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Offensive? Inexplicable? All of the above? Anti-healthcare ad in which a bunch of people proclaim "I guess I'm a racist." I am FLOORED. Convoluted rheotrical strategy FAIL, and, oh yeah, RACIST.

The Tiger Woods thing is not interesting to me. The New York Post's headline about his "harem" though made me want to punch something (racist exoticization and removal of female agency! All in one!).

Space tourism is almost here.

Gay marriage bill on the move in New Jersey.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a Christian student group that's been denied recognition by a public law school in California because they exclude non-Christians and gays. The Times says "the case pits anti-discrimination principles against religious freedom," which isn't really how I'd interpret the scenario.

A MN Quaker group has decided to stop certifying het marriages until gay ones are legal too. via karjack

A manager at an Orlando McDonalds is completely horrible to a trans teen looking for a job.

The life of a stooper.

NY'ers: ellen_kushner and deliasherman are reading tonight at the monthly NYSRF thing.

Comments

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

since i have no Tv and cant do video on this computer, i will have to take your word for it... but i can sympathize with why they *probably* did it..

every time i try to talk outside of my church or friends about anything i dont like about the health care bill i get "racist!" thrown in my face.
it feels like you are not allowed to not like or disagree with the current administration about anything without being told you are racist.

any time you have a 1 guy many women story the word Harem gets used. doesnt make it any better, mind you. but its hardly unique to whatever is going on with the current story.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

I think it's a case of people using a word without knowing it's full history and meaning. To most Americans(tm) a Harem was presented to them in a disneyfied(tm) manner and not from a historical or factual perspective. If they were to think a little bit about it , they might choose another word.

Then again, in the case of Tiger they were probably struggling to stop short of calling him a pimp.