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Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

I saw this letter in the Lincoln Journal Star. The whole thing is terrible as hell, but what the gently caress does the bolded part even mean?

quote:

I was in attendance at the FreedMen Conquest 2012 event at Pershing Center on March 24. I was fortunate to have a backstage pass because of being part of the worship team band. I applaud Ron Brown for his beliefs and his courage to expound upon them in such a public forum despite UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman's not-so-subtle clubbing of Mr. Brown in the local press.

I also applaud the Journal Star for actually covering this event ("Biblical truth is at stake," March 25), although the reporter missed a significant point made by Mr. Brown. "My name is Ron Brown. I do not speak for the University of Nebraska. My address is not 1 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln Nebraska," Mr. Brown stated in his opening comments. That message was received loud and clear by the assembled masses to whom Mr. Brown was speaking. I'm hoping that message is simple enough for Chancellor Perlman to understand.

As for Cyd Zeigler, the "gay sportswriter" (LJS words, not mine) who thinks UNL should fire Ron Brown for "what he has done with his religion": Has he not consulted the Bill of Rights? Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are two of the mainstays of our foundation as a country. He subscribes to the gay view of the Christian's intolerance of the gay lifestyle, but he is just as intolerant of our lifestyle if not more so. And he should stop confusing religion with Christianity. Religion is manmade. Christianity comes from God.

EDIT: the whole letter is even dumber, because the controversy is not about the event at Pershing, but about Brown's advocating against Omaha's anti-discrimination resolution and using his position at Nebraska in his advocacy.

Ghost of Reagan Past fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Apr 3, 2012

# ¿ Apr 3, 2012 03:37

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 13:49

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closeted republican posted:

In conservative evangelical (not sure about more moderate conservatism) circles there's a strong belief that their religion is super special because God came to Earth via Jesus which somehow shows that Christianity is the One True Religion because of what he did, while with other religions, God simply revealed himself via prophets and the like. This is almost always used to subtly insult other religions like Islam, Judaism, and others. It's a pretty childish and passive-aggressive view that rooted in looking better than everyone else, which makes it par for the course for conservative evangelicalism.

Okay, that makes sense. And by 'sense' I mean it explains the behavior.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2012 15:37

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

Bruce Leroy posted:

How does stuff like this get published in a print publication?

I understand how this stuff exists on the internet (e.g. comments on youtube, yahoo news articles, etc.), but what the gently caress is the editorial staff doing if such stupid, ignorant, homophobic bullshit gets published?

What's next, letters from white supremacist and/or neo-nazi groups?

Also, I love the lovely titles newspaper give to the "letters to the editor." Just look at this letter, it's titled "Resident provides suggestion for LGBT youth." Yeah, that "suggestion" is "keep out of our town and college you fags and fag lovers."

If I were an editor I would publish the stupidest, most ignorant bullshit I could, because it would highlight how insane the positions in question really are.

Also because I like trolling.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2012 16:41

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

joepinetree posted:

As predicted, the firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley has become the latest topic in conservative victimization. Even Andrew Sullivan is on it. That she mocked 3 students without reading her work and then defended herself by saying it is not her job to read the work on an academic blog is nowhere mentioned.

Of course not. But that's not what's important. It's the fact that she was fired for criticizing black studies* that is important!

* by "criticize black studies" I mean "poo poo on dissertation titles"

It frankly makes me want to title my dissertation something that could raise hackles. "The Impossibility of Conservatism" has potential, if I could make it make sense in the context of the metaphysics of modality...

# ¿ May 9, 2012 21:25

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constantIllusion posted:

What I want to know is how someone who made only $8500 in one year, has a tax liability of $1200 when:

-One's taxable income is almost always less than their real income thanks to deductibles and credits,

-At such a low income, he would've definitely qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit, which would have given him a refund,

and

-Up until last year the IRS would have prepared his tax return for free. This year he would have been sent to a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance center operated by a local non-profit.

Either I'm missing something or this guy is full of bullshit.

Newsflash: conservatives don't understand how taxes work.

# ¿ May 15, 2012 05:05

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

88? Why aren't you working, you goddamn parasite?

# ¿ Sep 26, 2012 18:50

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Boxman posted:

I really like the phrase "Obamic Socialism."

I really wonder if editors just publish letters because they're insane, sometimes.

This leads me to believe so.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2012 17:27

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Kro-Bar posted:

Local man wants to return the vote to landowners. God, I hate this state.

Voting is a privilege, not a right, apparently. Didn't know that.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2012 01:13

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BoBtheImpaler posted:

This seems pretty vile and low effort even for Fox News.

Also, apparently Fox News has a little script that inserts the story URL into anything you copy and paste from their site. That's sort of nice I guess.

You missed the best parts.

quote:

That�s because they�ve been raised to think of men as the enemy. Armed with this new attitude, women pushed men off their pedestal (women had their own pedestal, but feminists convinced them otherwise) and climbed up to take what they were taught to believe was rightfully theirs.

quote:

Fortunately, there is good news: women have the power to turn everything around. All they have to do is surrender to their nature � their femininity � and let men surrender to theirs.

Actually, Fox News, as a man, I'd rather women be independent and not submissive and subordinate to men, and to not be thought of as the complement of men, thanks.

Walter posted:

In the space of two paragraphs, she goes from "a subculture of men who don't want to get married because 'women aren't women anymore'" to "the destruction of the relationship between the sexes."

Jesus, what crap.

Look, those men are the ones who embrace their masculine nature.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2012 00:37

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Randarkman posted:

"Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the State forever separate." - Ulysses S. Grant

that's their guy, but I imagine they would have hated the Republican party back in the 1870's. Trying to give black people voting rights and using taxpayer money to crack down on lynching mobs, how dare they!

There's also the whole founding father and constitution thing with separation of church and state thing, that they probably missed.

"Historian" David Barton. Please get his credentials correct :eng101:

# ¿ Nov 30, 2012 16:19

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

I'm curious, since many people buy into the "unions don't let companies fire anyone, so employees can just slack off!" schlock: what are the productivity numbers like? Are right-to-work states more productive by that measure than states that allow closed shops?

I know numbers won't change anyone's minds because anecdotes but I'd be interested.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 17:13

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

Peven Stan posted:

Unions don't prevent people from being fired. From a policy standpoint, all we do is make sure that due process is followed by management in firing. If your manager is too much of a spineless/apathetic idiot to fire someone it is hardly the union's fault. Many times we would be called into meetings after the worker was fired without due process to negotiate a settlement for breaking a private, freely negotiated contract of labor.

Oh I know, but people still buy into the lies after you tell them that, because they all know (they don't) some union shop where people slack off all the time.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 17:43

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

Josef bugman posted:

Will do, in general I know that there is something wrong with the article itself, but maybe its more the audience that it is intended for as opposed to the content. Here we go "Some Gumf about harsh truths"

It's just a bunch of garbage. It's basically "your life sucks because you assume people aren't terrible, so become terrible yourself!" It's stupid nerd poo poo that if you've been a nerd on the Internet you've seen a thousand times before. His style is terrible, too, and he sounds like a jackass. Apparently he's in his late 30s, which surprised me; the advice sounds like something someone would think is good when they're 20.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2013 16:19

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

My father is friends with that guy :cry:

No, I've never met him, but holy loving poo poo.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2013 03:40

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Toffile posted:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/billflax/2013/02/13/remember-your-oath-to-protect-the-constitution-mr-president/

I think you deserve a small taste.

Oh holy gently caress this editorial is amazing. In fact, this guy is a goldmine of editorials.

He criticizes Obama for corporatism. In Forbes. Presumably it's okay when a Republican says it.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2013 03:57

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

"Hmm, I haven't picked up the student newspaper recently, I wonder what's going on with it now..."

Bad move, Ghost. Bad move.

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/opinion/article_1b6e3d68-7c8e-11e2-a370-001a4bcf6878.html

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Feminism has met its goals and women are now equal with men as they should be. We are truly beginning to see feminism change our economy, college campuses and relationships. However, an overreaching has begun to happen through feminism whether or not they realize it.

Feminism has achieved what it was set out to do, and now that women are considered equal, �feminists� want more. The movement is ruining modern relationships, and it�s bringing about the downfall of men. This can easily be seen by the numbers on a college campus and in the modern economy.

The fact of the matter is: the rules of survival have changed. No longer do people need to be risk takers, strong and resilient to survive in the world. So, in an economy that relies on communication and thinking over physical strength, women are excelling, according to the Institutions and Development Database.

This is because the job market is better suited for women, and the idea that men are more competitive than women has all but disappeared. Business-women have started to eclipse men in many companies for pay and position.

For the first time in 2010, women made up a majority of the workforce, and in 2011 women held 51.4 percent of all jobs in management or professional positions, while holding 46.6 percent of all jobs in the labor force. The argument that women simply can�t make it in today�s economy is a fallacy as the statistics show; it�s the women who are on top now and increasing their numbers as Fortune 500 CEOs in the past years.

College and relationships, however, have a greater impact on the immediate student body. According to Hanna Rosin and her article �The End of Men,� women earn 60 percent of all masters� degrees, 42 percent of all MBAs and 60 percent of all bachelor�s degrees. Women have become equal in both the realms of education and economics, but feminists fail to acknowledge both of these statistics. So, they continue to push against the �evil man� until they can push no further.

However, men also may not be adapting to an ever changing environment that we are now a part of. Markets that require typical male attributes were the greatest areas affected by the decrease of blue collar jobs during the recession. This has hurt men and the male egos. Still guys, we need to adapt, pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and claim our place on the pedestal next to women as equals.

The advancement of feminism past the point we�re at now poses dire consequences for women. Men have begun to adopt a habit where they are no longer being held to a higher standard, so they can slum it in college receiving C�s, while women would kill for an A. Don�t get me wrong; the blame shouldn�t be placed on women, as it isn�t their fault that men chose to only half-rear end it in school. The grade difference may come from women wanting to prove themselves in a �men�s� world, whereas men may become complacent.

The gender gap favoring females has gotten so bad that many colleges are trying to bring more men in than women to keep enrollment equal. The rolls have flipped. Men are now the minority in certain schools, and affirmative action may be swinging the other way.

Men have fallen behind by their own doing as well as overreaching feminism. Yet, women are the ones who are hurt the most when it comes to relationships. Feminism has disturbed the modern relationship and thrown equal relationships off balance. An equal relationship should be when two people work together to achieve a common outcome based on mutual desires. However, relationships today are based on who can get the last word in, who can outdo the other, essentially who comes out on top. Suzanne Venker the author of �The War on Men,� stated, �Feminism didn�t result in equality between the sexes � it resulted in mass confusion. Today, men and women have no idea who�s supposed to do what.�

This statement is best reflected in modern-day relationships, specifically between those of us who are in college, or leaving it for the real world. Instead of the ideal marriage feminists told you marriage would become, it has become nothing more than a last resort for many women who want to have kids but find themselves running out of time on their biological clock.

The fact is women have become so independent and focused on their work many have forgotten how to have a relationship based on mutual understanding and cooperation. Instead, it has become a competition, and feminism has turned relationships into a competition of equality as well.

According Suzanne Venker, men have it so easy when it comes to relationships. No longer are men required to buckle down and court a woman to receive some satisfaction for their �needs.� Women, like men, are willing to have quick, easy relationships with little strings attached, or one night stands to satisfy them. In regards to equality, there is nothing wrong with this. However, this plays into the stereotypical male mentality � one which I disagree with and don�t think feminists should strive for. It is a mentality of promiscuity and conquests verses nurturing a relationship and respecting a woman for who she is.

The idea of equality can take on two forms. It can either be interchangeable, as when one perfect replica takes the place of the former. Or it can take the shape of equality of value, as in a relationship. In our case, valuing the other sex as equals because they can provide traits you can�t, and vice versa. This doesn�t mean that women need to do gender-specific activities or men need to do their gender-specific set as well in their lives or a relationship. All it means, is men and women in a relationship need to value one another equally and agree to their responsibilities to the relationship, together in mutual partnership.

In the end, women and men should be equal. Yet, being equal doesn�t mean pushing men off the platform. It means working together to create better relationships, a more lucrative economy for all, and encouraging stronger moral principles in our youth�s lives.

The notion that women should be protected, and have the door held open for them will always be something this writer places value on, which is not anti-feminist. It is in fact the opposite. A man who places value on a woman in a way such as this is anything but a pig, for we are not equal because we are interchangeable. We are equal because we value each other�s joys, sorrows and talents in a manner completely original to us, yet completely definitive of what a man and woman look for in each other.

There isn't a drat sentence in this thing that doesn't raise my blood pressure.

Ghost of Reagan Past fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Feb 23, 2013

# ¿ Feb 23, 2013 23:41

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seiferguy posted:

The county I grew up is having their annual fair, and got a relatively well known AD/DC cover band, Hell's Belles (all women group) to perform at the fair. Now AC/DC doesn't have too controversial music, but it didn't stop the crazies from coming out:

http://www.centralkitsapreporter.com/opinion/220733881.html

I want to circulate a petition to replace Hell's Belles with some good old-fashioned family-friendly Mayhem :black101:

# ¿ Aug 24, 2013 06:57

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

ArchRanger posted:

Spotted this in the wild today. Ten Reasons I Am No Longer A Leftist

Quite a bit of projection and STDH in there.

There's so much great stuff there it's hard to pick out the best parts.

quote:

How far left was I? So far left my beloved uncle was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party in a Communist country. When I returned to his Slovak village to buy him a mass card, the priest refused to sell me one. So far left that a self-identified terrorist proposed marriage to me. So far left I was a two-time Peace Corps volunteer and I have a degree from UC Berkeley. So far left that my Teamster mother used to tell anyone who would listen that she voted for Gus Hall, Communist Party chairman, for president. I wore a button saying "Eat the Rich." To me it wasn't a metaphor.

In this we learn that leftism is carried in the blood, terrorists propose to leftists, everyone who does Peace Corps is a loving commie mutant traitor, every single person who goes to Berkeley is a leftist, leftism is carried in the blood, and a button labeled "Eat the Rich" makes you a leftist!

quote:

I was a graduate student. Female genital mutilation came up in class. I stated, without ornamentation, that it is wrong.

A fellow graduate student, one who was fully funded and is now a comfortably tenured professor, sneered at me. "You are so intolerant. Clitoredectomy is just another culture's rite of passage. You Catholics have confirmation."

Apparently all academics and leftists are relativists!
Apparently Democrats are leftists! (never mind that anyone who self-identified with far-left politics would never, ever call Democrats leftists)

I could go on. But I won't.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2014 01:43

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Shalebridge Cradle posted:

Jesus, gamergate is the stupidest thing ever.

I can barely understand anything about it. It's so dumb.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2014 04:45

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 13:49

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7c Nickel posted:

Dude writes thousands of tear salted words about his ex girlfriend and posts them everywhere he can on the internet (registered here on SA to post it and ate a ban). Included are allegations that she, as an indie developer, slept with the press to get coverage. The journalist in question actually wrote like 1 sentence about her before they started dating and never reviewed any of her stuff. Whiny babies see this as the right time to launch a crusade against women and minorities getting uppity about expanding "traditional" gaming to maybe include them once in a while, and maybe thinking critically about the content of their vidya.

No I know all that but it makes so little sense that I can't actually understand how anyone gets upset about any of that poo poo. I can't understand any of the complaints, why they'd harass developers, etc.

Then again I liked Gone Home but thought they needed to put the Heavens to Betsy song "Terrorist" in there rather than "Calculated" so I'm probably the last person that'll be able to make sense of Gamergate :v:

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EDIT: "Terrorist" is the best song written about street harassment. If your office doesn't want you to listen to songs about killing people and gouging out their eyes you may not want to listen at work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CyF4w_cxi4

Ghost of Reagan Past fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Nov 9, 2014

# ¿ Nov 9, 2014 05:11

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