A number of years ago I posted a link to an article about pro-life women who nonetheless have abortions. Their thinking was along the lines of "Abortion should be banned because naughty sluts have slutty sex and because they're naughty they shouldn't be allowed to have abortions, but I'm not a slut because I have sex responsibly and maybe I was even using birth control so my abortion is OK."
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 07, 2012 8:46:10 am PST #25603 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Allyson - Mar 07, 2012 8:46:55 am PST #25604 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
A guy in the next section (who I normally like perfectly fine) just went on a rant about how Rush's 1st Amendment Rights are under attack.
"I wasn't aware that he had been arrested."
DavidS - Mar 07, 2012 8:49:24 am PST #25605 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
GOP primaries in recent years have basically become a game show of Who Wants To Be the Wingnuttiest?
That's what I'm thinking. They basically try to outflank each other on the right, until one of them is standing over a cliff like Wile E. Coyote holding up a sign that says, "Yipe!"
Tom Scola - Mar 07, 2012 8:49:33 am PST #25606 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I remember watching the Prohibition miniseries on PBS, and how the people voting for it assumed that they were cutting off booze for the ethnic people. They didn't realize that the white Protestants having a glass of wine with dinner would be affected, too.
Jessica - Mar 07, 2012 8:49:44 am PST #25607 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
To be fair, Allyson, the President did say earlier that hurling insults at people who are actively participating in the democratic process has "no place in the public discourse." So, you know, CLEARLY Rush Limbaugh is being silenced by The Man.
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2012 8:50:36 am PST #25608 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
how Rush's 1st Amendment Rights are under attack.
Gah. It drives me batshit when people don't understand the 1st Amendment.
tommyrot - Mar 07, 2012 8:51:40 am PST #25609 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I remember watching the Prohibition miniseries on PBS, and how the people voting for it assumed that they were cutting off booze for the ethnic people.
Huh. I did not know that.
Sorta' like how pot was criminalized to hurt non-whites and Mexicans.
Jesse - Mar 07, 2012 8:51:41 am PST #25610 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I remember watching the Prohibition miniseries on PBS, and how the people voting for it assumed that they were cutting off booze for the ethnic people. They didn't realize that the white Protestants having a glass of wine with dinner would be affected, too.
Of course, as it turned out, they weren't all THAT affected. Especially if they were willing to buy their "medicine" from the Catholics, who got it for sacramental purposes. IIRC.
tommyrot - Mar 07, 2012 8:52:36 am PST #25611 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gah. It drives me batshit when people don't understand the 1st Amendment.
Yeah.
Palin is the worst at this. Didn't she complain about her 1st Amendment rights when a reporter criticized her?
EpicTangent - Mar 07, 2012 8:53:41 am PST #25612 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
"I wasn't aware that he had been arrested."
The argument in my head does include the fact that he can say whatever the hell he pleases - then he is required to be responsible for what he has been pleased to say.
But it's staying in my head because I'm super conflict-avoidant so still spun up about the apostrophe attack (seriously - he asked me to show him where it's documented that what I'm trying to correct is required to be correct - seriously!)
Is he the anti-Buffista?
He would be tossed off the board so fast his head would spin. He always attacks first, then generally ends up doing what you asked anyway. So, I'm still emotional from the fight, and he's currently doing the corrections.
Anyway, Bastion of Sanity, I love you so (even from the lurky place I usually live).