tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post7405137819679424856..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Dana's Woodshed Part 2: Bigoted BuffoonsDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-1857600399174716742008-10-22T13:13:00.000-07:002008-10-22T13:13:00.000-07:00Please feel free to repost my letter anywhere, or ...Please feel free to repost my letter anywhere, or link to it, or whatever. If you repost it, just link back to the original (and maybe add a comment with a link to where you're reposting it), so I can read any feedback.<BR/><BR/>Also feel free to vote it up on thisisby -- I made 8 cents last month! I'm now officially a profeshnul writer! Yayy!! (...at least, once I get the check.)Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-42375198990419513122008-10-22T11:23:00.000-07:002008-10-22T11:23:00.000-07:00It's a good letter, Woozle. Hope a few such folks ...It's a good letter, Woozle. Hope a few such folks as you're addressing get to read it.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-25900308204579872552008-10-22T08:57:00.000-07:002008-10-22T08:57:00.000-07:00Woozle - I liked your open letter. What danger wo...Woozle - I liked your open letter. What danger would there be from posting the comment on Pharyngula? <BR/><BR/>My wife attends a Mennonite church and not only wouldn't they advocate vigilantism, they are nonviolent altogether, protesting all wars as a matter of principle. But they've struggled with the idea of ordaining gays to the ministry.<BR/><BR/>My thought is that if they read more stuff like the rant of the scary homeschooling Christianist lady (it's a bit out of their orbit), they'd recognize in the outcast the object of Jesus' compassion. The gay person as a Samaritan, despised by the Pharisees. I think I'll pass it on to some of them.george.whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893495384863805805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-57836574045817363362008-10-22T08:48:00.000-07:002008-10-22T08:48:00.000-07:00Actually, ya know, I'd kind of rather not ban it. ...Actually, ya know, I'd kind of rather <I>not</I> ban it. It won't stop them from thinking it, and I'd rather know what they were thinking.<BR/><BR/>Making hateful writing illegal works about as well as making drugs illegal: it just goes underground and festers. The religious right sees one more sign that secular society hates them and is out to get them; the wagons are circled tighter, the resentment builds.<BR/><BR/>Transparency is your friend, even (especially?) when you don't like what you see.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-64654512207107860412008-10-22T08:07:00.000-07:002008-10-22T08:07:00.000-07:00A lot of people are reporting that blog to Blogger...A lot of people are reporting that blog to Blogger for violating the ToS--I'd suggest that readers over here do the same. Sure, she has freedom of speech, but blogger's webspace is blogger's property, and they've made it clear that hate speech is not permitted on their servers.N.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01098950427329538284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-54994733843681121112008-10-22T07:53:00.000-07:002008-10-22T07:53:00.000-07:00When I first saw that on Pharyngula last night, I ...When I first saw that on Pharyngula last night, I <I>almost</I> posted <A HREF="http://issuepedia.org/User:Woozle/2008-10-21_response_to_Homeschooling_Hints" REL="nofollow">this comment</A> to the evil blog entry in question -- but then reluctantly decided not to, figuring it was probably a waste of time (and possibly dangerous, but that wouldn't stop me if it weren't for the "waste of time" thing).<BR/><BR/>I'm now thinking that if I were to post anything, it would be something more like... well, hmm, I seem to have gone and written it as an <A HREF="http://thisisby.us/index.php/content/dear_crazy_christian_lady" REL="nofollow">open letter</A>. These things just happen, I guess...Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.com