Day 168

Quote of the day: "...many believe that's EXACTLY what you're about the black struggle..." -Sepia1789

That isn't taken out of context, it made just as much sense in the paragraph.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

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• 365
• Gay
• Teen
• Atheist

[FightForHope]

Are you sure she wasn't talking to you in "jive"? You should edjumicate yourself on the complexities of how to speak and understand jive.

[rabbitfish63]

I was discussing your dilemma about some black people not wanting to hear that gay and black rights movements have any commonalities.

He told me that is why he has no interest in fighting for the rights of groups; instead he believes in fighting for individual rights. Instead of the right for gay people or interracial couples to marry, how about the right for any consenting adults to marry?

By moving away from group politics, you avoid this "us and them" mentality. This made sense to me!

[HypnosReveur]

video great was thought this i!

hey.. that almost sounded like yoda..

XD

hope studying religion is kinder to you than theology was to me..

...gave me nightmares!

well.. not the dream kind.. but in the form of my fellow students! who would stay til 3am to debate everything!

great video!

[pvampire]

Dont take the "yahtzee" people to seriously or your brain will explode like a zit under high pressure...

[seaottersoup]

In the quote in the sidebar, hasn't she just omitted one word: "what you're _____ about"? "saying"? "implying"? Admittedly, it's a critical omission...

[vwestlife]

Yahtzee!! Haha... great stuff!

[Peter777t]

It's all fine and well to try and influence the "fence sitter" but I think I'd make an effort to be aware of when their rhetoric is purposefully designed more to upset you than it is to advance the cause of their argument. If you decide that their words are designed for that purpose it may be better to just move the discussion to a different playing field with a more fair minded group of players.

[JCJasion]

Sigh

[BrizyComics]

Scott, I always got the impression that intelligent response to pigheaded rantings was indeed not to affect the pighead, but others who may be listening. Good to see I was on to something.

Oh--and the Yahtzee!/Pepsi can example has to be the BEST summary of idiotic arguments I have ever heard. Bravo.

[arclight20]

educate one person at a time, now thats worth it