"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
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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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"I'll just say this: in my opinion Fux News is a last resort for kinda-sorta-almost-journalists whose options have been severely limited by their extreme and intolerant views; a media colostomy bag that has begun to burst at the seams and should be emptied before it becomes a public health issue.
"I sincerely believe that in time, good people will lose patience with the petty and poisonous behavior of these bullies and Fux News will be remembered as nothing more than a giant culture fart that no amount of Garlique could cure.
"I wish them all the luck that accompanies such malevolence." ~ Jim Carrey, 24 March 2013
I'm not a big fan of Mr. Carrey's movies, but day-um, girl! This at least made me respect him as a person.
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"We shouldn't even need the word atheism. If people didn't invent ridiculous imaginary gods, rational people wouldn't have to deny them." ~ Ricky Gervais
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"There is, of course, no reason to take these secession petitions at all seriously. There is probably a fourteen-syllable German word that precisely captures the combination of juvenile whining, sour grapes and goofy anti-government fervor that drove an infinitesimal number of Americans to submit and support these petitions, but the word that the kids in America use to describe this is "butthurt." ~ Jason Linkins, writing at The Huffington Post
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"Whenever men like this plebe, or the Rick Santorums of the world, vent their nonsense all they're really saying is 'I got busted with a j/o buddy when I was a teen and I'm still trying to live it down.' Behind every anti-gay male is an insecurity about his own sexuality." ~ LittleKiwi, commenting on deep-in-denial Frank Schubert opining that the losses suffered by the anti-gay forces really don't matter.
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"When you rape children, cover it, rape them again, cover it up, rape them again, finally get caught, still cover it up, apologize, recant your apology, then blame the victim, you have zero moral authority to lecture others about their supposed sins." – John Aravosis at AMERICAblog, writing about the Catholic Church's most current bit of pearl-clutching over marriage equality.