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Well Done, Monkeys

Dan Savage
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Obama was busy today!
sirkowski on March 1, 2012 at 4:05 PM Report this
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I can't believe they let people like that near our children.
Andy on March 1, 2012 at 4:08 PM Report this
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awesome
OuterCow on March 1, 2012 at 4:09 PM Report this
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Someone on the earlier post provided a link to a news story confirming this.
Matt from Denver on March 1, 2012 at 4:10 PM Report this
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Good. I guess he did that before he could be fired.
Patricia Kayden on March 1, 2012 at 4:10 PM Report this
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Tis nice to hear that she will seek to find employment that is better suited towards her need to impose her religious ideology. I hope she read at least some of our letters, I assume I wasn't the only one who addressed her directly and wrote to her superiors. Although the wish that she consider the point of view of others is likely a foolish hope. I'm glad her soon to be former students will never have to listen to her use an assembly as a pulpit again.
kim in portland on March 1, 2012 at 4:10 PM Report this
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We are not "monkeys" goddammit. We are FLYING MONKEYS, not some ordinary red-ass motherfuckers snacking on each other's scalp bugs and shit. Be correct.
gloomy gus on March 1, 2012 at 4:15 PM Report this
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@7: Blind Monkeys. FTFY.
venomlash on March 1, 2012 at 4:20 PM Report this
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She's probably going to get a better paying gig as a professional victim with NOM.
seatackled on March 1, 2012 at 4:20 PM Report this
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Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on March 1, 2012 at 4:21 PM Report this
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One win and one loss today. The loss is still one too many though.
SeattleKim on March 1, 2012 at 4:25 PM Report this
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Breitbart croaked, isn't that two wins?
Dr_Awesome on March 1, 2012 at 4:29 PM Report this
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It is nice when the bigots get their fool selves dunked.
Ophian on March 1, 2012 at 4:32 PM Report this
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Silver-lining-ish, a few well-publicized occurrences like this, where the backlash is fast and furious, will tend to prevent an unknown number of other occurrences. I just feel so desperately sorry for the individual students who are unfairly thrust into the national spotlight or who feel, however briefly, publicly singled out and/or excoriated among their peers or within their communities.

No humiliation or career derailment suffered by someone like Dorothy Bond is even in the same neighborhood. She's an adult, goddammit, and has adult coping mechanisms and escape options. May you have many sleepless handwringing nights, Miss Priss.
rob! on March 1, 2012 at 4:34 PM Report this
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She has now, and will likely always have, no understanding whatsoever of what she did wrong.

That type never do.
balderdash on March 1, 2012 at 4:43 PM Report this
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Damn procrastination! I didn't find time to call her a whore.
ScrawnyKayaker on March 1, 2012 at 4:57 PM Report this
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@8, venomlash I swear. Blind monkeys have no one to send them chasing after enemies. Without us being flying monkeys Dan is just Marjorie Main, not the Wicked Witch of the Motherfucking West.
gloomy gus on March 1, 2012 at 5:15 PM Report this
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I must side with Gus on this important issue. We are Flying monkeys, NOT blind monkeys. Any self-respecting fan of the Wizard of Oz would know the difference.
Reverse Polarity on March 1, 2012 at 5:28 PM Report this
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I've got my flying monkey card RIGHT HERE.
BEG on March 1, 2012 at 5:37 PM Report this
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17 & 18 are correct. And today it's particularly apt since we were asked to go after Dorothy. Mwahahahahaha
moosefan on March 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM Report this
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I hope this was more because of complaints from the people living in that school district than because of bad national reaction.

Well, one can dream.
Steven Bradford on March 1, 2012 at 5:58 PM Report this
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"Further, the Haywood County Board of Education strives to provide an atmosphere of tolerance and diversity while maintaining high academic standards."

WTF? That wording seems to imply that they think they two goals are at odds with each other...?
commisaro on March 1, 2012 at 5:58 PM Report this
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Gosh, the news article you linked to.... It's amazing how some reporters manage to tell a story without actually telling you the story.
RDM on March 1, 2012 at 6:19 PM Report this
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...the Haywood County Board of Education strives to provide an atmosphere of tolerance and diversity.
"Do. Or do not. There is no try." —Yoda
rob! on March 1, 2012 at 6:35 PM Report this
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high fives all around
stephen.g on March 1, 2012 at 7:04 PM Report this
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Dan must be the king of the monkeys, since the WWotW is dead, and Dorothy gave him the hat the third time she called him.

Not that I was a giant Oz nerd or anything.
Hanoumatoi on March 1, 2012 at 7:12 PM Report this
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Dan must be the king of the monkeys, since the WWotW is dead, and Dorothy gave him the hat the third time she called him.

Not that I was a giant Oz nerd or anything.
Hanoumatoi on March 1, 2012 at 7:15 PM Report this
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@27: Yay! I love someone who references the Oz book(s) instead of the MGM movie.

Nice to meet you, fellow Oz Nerd.
nocutename on March 1, 2012 at 7:26 PM Report this
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I am proud to be one of Dan's monkeys.
vera2005 on March 1, 2012 at 8:05 PM Report this
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WWotNW
SRJ on March 1, 2012 at 9:11 PM Report this
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I love that image of the Flyimg Monkeys setting off on a mission.
It's the best, simply the best.
Fire Chief on March 1, 2012 at 10:42 PM Report this
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Reason 152 why we've decided to homeschool our kids. This country has turned our public schools to shit.
debug on March 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM Report this
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Too soon after Davy Jones' death...thought that somehow the surviving members had something to do with this.
debug on March 2, 2012 at 12:01 AM Report this
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Went to a state high school championship game last Saturday. Sat on the side of South Saint Paul - its an older hard-core working class suburb, pre WWII factory & slaughterhouse deep blue collars.

A row of boys came in & as they sat down one of them gave the guy next to him what I could only think of as a 'love bite' I was surprised a bit because I assume its a community where that would draw a harsh response. Later I notice the guy put his arm around the other guy & pulled him in to him. It was sweet.

But if the wingnuts have lost a community like that, to the point where they felt comfortable with a PDA then they have really lost. It made me happy all day long.
frankdawg on March 2, 2012 at 4:08 AM Report this
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Damn. This is what I get for not checking this site everyday - I missed out on writing these wingnuts. I have to agree with the person who said they hoped it was as much about outcry in the community rather than national attention. I would like to think that people who are there can inflict greater pressure and have a greater impact on the outcome.

Either way - nice win for the good guys :)
daphne24 on March 2, 2012 at 5:53 AM Report this
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Teaching children to stand up to bullies! Well done!
Vince on March 2, 2012 at 7:01 AM Report this
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We're all REALLY going to hell now.
geoz on March 2, 2012 at 8:14 AM Report this
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@24 - Yup.
on March 2, 2012 at 9:32 AM Report this
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It's great to rout a bigot because bigotry sucks. We may be ignoring the much larger issue here, the powerful trend that specifically targets the separation of church and state. We have a state and we should all work to make it function better and more ethically. Yet we have the freaking Blunt-Rubio bill that tries to let religious employers (who define their own set of morals) to opt out of providing health care services that they've self-defined as immoral. We have got to keep the government from letting religious organizations sway politics. They are essentially serving as large lobbying organizations. At the very least, we should end tax-exempt status for all churches that get involved in politics.
beccoid on March 2, 2012 at 9:53 AM Report this
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@28 Nice to meet you! I had the bittersweet experience the other day of realizing how ridiculously expensive the old versions of those books are. Sad, because i'm not paying $50 for an old book, but happy, because that means people still love them and want to have them.
Hanoumatoi on March 2, 2012 at 9:55 AM Report this
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@26 - Me too.
Kevin_BGFH on March 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM Report this
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Well done Mr Savage, and @39 - I couldn't agree more.
Bandit on March 2, 2012 at 2:19 PM Report this
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@23 - The version Dan linked to looks like an earlier version of the story. For a longer version, see here: http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/201203…|mostview
YellowCat on March 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM Report this
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@39:
we should end tax-exempt status for all churches that get involved in politics.


Yes x1000.
Sea Otter on March 4, 2012 at 2:21 AM Report this

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