America: racist, sexist homophobic hellhole.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

PZ chimed in on this one; as is normal for WingNutDaily, the article appears to be an amalgam of exaggeration, quote-mining, and just plain good old-fashioned makin'-shit-up.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009 ... ota_ha.php

That's where I got the OP.

[Dory]

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=117313

You mean it's not "an oppressive hellhole: racist, sexist and homophobic?"

Not for me, I'm a white male.

I'm assuming that you are a straight white male.

You're in a position to call that one.

Aww...that was soooo sweet. Santa Clause and Missus Clause getting it on...yea bitches!!!

-Dory

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Don't start with the Santa thing. This time of year I could crush a little kid's spirit very quickly. And, my god, the temptation is soooo strong.

[FBM]

I liked Richard Wright's Black Boy and something else he wrote, the title of which escapes me right now. I grew up in Mississippi surrounded by a racism I never understood or shared, so that's not really surprising, I guess.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I liked Richard Wright's Black Boy and something else he wrote, the title of which escapes me right now. I grew up in Mississippi surrounded by a racism I never understood or shared, so that's not really surprising, I guess.

FBM, have you read "Song of Solomon"?

[FBM]

I liked Richard Wright's Black Boy and something else he wrote, the title of which escapes me right now. I grew up in Mississippi surrounded by a racism I never understood or shared, so that's not really surprising, I guess.

FBM, have you read "Song of Solomon"?

Assuming you're talking about Toni Morrison and not the bible pr0n, yes, I think so, but I don't remember anything about it. I took a class in undergrad about African American lit or something. I have to admit that 99% of the stuff we read was crap from a literary standpoint.

Edit: Googled "Song of Solomon". Nope. Didn't read it and from the description, am pretty happy about it.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I liked Richard Wright's Black Boy and something else he wrote, the title of which escapes me right now. I grew up in Mississippi surrounded by a racism I never understood or shared, so that's not really surprising, I guess.

FBM, have you read "Song of Solomon"?

Assuming you're talking about Toni Morrison and not the bible pr0n, yes, I think so, but I don't remember anything about it. I took a class in undergrad about African American lit or something. I have to admit that 99% of the stuff we read was crap from a literary standpoint.

Edit: Googled "Song of Solomon". Nope. Didn't read it and from the description, am pretty happy about it.

Yeah, the Morrison. Remember the "Seven Days"? Seven guys who, when they heard of a white person killing a black, would go out and randomly kill a white person? At the end our hero, "Milkman", is fighting one of these guys. I pointed out in class that the fight didn't end because it hasn't yet. We are still fighting thinking like that, blind eye-for-an-eye revenge that keeps the cycle of violence going. The entire book leads up to making that point and does it beautifully. (If an old cracker like me can "get it", anybody can.)

[FBM]

Yeah, the Morrison. Remember the "Seven Days"? Seven guys who, when they heard of a white person killing a black, would go out and randomly kill a white person? At the end our hero, "Milkman", is fighting one of these guys. I pointed out in class that the fight didn't end because it hasn't yet. We are still fighting thinking like that, blind eye-for-an-eye revenge that keeps the cycle of violence going. The entire book leads up to making that point and does it beautifully. (If an old cracker like me can "get it", anybody can.)

And the fight will never end if we just replace race with religion or nationality or something else.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Yeah, the Morrison. Remember the "Seven Days"? Seven guys who, when they heard of a white person killing a black, would go out and randomly kill a white person? At the end our hero, "Milkman", is fighting one of these guys. I pointed out in class that the fight didn't end because it hasn't yet. We are still fighting thinking like that, blind eye-for-an-eye revenge that keeps the cycle of violence going. The entire book leads up to making that point and does it beautifully. (If an old cracker like me can "get it", anybody can.)

And the fight will never end if we just replace race with religion or nationality or something else.

Exactly, stupidity keeps on going until something stops it.

[FBM]

Yeah, the Morrison. Remember the "Seven Days"? Seven guys who, when they heard of a white person killing a black, would go out and randomly kill a white person? At the end our hero, "Milkman", is fighting one of these guys. I pointed out in class that the fight didn't end because it hasn't yet. We are still fighting thinking like that, blind eye-for-an-eye revenge that keeps the cycle of violence going. The entire book leads up to making that point and does it beautifully. (If an old cracker like me can "get it", anybody can.)

And the fight will never end if we just replace race with religion or nationality or something else.

Exactly, stupidity keeps on going until something stops it.

Well, we'll just have to kill all the stupid people, then!!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Yeah, the Morrison. Remember the "Seven Days"? Seven guys who, when they heard of a white person killing a black, would go out and randomly kill a white person? At the end our hero, "Milkman", is fighting one of these guys. I pointed out in class that the fight didn't end because it hasn't yet. We are still fighting thinking like that, blind eye-for-an-eye revenge that keeps the cycle of violence going. The entire book leads up to making that point and does it beautifully. (If an old cracker like me can "get it", anybody can.)

And the fight will never end if we just replace race with religion or nationality or something else.

Exactly, stupidity keeps on going until something stops it.

Well, we'll just have to kill all the stupid people, then!!

And anybody who says they're not stupid but is lying.

[AshtonBlack]

The more I learn the stupider I realise I am.

[Drewish]

The right owns the military. The left owns the universities. And you? You don't own shit. Not even yourself.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The right owns the military. The left owns the universities. And you? You don't own shit. Not even yourself.

"Always look on the bright side of life."

[Drewish]

The right owns the military. The left owns the universities. And you? You don't own shit. Not even yourself.

"Always look on the bright side of life."