I'm just saying that I don't see this truly changing any real bigot's beliefs or prejudices.
As I said, it's not an end, it's a place to start. But fuckos like that definitely don't stop being racist when they get to maintain their world just the way they like it -- sometimes when they're in a situation where they have to deal, they do change. And much more often, their kids do. I'm not pretending that everything in our society is all better, but I do think that day-to-day, practical exposure -- the red wire or the blue wire -- makes people who aren't likely to change their minds do so, at least sometimes.
And while I'd really rather the fuckos woke up nicer tomorrow, I'd still prefer a world where they think evil things inside and don't get to act on them than one where they're free to do evil openly.
Damn. Bloglines has been fucked all day, so I just discovered that today is the 2nd Annual (Unofficial) International Cephalopod Appreciation and Awareness Day, 10/8/2008
I'd have squid for dinner in celebration, but I had squid for dinner yesterday....
On the mental state thing:
McCain just replaced "My fellow citizens" in a speech with "My Fellow Prisoners".
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Now I'm filled with a craving to be aware and appreciative of a nice platter of cephalopod, lightly fried with aioli dipping sauce. I can't
tell
you how much I'd appreciate that cephalopod.
Ooh, I would appreciate such a cephalopod as well!
What I do not appreciate is being at work today, apparently.
My license plate frame is for Miskatonic University, Home of the Fighting Cephalopods.
Go 'Pods!
I am Jesse.
I do appreciate the free Chai a co-worker just gave me.
2 more invoices and I am done with one big task for the day. Not so excited about jumping into another big task at 3:30 though.
Anyone know what I should get my Dad for Christmas?
I'm getting my dad a bottle of his favorite after-dinner apertif, B&B. Another thing I've gotten for him in the past is a gift certificate to his favorite woodworker's shop, so he could buy wood for his various projects.
Does your dad have a favorite hobby or drink?
McCain just replaced "My fellow citizens" in a speech with "My Fellow Prisoners".
Uh oh. I get one phone call, right?
(I actually had the same thought about whether "that one" was code for "Mister, um, whatzisname over there, you know who I mean. Him.")
(I actually had the same thought about whether "that one" was code for "Mister, um, whatzisname over there, you know who I mean. Him.")
My friend and I call each other "That one" when we are fake exasperated with each other.
