Of course, all conservatives aren’t bigoted, crazy, ignorant, control-freak wingnuts. It just appears that way sometimes.
Found this in my inbox today (it was sent in December; I’m playing catchup) and it simply begged to be shared…
To my Republican and on-the-”right”-side friends, it’s a joke! I kid because I love.
10.) You refused to share your toys in kindergarten, saying it would put you on a dangerous path to socialism.
9.) You get angry when there are choices for languages on an automated call because you still don’t have a good grasp on English.
8.) You hate those “elite Hollywood liberals” but refuse to cancel your Netflix account.
7.) You go to tea bagger rallies because you have no job thanks to the recession that “started under Obama.”<
6.) You watch Fox News, but unlike most people actually take it seriously.
5.) You become absolutely livid about imaginary tax increases.
4.) You are against wasteful programs like Medicare, but also against cutting waste from programs like Medicare.
3.) You criticize Michael Moore for his weight, without being able to refute a single claim that he makes in his documentaries.
2.) You can enter any collective noun into the following sentence “The ______ are screwing everything up” except for the correct ones.
1.) You find yourself saying “no” even to things that you actually want, like ice cream, and health care.[From AF&O: I'm pointing at YOU, Andy Harris (whose proven record includes hatemongering, protecting the interests of the rich, and saying NO to Dems, no matter what, so that the US can revert to past ways [which only worked for people who look and think like Harris, coincidentally]).]
– Ken Kupchik


In 1998, I went undercover to study fundamentalist Christian ex-gay ministries from the inside. It was a frightening, yet eye-opening experience that taught me a lot about seeing opponents as human beings, which is a huge part of the
Soulforce, of course, tackles the marriage equality issue in its own inimitable fashion. The Arizona chapter’s Right to Marry campaign has laid lots of groundwork for the forthcoming struggles, and the next round begins next month in Phoenix.












Why Do Right-Wingers Oppose Obama’s Back-to-School Speech?
Tags: Bigotry, children, Commentary, education, fear of a black president, hate, mccain, obama, obama speech, palin, parenting, racism, republican racism, republicans, Right Wing, right-wing hate, teabaggers, town hall protests
I have been bewildered by the so-called controversy over President Obama’s non-political speech for schoolchildren, which will take place later today. Did parents complain when Dubya Bush visited schools? Not that I can recall. Mentioned this to the spouse early this morning: “I don’t get the concern. What’s controversial about this?”
The putative love of my life looked at me as if I were a total dolt. “You know what it is. You just don’t want to admit it,” he said. “It’s the same thing behind those teabag idiots and the town hall screamers. Deep down, they can’t handle the truth that the president is ‘black.’ They’ll fight him even if he proclaims the sky is blue and babies are cute.”
As he said those words, I knew the ball and chain was right. In my gut, I have suspected bigotry, not health care, was really at the heart of the right-wing furor. Of course, that would mean that the hatred within the US’s tainted soul was deeper than even I imagined — and if you know me, you know I think this nation is irreparably poisoned by pigmentationism.
Yes, I am again in fear of my so-called countrymen.
To right-wing McCainiac obstructionists, dittoheads, and those wearing fear of a “black” president on their sleeves, grow the hell up. Most of the nation rejects your bigotry. Get with it! You are behind the times. Past your sell-by date. Dinosaurs. And you should be ashamed. Absolutely, there are legitimate reasons to criticize Obama and plenty of ‘em, but I’m not hearing them in the town halls or in the cries of people opposing his speech to school kids. No, what I hear — as does my melanin-free spouse — is hate and fear. And it is disgusting. Shame on you people, you small-minded, nasty, misguided, anti-American, antediluvean relics of a time thankfully gone. The nation finally is growing up a little — why can’t you?
Now, the bigots howl because the president is giving a back-to-school speech. Unbelievable. Look, if you have a problem with a president exhorting students to be responsible, to study, and to ask questions, I feel sorry for your kids, because their parents obviously are stupid racists who put small-mindedness above their own children.
God, I fear for this construct…
Check out the text of the president’s speech, which comes from the White House Web site, and tell me what possibly could be objectionable about it: