tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post4588403677850001561..comments2024-03-22T15:51:18.453-04:00Comments on 8th Day: The More Things Change . . .8thdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-16088073213647763862013-06-12T08:18:06.849-04:002013-06-12T08:18:06.849-04:00New York City!!! It just makes me weep.
Kudos ...New York City!!! It just makes me weep. <br /><br />Kudos on your Cheerios donation. I love my Honeynut Cheerios, but a donation to the food bank sounds like a perfect response. I'm on it.8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-73051384540580774522013-06-12T08:06:20.885-04:002013-06-12T08:06:20.885-04:00I have always been uncomfortable with the "It...I have always been uncomfortable with the "It Gets Better" campaign. Yes, some things have definitely gotten better - for some people. But I think it is foolish to think that the haters have been converted. Or that any marginalized person is now safe from the backlash. 8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-63325410069542631272013-06-12T08:00:45.877-04:002013-06-12T08:00:45.877-04:00I actually saw the commercial (strange because I w...I actually saw the commercial (strange because I watch so little TV) and I didn't notice it either. And then the haters came out of their holes. Wow! <br /><br />I agree with you and I do wonder how much energy it must take to be that negative all the time. 8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-36649175009791249922013-06-12T07:56:15.810-04:002013-06-12T07:56:15.810-04:00I worry about that polarization too. Everyone jus...I worry about that polarization too. Everyone just seems to wants to yell from their own soapbox. No one wants to listen, discuss, mediate. I'm sure we have gone through periods like this before, but you'd think we would eventually learn how to move forward without all the hate. It's very discouraging.8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-79639473352760189702013-06-11T18:36:18.852-04:002013-06-11T18:36:18.852-04:00I know what you mean. Just when we think things a...I know what you mean. Just when we think things are changing for the better... this kind of bullshit happens. I bought ten boxes of Cheerios and dropped them off at the Food Bank. It's all I could think to do.<br /><br />As far as gays being shot point blank on the streets of New York City, well, hell. I always thought we were safer in the cities. I love living in the country but it ehttp://plufrompdx.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-47507205660354240372013-06-11T11:30:27.579-04:002013-06-11T11:30:27.579-04:00It's funny, maybe it's because I lived in ...It's funny, maybe it's because I lived in very conservative areas very recently (Arizona) but I'm always amazed that people think it's changed a lot when I see backlash everywhere. <br /><br />The reaction to the Cheerios commercial didn't surprise me. It did sadden me. <br /><br />It all does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-71995693673805657762013-06-11T08:13:46.374-04:002013-06-11T08:13:46.374-04:00You know I never blinked twice about that commerci...You know I never blinked twice about that commercial until it was in the news that people are upset. Some people need more in their life than worrying about such things...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931021721708713850.post-65409657365195293582013-06-10T16:04:28.008-04:002013-06-10T16:04:28.008-04:00With all the recent advances in gay rights it is e...With all the recent advances in gay rights it is easy to get lulled into a sense of complacency, isn't it? Although I doubt you are ever complacent in your attention to safety.<br /><br />Our country is becoming extremely polarized on many different issues - gay rights, immigration, gun control, etc. I fear that if the trend continues, with the sides migrating further apart and no middle Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878879338335090175noreply@blogger.com