"Look at Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann's husband. Anybody who has gaydar—anybody who has eyes—looks at him and sees a tormented closet case who has externalized his internal conflict and is abusing other people, doing his reparative-therapy bullshit. It's so sad and pathetic. A lot of the self-destructive behaviors gay people are prone to drifting into are directed inward, and then you have these shitbags like Marcus Bachmann for whom it's all directed outward. Marcus Bachmann is the photo negative of the guy on the last bar stool in the gay bar, drinking and smoking himself to death, except instead of destroying himself, he's destroying other vulnerable queer people in an effort to destroy the queer inside himself." – Dan Savage, speaking to Playboy.
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"If CHANNING TATUM decided to do a kissing booth for charity, we would end world hunger." ~ spotted on Instagram.
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"Scruff is where you send pictures of yourself from the waist up and Grindr's where you send photos from the waist down." ~ Source
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"Sometimes, you win the life lottery and the thing that you do for 40 hours a week in a nondescript office building somewhere in the city you live in is not a soul-crushing exercise in managing disappointments. Sometimes, you're lucky enough to really, truly, love what you do. If you are one of these people, I'm very happy for you. . . ." — Megan Reynolds, introducing her new every-Monday column on work issues on "The Frisky"
Unfortunately I cannot claim that winning ticket at this time…
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Amen, Sister!
"I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I've become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that's why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience." ~ Meryl Streep
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"For everyone who hates Yosemite, I have a perfect solution for you. Don't upgrade and don't complain. This is the new interface, so accept it or keep the version you have. It's hard to believe that some of you are arguing because some people just don't like Apple the way others think they should. It doesn't matter how long or how short we've been using OS X. We're here to appreciate the progress and submit constructive feedback directly to Apple whenever appropriate." ~ DaJoNel at the MacRumors Forums
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"No elite voice in this country seems capable of coming to terms with the fact that the Iraq war was "lost" the moment it was launched. It was lost because it was based on lies and deception." ~ Iraq and the Neocons: The Sequel | Joseph A. Palermo
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"Tranny is an abbreviation for transvestite and transsexual, so I'm free to use it since I fall with that category. Much as blacks can use the N-word. I know tranny from London, where they abbreviate everything—breakfast is brekkie, biscuit is biccie. Tranny is used affectionately on the club scene. Even transsexual advocates like Jayne County and Kate Bornstein have come out and said that these words aren't necessarily slurs…
"And I'm sick of people thinking they can ban words because they make them feel bad. Boo hoo for you! Any time we choose a different path in life, we're going to get shit for it—whether you choose to be openly gay, trans or even a straight guy with tattoos all over his face. If you don't have the balls to take shit, then choose an easy path. And for huge gay organizations like GLAAD to join in to censor Ru or anyone else confuses me. "Gender bender" is on GLAAD's list of banned words. That's what Frank-n-Furter, David Bowie and Sylvester were—that's not a slur except to the most precious, uptight goody two-shoes." ~ Lady Bunny
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"When I ask a fundamentalist, 'Would you kill me if god told you to?' they always dodge the question. It puts their beliefs face to face with the morality most humans have within their core.
"They're forced into the uncomfortable position to either say they would kill me if they believed god told them to—which is clearly sociopathic behavior—or to admit that they have a sense of morality independent from religion."
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"Let me just be candid. My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as Commander in Chief and President, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable." ~ Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Powell Chief of Staff
Explain…
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"So, by any objective standard, Dems who actually want to win should be wading into the GOP, wielding Obamacare (and twenty other issues) like Samson leveling Philistines with the jawbone of an ass." ~ driftglass
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"Here's a suggestion for all the hatey, butt-sore, anti-gay bakers in Arizona: start an organization—The Arizona Association of Homophobic Bakers—and publicly identify yourselves as homophobic bakers. Put up a website with a list of bakeries that don't want to do business with LGBT people. Put signs in your windows that clearly state that gay and lesbian customers are not welcome and will be turned away. As Anderson Cooper pointed out earlier this week, gays and lesbians are not covered by existing anti-discrimination law in Arizona. So it's perfectly legal right now for bakers—and florists and caterers and photographers—to discriminate against LGBT customers. Discriminating against LGBT people was legal in Arizona before Jan Brewer vetoed the turn-away-the-gays bill, and it remains legal after her veto. So homophobic bakers who identify themselves as haters and bigots run no legal risk. They can't be sued by the individual gay people they discriminate against and the authorities can't fine 'em or shut 'em down. Don't want gay customers? Great. Let us know who you are. Put up a list online, hang signs in your windows, and we will take our business elsewhere." – Dan Savage, writing for the Stranger.
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"You gotta respect everyone's beliefs? No you don't! That's what gets us in trouble! You have to acknowledge everyone's beliefs, but then you have to reserve the right to go, 'That is fucking stupid! Are you kidding me?'" ~ Patton Oswalt
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"Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege. It's equal rights. Privilege would be something special, like gay people not paying taxes. You know, like churches." ~ Ricky Gervais
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"Oh Vladimir please. Tchaikovsky was gayer than an IKEA on Superbowl Sunday!" ~ Ms. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian©
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"Religion is not merely the opiate of the masses. It is the cyanide." ~ Tom Robbins
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"Look, maybe when you started working 30 years ago suggesting someone was gay helped win arguments, but now you just sound like an ass." ~ Meeting Boy
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