In my worldview, giving people preferential treatment based on the color of their skin over other demographic racial groups is "bigoted". Ergo, our federal government is bigoted in my eyes. Funny how paradigms work, isn't it?
Probably. I don't think it's that radical from my personal worldview either. But it's pretty radical compared to how most Americans think.
Any form of preferential treatment is bigotry. I believe in a meritocracy, plain and simple. If you want people to be viewed equally, treat them equally.
I agree completely. I find people that believe in such legislation to be bigots. I voted here in Oregon for gays to have the right to marry as well, even though it was overwhelming voted down. It's legal to be gay; why isn't it legal to be married as a gay couple?
2 things friends and family should never discuss. Politics and religion. Unless you are all on the same page. Otherwise, shit like this happens and everyone is butt hurt and it only hurts the family.
It's difficult to do when I have to make a Tofurkey for half my family and endure insults because I dare consume the flesh of an animal.
lol. I've got a vegetarian father-in-law I have to feed too. He's not too sanctimonious about it, though. He's a vegetarian bird watcher who likes to come along with me when I go grouse hunting. Kind of an odd duck, really. Anyway, the nice thing about having toddlers is that you can't get too heated about politics over a holiday dinner. Too hard to concentrate.
I remember that. I was a dick head then and just trying to piss people off. Boy, looking back, I feel stupid. But glad you forgave me!
I plan on waking up at about 4 am to go duck hunting. Then get back and fire up the kitchen around 10. Once the bird is in the oven, I'll have 2 kids climbing all over me, and still juggle the ever-edgy political balance between parents and in-laws. Eat. Wrestle kids more. Drink too much wine. Sleep. Pretty much always like that. If I catch 5 minutes of football somewhere in there, I'm lucky. I can't imagine going shopping the day after Thanksgiving.
I've been teaching my grand daughter about football from day 1. For a while she called me grandpa touchdown.
I've been carefully molding my older boy into a shooting guard. I used to think PG, but the fact is he hates passing. So why fight instinct? I saw this the other day and immediately kicked myself that I didn't do it when I had the chance: (My wife was revolted, but she would've come around.)
hey we all can move on from stuff I think maybe the wording was poor at the time, as Minstrel and others had discussed in that thread. Just basically poor wording and misunderstanding that blew up. No forgiveness needed, we all have our bad days though thats for sure lol.
Seriously? It never occurs to me that people are intentionally trying to anger people. I understand people are trying to annoy others, but not bring them to anger. I, on the other hand, seem to make people angry without even really trying. I thought I had a kindred spirit; I was wrong.
I'm your kindred spirit. My levity and nuance just doesn't seem to come across on a message board. It instead manifests itself as intensity and stubborness, at least that's what I gather.
Unless your sister-in-law with hairier armpits than Ron Jeremy lets you know it's nothing but a bunch of angry men on steroids coveting the skin of a dead pig.
