My friends prejudice is really starting to show in some areas in our

[William769]

community. I guess it's time to go back into the closet.

[MadMaddie]

1. What's happening?

[xultar]

2. It'll be crowed. I'll go with y'all. I can't stand the racist homophobic

phuckers.

[mitchtv]

3. I'll need my closet made over

Been storing other things there for many years. A new paint job will be necessary.

[Ayesha]

4. Fuck the closet

Be out and proud. A few will die, many will suffer in this civil rights struggle, just as when African-Americans fought for their rights. But I refuse to keep silent because of a bigoted few whose voices are only louder now because they know they're a dying breed.

[pocket]

5. What are they doing?

since you brought it up...

[BOSSHOG]

6. I suggest the homosexual community

Burn the fucking closet to the ground. If you can openly pay your taxes then you can openly live your life in the land of the free. And I strongly believe my friend that the last thing your "friends" want is to be put into a position to get their sorry little hateful asses whipped. The constitution isn't designed to only provide liberties for hateful zealots. Chin up. You don't belong in a closet, they do.

[MadMaddie]

7. Well said BOSSHOG Well said.....

:grouphug:

[Rowdyboy]

10. Burn it, then piss on the ashes.....

Been there, done that, don't want the fucking t-shirt. It was WAY too hard to come out the first time to ever, ever, ever go back in-certainly not voluntarily. I'll get on board the trains to internment camps first.

[BOSSHOG]

13. Roger that teammate

I'll join you on that train and then will take the sonuvabitch over. When we get to the internment camps built by those who hate in the name of Jesus we'll burn that motherfucker to the ground.

Thanks for the info about the primary. I hate to be so much in the dark about these folks.

Have a great spring my friend. Our pathetic little Japanese Magnolia, savaged by Katrina is blooming and showing off like a beauty queen contestant. The crepe myrtles are showing signs of life and I'm dying to plant petunias, but I'm gonna wait a week or so.

[Glorfindel]

19. Hot damn! I LOVE my fellow Mississippi Democrats - Rowdy & Boss

You guys rock!

[Rowdyboy]

21. Ain't it the truth! It really helps sometimes to know that you're not

alone in this miserable, god-forsaken state-we have each other. The DUers from Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana give me hope that things will eventually work out. We're not in this alone.

[BOSSHOG]

22. We must hang together or assuredly we will hang separately

Ole Ben Franklin shared that with his fellow revolutionaries. There is no doubt that we will win the next big fight as well. You just can't win with hate on your side.

[BR_Parkway]

8. Damn, what have I missed now?

[JuniperLea]

9. What BOSSHOG and Ayesha said!

And here's my two cents:

I was thinking about this the other day. Until we put ourselves on even ground with everyone else, refuse to let any person be above or below us, there will be haters trying to separate us. We are all human. We are all created equal. I would like to ban words like gay, homosexual, black, white, brown, etc., so we can stop making distinctions where there should be none.

We should all support HUMAN PRIDE!





Naturally, since the Bush Regime and their ilk are NOT human, they can't play in our party:)

[sojourner]

11. there seems to be a bit of all sorts of rot appearing round these parts...

I figure it's really freeps playing "games" -- I also advocate burning the closet to the ground. We cannot give in to the American Taliban... whether it's about women's rights (including the right to decide their own reproductive fate), racism, or the ages old erotophobia (not just homophobia anymore...they are freaked out by any and all sexual acts that don't conform to the Victorian standard).

If I'm wrong about it being freeptards, then, I still say stand proud and many (hell, MOST) of us will stand with you.

[MADem]

14. Alert the moderators, if that is your concern

That kind of nonsense is not tolerated here. They're pretty sharp, and manage to get rid of disruptors, but you have to tell them in order for them to take action. Surely they don't have time to read every single post on this fast-moving forum.

Vague statements about "some people" do nothing but make everyone look at each other with suspicion, or wonder who the guilty parties are. We have enough on our plates without flame wars, I think. So, instead of expressing dismay, out THEM to the forum staff, instead.

[sojourner]

16. thanks...I haven't ever pulled the plug or reported anyone...

not because i'm trying to be a bad neighbor, but because i know that there are folks 'round here with tons more experience than i with the outing of and dealing with freeper types. also because i know that there really are people with differing viewpoints at DU. i appreciate your suggestion. will try to see if i can make myself apply it.

[MADem]

17. An alert doesn't have to be "off with his (or her) head!!!"

Sometimes, people get exorcised about a particular topic, and they get a bit rude, ruder than they would be in a face to face conversation. The personal insults will start flying, and they don't go for that here. You can criticize an opinion, but not the person making it, in essence.

The moderators will consider your concern, and if it contravenes the fairly straightforward rules of the forum, tell the offender to shape up. If they keep that crap up, off they go. It's a pretty civilized way of doing things!

[xchrom]

12. what happened?

if i'm going to be self righteous in my outrage -- i have to know ahead so i can enjoy it.

[BR_Parkway]

15. The only thing I'm going into the closet for is for extra ammunition

[foreigncorrespondent]

18. Why go back in and give them what they want?

William, they want for us to simply disappear, why give them that?

Be OUT and be PROUD of the person you were born to be! Don't let the fascist fucks rule your life!

[davidinalameda]

20. I can't go back in the closet

that's where I keep my dirty laundry