Oh dear, didn't mean to start a coffee panic here on the board. Sorry, my bad.
Can anyone explain this to me?
I think msbelle is pretty on target WRT the not recognizing what persecution means. It's probably all the little accommodations made for people who aren't Christian in this country, like singing "Dredel dredel dredel" in the school Christmasholiday pageant.
What's fascinating to me about that Last Father's Day ad is that it clearly articulates a fear that if marriage changes men would become useless and unnecessary. I mean seriously, what do they think? That given their druthers all women would rather marry another woman?
It (the persecution thing) seems to be the same old thing, that when you're used to being in a privileged position, anything that takes away a part of that privilege, or even shares it, is seen as an injury. bah! silly people!
Oh, Todd. Next you're going to be saying that rich white men have it hard.
the "Robplane" is a thing of beauty, Daisy Jane. i love that you guys drew a face on it and left him notes. hilarious!!
well that and the timing with Father's Day. Wife is coming off the license too, and mother/father SHOULD come off birth certificates. parent parent parent.
hi there soapbox, how I've missed you.
amych, of course rich white men have it hard! why, they're a minority! and they pay more in taxes than, than, some people make in a year! why, they're talking about making it illegal to buy your own Member of Congress!
They want to give me a laptop at work. DO NOT WANT.
Especially since it'll most likely be a mac, making my current, ancient laptop at home seem all the more dated.
and mother/father SHOULD come off birth certificates. parent parent parent.
Your point is valid. I hadn't thought of it that way, that the fear was equality. Didn't Kat make a similar point a few days ago?
And the meeting I just came out of? That's why my friends should not be jealous of my job.
yep she did. The fear has been presented as the sanctity of marriage, but that seems to be (at least for some) a thinly veiled fear of men's position as boss being challenged.
bah - I would be worse than less of a person in these people's minds they do not deserve the energy of my rage. I can focus that energy into raising a beautiful compassionate boy who loves people not types.
