Kaya: I went to KU. Lived north of Tahlequah, hung out in Tulsa. One had to be careful. I stayed out of Broken Arrow and Jenks.
GodfearingAtheist: YTA! Which is what's being pointed out. My friend lost her job in a small Southern Baptist town because she befriended me. Does that offend you? It sure hurt me. In ND I suspect it's the German Lutherans (Missouri Synod) leading the outrage along with other Christians... In the USA it's mostly Christians spewing hate.
CaptainMidnightSingforPhoebe : Every small town has their beloved idiot, drunk, and ab-fab drag queen. People know... or make it up if they don't. The basic glue in a small town is gossip... unless they kick you out (as happened to my friend Donna).
Arakun the Twisted Raccoon: Has anything changed for the better? Am I overstating Christian opposition? I ask because Amethyst Angel ♡ brought this old blog entry ... 15 years old! ... to my attention today.
Well, what has worked for me for years - is that I review what I like.
Sort of like the rules of making friends.
And even brand-new writers (and young ones) can often write something that grabs me.
I guess I just prefer to be positive.
But then - the rule of thumb I've always used:
I'm not a professional writer (except of songs/lyrics)
and I'm certainly not a teacher.
So how can I expect myself to speak from a position of authority?
To me - feedback is intuitive. Gut response.
(How does it feel?)........as Dylan once sang.
This is all a whole lotta social noise.
If we didn't make it - it sure would be quiet around here.
Not a bad friend to find on a bookshelf.
(Stars tend to hang out on mine)
I never knew a well-read raccoon - but I'm sure one must exist, somewhere.
Book-worms, on the other hand, are known to proliferate all over the place.
When I was a kid, I used to hang out on the bank of Chippewa Creek, and spy on the raccoons that would catch tasty crayfish there. Many a time I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing out loud (and giving away my hiding spot) at just this:
I live in a very large and very cosmopolitan city.
In which I have close friends who swing all kinds of ways.
I agree with your opening commentary.
When I was 23 (4 decades ago) I figured out something I've held onto ever since.
That sexual orientation is what happens in the bedroom.
Outside of that particular room - a life is lived (publically) in any manner so chosen, that fits the package.
One's public (and socially known) persona can be admired, praised, counted on, respected in all manner of ways.....without having a clue about what remains private.
I think there's a good clue in there somewhere, as to the codes of conduct and social tolerance and acceptance that govern the decisions of good people anywhere.
It is behind the counter, but only in pharmacies, and those aren't open 24 hours around here. And in some states you need a prescription for the darn stuff, which means paying for a doctor visit!
Isn't the cold medicine just behind the counter and you have to ask for it, just like it was an x-rated magazine except you have to sign for the medicine. You just get dirty looks for the magazine.
Lets continue shall we?
I think we should allow multiple couples to marry, same sex communes with as many partners as you want. Five wives would be nice I think. Maybe I'll marry a young hairless man for when I'm feeling extra special.
It seems we are too caught up in the age of girls and having sex. The muslims are right; they should be able to marry after their first period and can have kids......
I can't continue this. it's too digusting. No more disgusting than a 36 year old male oogling your 17 year old son and visualizing him wriggling in pain as he pins him to the bed and pounds him from behind until he bleeds while saying,
"Relax, just go with it. It's supposed to hurt." I know.
Back in the late 70s, there wasn't a gay man in San Fransisco that didn't wonder if aids was a punishment from God for all the shit I saw in those bath houses. As an atheist, I don't believe it but I heard it said plenty of times
Kaya - "All of the upstanding bible thumpers would be burning crosses in the street." Shame on you for saying that - doll.
Just because you agree with gay rights doesn't give you the right to say something that outlandish that no one here will back up honestly.
Is there no common sense anymore? Is there no responsibility for the things we write?
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