Some might think that, in siding with Laura Schlesinger and against the Islamic center advocates, I’ve gone over to the dark side. That my three-month lay-off involved a brain transplant or, worse, deciding that maybe Glenn Beck has a point or two. ;-D
But I assure you, such is not the case. ;-D
Doing anything with a wink is okay these days. Irony rules. Pass a black man on the street and call out “How it hangin’, nigga?” and when he sees you smiling he’ll smile right back and flash you one of those special hand signs usually reserved for “brothers.” Try it yourself and see! ;-D
Now that emoticons have permeated the culture, it’s become possible to say whatever you want but then give it a semiotic twist that says “Hey, I was only kidding.” If I were to write “all illegal aliens ought to be lined up against the wall and shot,” you might think I’ve been living in Arizona too long. But if I were to follow that statement with “;-D” then you’d know I was just indulging in a bit of ironic mischief. Right? ;-D
So if I were to come out with some insult like “Mohammed wears army boots” but followed it with the appropriate wink, that makes it cool. Just like the Florida minister the NYT reported on who wants to stage a public burning of copies of the Koran. What a fun-loving guy! When he says “Islam is of the devil,” you know he’s gotta be smiling devilishly inside. (In fact, in that picture he’s actually standing in front of the last sign that bears the “;-D” emoticon. (Actually it’s next-to-last; the last says “Burma Shave.”)) The article gives the guy’s age as 58, so he’s probably thinking back to when he was an impressionable young teen and burned his Beatles records at the urging of the [predominately southern] clergymen who regarded John Lennon’s statement that his group was more popular than Jesus as some kind of sacrilege. It probably even motivated him to enter the ministry. A burning desire, you might say, maintaining a tradition of smiling righteousness that stretches back to when his forebears incinerated heretics and witches. Why can’t the people protesting the NY Islamic center be as lighthearted? ;-D
As long as America continues to produce people with such a finely tuned sense of humor, world peace can’t be far away. :-þ
But I assure you, such is not the case. ;-D
Doing anything with a wink is okay these days. Irony rules. Pass a black man on the street and call out “How it hangin’, nigga?” and when he sees you smiling he’ll smile right back and flash you one of those special hand signs usually reserved for “brothers.” Try it yourself and see! ;-D
Now that emoticons have permeated the culture, it’s become possible to say whatever you want but then give it a semiotic twist that says “Hey, I was only kidding.” If I were to write “all illegal aliens ought to be lined up against the wall and shot,” you might think I’ve been living in Arizona too long. But if I were to follow that statement with “;-D” then you’d know I was just indulging in a bit of ironic mischief. Right? ;-D
So if I were to come out with some insult like “Mohammed wears army boots” but followed it with the appropriate wink, that makes it cool. Just like the Florida minister the NYT reported on who wants to stage a public burning of copies of the Koran. What a fun-loving guy! When he says “Islam is of the devil,” you know he’s gotta be smiling devilishly inside. (In fact, in that picture he’s actually standing in front of the last sign that bears the “;-D” emoticon. (Actually it’s next-to-last; the last says “Burma Shave.”)) The article gives the guy’s age as 58, so he’s probably thinking back to when he was an impressionable young teen and burned his Beatles records at the urging of the [predominately southern] clergymen who regarded John Lennon’s statement that his group was more popular than Jesus as some kind of sacrilege. It probably even motivated him to enter the ministry. A burning desire, you might say, maintaining a tradition of smiling righteousness that stretches back to when his forebears incinerated heretics and witches. Why can’t the people protesting the NY Islamic center be as lighthearted? ;-D
As long as America continues to produce people with such a finely tuned sense of humor, world peace can’t be far away. :-þ
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I am so happy that the ugly (inside and out) crazy old gym teacher reaped what she had sowed. She could have gotten her argument across by saying “N word” and not using the word and by not saying “don’t NAACP me” but like Michael Richards AKA “Cosmo Kramer”, she ends up the trash heap of history, a history of her own making. I am so happy that the free market AKA sponsors started to pull their ads (I guess they were exercising their free speech) and she finally realized that she was just another “run of the mill gabby” and her days were numbered. She realized that she was not as smart as she thought she was, finally! The first three times she used the word might not have been in anger but the last eight she was filled with hate, so good riddance.
Palin was the one who got bent over the use of the word “Retard” (she wanted someone fired for using it once), Palin also said that the people have the right to build the Mosque in NY, but out of respect for the 9/11 families they shouldn’t, but I guess this same standard is not applicable to Laura Schlessinger. Do you see the hypocrisy? The problem with Palin is the same when she mistakenly referred to Ronald Reagan Eureka College, being in California and we all know its in Illinois, same thing, she does not fact check anything she is going to say. She is soooo Palin!
http://vodpod.com/watch/3933949-keith-olbermann-mocks-sarah-palins-imbecility-stupidity-video
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-24-2010/the-hurt-talker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhGk6eF65Fo
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