying certain welfare benefits to unwed mothers. This is the snowball effect. Successful morality-based legislation leads to attacks on other freedoms. How hard is this to understand? All Americans should be frightened of these 'morality police' people.”

“Do you really believe gays and lesbians haven't suffered, along with everyone else in this economy and with the state of health care? Talk about selfish and short-sighted. Americans are capable of dealing with multiple issues- really, they are.”

“I am a gay liberal blogger who has lobbied my representatives for the single-payer option, and then the public option when SP failed to even make it to the table. I have volunteered my time to pro-choice organizations, even though this is obviously an issue that I will likely never confront. I have been laid-off twice in this economy, and yet I still can care about more than one issue at a time. The only myopic single issue problem is from folks who believe we can only deal with one thing at a time, and that GLBT folks are living in some sort of self-obsessed bubble- apart from the rest of humanity.”

“Your qualifier is meaningless- we see the same statement in various forms, coming from supposed progressiv­es/liberal­s, and you'll just have to forgive people if they start to get frustrated.

Just as you don't feel you need a lecture on the process of Democracy, you have no idea what efforts I or anyone else has made in lobbying our congressional representatives. I have plenty of form letters with plastic phrases from my state and national legislators.”

“Please tell me where I said any issue is not as important as gay rights. There is no convenient time for any minority group to demand full equality in the eyes of those who opppose them. If any group of people are being discriminated against, no one is safe. Go read a history book or two.

I have written my legislators again and again, and only twice did I mention gay rights. I've written about the importance of a public option for meaningful healthcare reform the majority of times- and my intense disappointment at the single-payer option not even making it to the debate.

It is ALL related. Civil rights, a better economy, health care reform, stopping the loss of valuable military personnel. Anyone who doesn't understand this is being wilfully ignorant.”

“Thanks Hume, good to see you're back. I couldn't agree with you more. Separation of Church and State has been stretched so thin by the regressive party, it could snap at any time. Before you know it, no more science or freedom of choice, and homosexuality would be made illegal... and those are just a few of the possible nightmare scenarios when religion mixes with government.”

“Wow, way to make EQUAL RIGHTS sound like a dirty word. Do you even realize what you just said? You're spitting on people's quest for equality because it offends your belief system. So, what other viewpoints have YOU considered, besides marriage being between a man and woman? None I gather. Epic fail in logic and critical thinking.”

“Why do people keep equating the process of Democracy- part of which is, as a citizen, holding your government representatives accountable, with suddenly being against the president? Quit projecting your own prejudices in sweeping generalizations about an entire group of people.”

“Fanned, klandish. With support like this, it's hard to tell the difference between liberals and rightwingers most days.”

“I actually know a lesbian couple who just looove Sarah Palin. They think she's strong and gutsy and just love her style. I stood listening to them gush, with my mouth hanging open. I finally interjected with something along the lines of "You know she's against us having any rights at all, and might even go along with making homosexuality illegal- right?" They couldn't disagree, but that did nothing to remove the stars from their eyes. Absolutely amazing.”

“The president can't repeal DADT, but he can stop it from being enforced with an executive order, until the issue is dealt with in congress.”

“Please name ANY group where all members are totally satisfied with where they are in their advocacy efforts. Why are gays singled out for special condemnation when they demand equality? We know the answer- I just wanted to point out the hypocrisy.”

“Yeah, thanks for being so unconcerned with other people's civil rights. It's easy to have that opinion when you have all your civil liberties. In any state in the South, you can still be fired for being gay, and there's not an ounce of legal protection or recourse available to you.”

“I've written my congressional representatives, and I get back form letters with my name and address at the top. I guess that's supposed to make me feel good. I'm going to keep emailing and calling anyway- but don't call us whiners and demean people who don't yet have equal protection under the law, and who as yet, don't enjoy the same degree of civil liberties overall. If it makes people feel good to gather in a large group and march, that's what America is about.

As much as I dislike teabaggers and big0ts with bad grammar parading their homemade signs for corporate Amerika, it's their constituti­onally-giv­en right to make fools of themselves.

Barney Frank isn't doing any favors by putting down people who are exercising their democratic prerogatives. I won't be going because I don't feel the need to protest the President. I support him, even if I am at times disappointed. Democracy ain't always pretty, but for the most part, it works.”

“Excellent point JJ. Look at the ruckus and flying feathers that just happened in congress with the passage of additional hate crime protections for, among others, GLBT folks.”

“Josie, when the military was desegregated, there was violence and upheaval. When gays are finally allowed to maintain their dignity and integrity, there will be problems, but people are willing to take the risk of being targeted- in order to stop living in fear- fear of losing their career, fear of being targeted anyway.

There is a huge problem of sex ua l @ssault and that kind of violence against female servicemembers. Until the military deals with this issue, as stridently as they have condemned gays, they have no moral ground to stand on. As for unit cohesion and effectiveness, you will not meet a single person serving or who has served, who hasn't encountered gays in the military. Why keep pretending?

Also, Israel allows gays to serve openly, and they have one of the strongest military structures in the world.”

“If you read the statements of outrage regarding President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize- from the Tal iban and the GOP- they are pretty much interchangeable. What does that tell you? Everything you need to know about the regressive party of anti-patriots.”

“Is it perhaps at all possible that Democratic men are simply more enlightened then their rightwing counterparts? Why do women have to be involved in checking anyone? Your statement is just as sexist as what the regressives have to say.”