Our new tag: perpetually angry people

[ronnykmarshall]

Some of the latest shit from the "oh you gays" crowd.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. Oh you gay...

:hide:

[Xipe Totec]

5. My favorite peoples...

:hi:

[MNBrewer]

2. OH NO.... the dreaded p.a.p smear!

[glitch]

4. !

:spray:

[donco6]

3. No matter how egregious the outrage, they remain dismissive.

It's astonishing how blind the cheerleaders can be.

[ThomCat]

7. Yup, and apparently anyone who criticizes Obama is just doing it

because we're racist too. :grr:

I just love being called a racist. :nuke:

[Chovexani]

8. I got called an Uncle Tom earlier on another forum

I'm pretty much done today, just going to watch baseball and play with my cats.

[ThomCat]

11. I'm spending the evening mostly playing with our dogs and cats.

It's keeping me from breaking what's left of my hands against this keyboard. :grr:

But I really can't believe how horribly offensive posts are getting tonight, and that seriously offensive and homophobic posts have not been getting deleted at all.

What is the point of Alert if nothing happens?

:wtf:

[jonnyblitz]

18. say hi to jenalaw!

I've been thinkin of her lately. I see your posts here on DU but I haven't spoken to her since she checked to make sure I got home ok from NYC that time. and a hello to all the puppies and kitties , too. :hug: :hi:

[ThomCat]

21. I will. :)

She asks if I see you're around when she sees me on DU. She's be happy to hear from you. :)

[ronnykmarshall]

13. The Gay ...... always have cat!

[bicentennial_baby]

15. I'm ignoring the cats and knitting

So there. :P

[jonnyblitz]

19. do you have the big yarn wheel out?

:hi:

they just left for the lake,btw. I am now all alone in this big house. :cry: :rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

31. No, I'm sock knitting tonight, no spinning

"big yarn wheel" :rofl:

See you in the morning, dahling!! :hi:

[jonnyblitz]

42. I hope I can sleep. I am not that sleepy

:rofl: :eyes:

and i am out this door at 6:45am to get to your door at 9:30am so i don't have to drive to the city and deal with that mess. I am so glad you live on top of a T station and the right "line" for where i get let off, too.

then i drive to lake winnepesake ( i know i butchered that spelling) once back to nashua with the tween niece after the parade. :crazy: I will be spent by the end of that day, up at the lake. :D

[ronnykmarshall]

20. You go with your knittin' self!!!

[ThomCat]

33. I tried to learn to crochet as a way of excercising my hands

and keeping them busy but my hands can't manage it. I've lost to much use of my left hand already.

It has been suggested that knitting is probably easier. JenaLaw knits, as so do many of our friends, so I'll be borrowing a set of needles and trying to learn. :)

Pleas wish me luck. I would really like to be able to do something crafty again, and being able to do something useful with my hands would be good light exercise so that I don't loose any more function.

[bicentennial_baby]

39. You want I should come down and teach you?

I'm free all summer, Thom. I have needles and yarn galore, in every possible configuration.

We could at least give it a shot. Let me know. :hug:

[ThomCat]

43. If I am a difficult student to teach I'll let you know.

If you come visit NY, while you are here you could help figure out what I'm doing wrong. Having an expert eye might really help. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

45. I could make a special visit

You like company, I need to roam about. Win win. I've been a tutor for years, I know difficult students. :)

Also, I was thinking that, with your limited mobility, spinning yarn might be good for you as well. I could bring my wheel. But then, I'd have to drive down (nobody touches my wheel!! esp. on public transportation!)

Mebbe jonny and I could take a trip down. He's a braver driver than I. It would be fun. ;)

:hug:

[Glorfindel]

25. Not me... I'm allergic to them

But I love small dogs, especially dachshunds.

[donco6]

9. I alerted on that asshole. n/t

[ThomCat]

12. Thank you!

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

14. ooooo

PM me .... who was it?

[QC]

26. I think he has had at least two previous incarnations here. n/t

[QC]

46. And he's back again!

One thing about it, Dingus doesn't let the grass grow under his feet.

[Toasterlad]

6. I Think It's Time to Take a Month or Two Off From DU

When anti-gay shit from Obama happens (and when DOESN'T it happen?), it's so hard to remember that the majority of people here are on our side. Because the Obamabots and homophobes are SO strident and hateful that it's hard to hear anything else. And outside of ourselves and our very few VOCAL straight allies, no one calls them on their bullshit. They're allowed to basically REJOICE whenever we get pissed on.

I need a fucking break. I'll see you all in a few.

[donco6]

10. We'll miss you and your posts.

But I may have to join you. The stress on this board is making my nerve deafness act up again.

[Toasterlad]

65. Okay, I've Calmed Down a Bit.

I don't want those assholes to force me to do ANYTHING, be it swallow Obama's lies or walk away from DU.

[ThomCat]

16. And when WE call them on the homophobia still nothing gets done.

And if anyone gets tombstoned it's usually someone who called out the bigotry, not the bigot. :wtf:

Of all the posts I alert on, I don't see even one recently that got acted upon. x(

Why do we even bother? Where is the support we were told to expect? Where is the evidence that this site gives a damn about our equal rights?

[donco6]

17. It's just plain old gay baiting.

Make inflammatory comments and egg people on until they become too enraged to help themselves. Presto! One more "reactionary" gay down the drain!

[ThomCat]

22. That's how they got rid of most of the serious Feminists here at DU.

And now a lot of people here seem to be cowed into keeping quiet much of the time lest we all get booted. :(

[donco6]

23. It's chilled my comments.

You should see the stuff I DON'T post!

[DURHAM D]

27. Yep -

The misogynists attacks on Palin that fill up the latest breaking page are the most amazing. As a feminist I don't say a word on DU because I know I will be buried and removed.

I don't like Palin's politics but the personal attacks that are entirely because of her gender make we wonder "Who are these people that claim to be Democrats?" Sadly I know that DU has a whole bunch of garden variety baby wankers who sexualize women because of their own inadequate emotional development. I wish they would find another place to play.

[ThomCat]

30. Meanwhile the Femism forum is quiet

because more than a dozen formerly regular posters are gone. :(

[DURHAM D]

35. I didn't participate at DU for months.

Its too ugly. All the feminists have exited and gathered together at blogs where they are closely protected by the mods from nasty a-holes.

I have also noticed that recently more and more posters have moved to this LGBT encampment for protection from the abuse out there in the general population. It used to follow us here and scream at us but now they seem to know better as we scream back in a more unified voice.

[Neecy]

24. and they never acknowledge...

that we have anything to be angry *about*. It's not like any of us have been known in the past to just self-combust; something out there is seriously wrong and it can all be traced back to President Dreamboat. The delusions around here are incredible.

[ThomCat]

28. Right. We're just upset because we didn't get our Ponies.

:grr: Every time I see someone make a comment about ponies I wonder why it isn't getting deleted for blatantly smearing gay civil rights as a frivolous pursuit.

[donco6]

32. I see it all the time.

And the backslapping, locker-room high fives that accompany the comment are pure evil.

[MNBrewer]

36. Damn right I want a pony!

They got theirs! I want mine!!!

Fuckin' stingy pony hogging bastards!!

[MuseRider]

29. You have to be kidding me.

If anyone here has the right to be angry it is you. Fuck this. I can barely stand it here anymore.

I love all you fucking angry people, one issue voters who simply can't shut the fuck up until the important stuff is dealt with first. Did anyone here ever expect to hear all of that on DU or anyplace that is supposed to be democratic? Be loud. Continue to fight. I know you will but I just had to say it. These people can't win forever. Christ almighty this is enough to give me a brain hemorrhage. How do you stand up under all of this? I am so sorry. Shit.

I never trusted Obama. Could not do it. I hate being right about this because I would have been so happy to apologize and eat my words.

Sending hugs and love to those who are hurting. I wish I could change this. I will not stop trying.

I don't even know what to say, this sounds so stupid but I can't let this go without saying something.

Fuck!

October? Yeah, I told my husband I was going to Washington, he is coming with me. This is a protest I will not miss unless I am in a box.

[ThomCat]

34. I love you!

:loveya:

[MuseRider]

38. I love you too Tom.

You are one of the coolest, nicest people I have ever known. You are generous with yourself and your time and your wonderful mind AND you are one hell of a tour guide and lots of fun to boot.

January is the month my youngest finally moves to NYC so my frequent visits will start. I intend to take you out for dinner and maybe something else that is fun.

BTW, what was the name of the Dim Sum place? My son is there now and wants to go eat there.

:loveya: Always.

[ThomCat]

41. Go Go Dim Sum

on Chatham Square at the base of The Bowery. :)

[MuseRider]

48. Thanks!

:hug: and :hug: and :hug:

[MNBrewer]

37. Hugs!!!!

:hug:

and

:beer:

[MuseRider]

40. Thanks.

I by god cannot understand this. It simply boggles my mind how people can't understand what is going on. Where the hell did caring about your fellow man go? What about helping people to be able to have the same opportunities that you have? My god, I have these rights because I wake up and breathe as a hetero. It makes no fucking sense at all.

We are going to need a lot of :beer: one of these days to celebrate. I just hope it is before they need to pour it down my feeding tube in the nursing home. :eyes:

[MNBrewer]

44. We need to come together and create a world of love

Love for ourselves, our fellow humans, and fellow inhabitants of the planet. "Yes for me, but NO for you" doesn't fit in that universe!

[MuseRider]

49. Exactly!

Imagine.

[MNBrewer]

50. I try to!

Sometimes it boggles my mind. Sometimes It makes me feel ashamed of how Little I fit into it myself. But. that's what I'm committed to. A universe where hate and "the other" are non-concepts.

[MuseRider]

53. "the other"

creates more hate than anything.

None of us is perfect no matter how hard we try. Those are high and great things to aspire to and as long as we all try we are doing what needs to be done.

[MNBrewer]

54. we're wired that way. We can choose to do otherwise.

It's a choice. Hate. A choice.

[MuseRider]

55. Yes it is

and you know, I never really thought of it that way but it is so simple. Is sure is a choice. Wow. D'Oh!

[MNBrewer]

58. Choice is a powerful thing, and we abdicate it to our habits so often, and easily.

I'm just now getting in touch with the power of conscious choice, and I'm 44.

[MuseRider]

59. And I am 55

and I am not any farther than that myself. Like I said, I had never thought of it in exactly those terms but that is exactly what it is.

[mitchtv]

47. Glad to see you around, Muse

Wish I could go, but Partner depends on my care full time

[MuseRider]

51. I really miss you all since I

stopped posting in GLBT and now since I rarely post on DU at all.

I hope you are well.

I wish there was some way you could be there. I would love to meet you. If not in this life then in the next. We will all be drawn together I am certain (if you believe, I am not sure about much of all of that).

Take care of your partner. Hey, didn't you get married?

[mitchtv]

56. Yes we are legal now ,IN Calif yet

Partner is 72 and has COPD and CHF

[MuseRider]

57. I thought so.

Ahhh, he does need you. Love. Love is caring for your lover. I am sorry he is ill.

[MNBrewer]

52. Reminds me of the bumper sticker

"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention."

Seems like a lot of Democrats aren't paying attention.

[Politicub]

61. Right on. This is why it stings so much

None of us would have been surprised by the bush admin defending DOMA. But with the Obama admin's support (and many in the DU community's defending the move), this latent homophobia can't be hidden any longer. I applaud and am grateful for my fellow du'ers who refuse to avert their gaze and defend the indefensible.

[Politicub]

60. "You silly homo, getting all mad and stuff"

"Geez, don't you know how to play chess? OMFGBBQTTYL - did you see the pics of Pres. Obama scratching his ass next to Bo with his shirt off? So dreamy. Oh, and he has to support DADT and DOMA - he's only following orders. And it's only been four months. McCain would have used an exclamation point in his support of DOMA, so you're much better off."

Fuck this. Don't piss on me and tell me its raining is a phrase that comes to mind.

[tekisui]

62. An easy way to judge hypocrisy is to practice this exercise:

Had the exact same thing come from the bush DoJ, what would have been the reaction?

It would have been roundly condemned here. NO ONE would have defended it or claimed that anyone else was unjustly angry.

[unhappycamper30]

63. It's totally disgusting

the way we have been thrown under the bus by dems and the cheerleaders.

It will be interesting to see how much we matter come 2012, we'll be courted and told about how much we suddenly matter again.

I just requested 2 voter registration forms. My partner and I are officially switching to Independent. We will never support another Dem who isn't 100% behind gay rights.

[KitchenWitch]

64. Will you allow me to join your ranks?

The defense of DOMA and the shitstorm of homophobia and gay baiting HERE is making me quite ill.

[ronnykmarshall]

66. Come on in baby the water fine!

[LostinVA]

67. Ick -- aren't you a Real Housewife of Orange County?!

:pals:

[ThomCat]

68. You're already one of us.

:hug:

You do so much for our rights. You are supportive of equal rights for all people, and aware of a lot of the issues and subtleties. Oh hell yes, you are one of us.

:loveya:

I'll personally drag you with me to all our secret agenda meetings. :P