I sincerely hope that, having come this far, we never go back. It's not absolutely certain, though.
LGBT people felt strong enough to march for their equal rights in Germany just before Hitler came to power, and were shipped off to concentration camps shortly afterwards. And who would ever have thought that availability of contraception - CONTRACEPTION - would be a matter for debate in a developed nation in 2012?
Uncertain economic times seem to lead to a resurgence of right-wing rhetoric and affiliation, as people try to cling to what is certain and look for scapegoats. Common-sense goes out the window and only fear remains.
Wow, that got the trolls out in full force this morning. You've touched a nerve, Dan -- these Neanderthals really believed that all football players were as unevolved as they. Truth hurts your giant sloped foreheads, doesn't it, boys?
What you meant to say was that they point out that children will be harmed if they follow Danny's advice to practice condom-less anal and oral and "GAY SEX" as means of birth control.
I've hung out with my fair share of jocks. Boxing gyms and kickboxing gyms mostly. Typically not your most enlightened group.
And I've witnessed over the last decade a remarkable shift in culture. From overt homophobia to "not giving a shit" to supporting openly gay fighters. I heard my old gym had guys wearing pink trunks in support of a gay fighter not so long ago.
I predict within five years you will have an openly gay UFC champ (trust me MANY of those guys are gay). And that my friends will be that.
My brother (a red-neck retired Army and Parol officer) just attended an a gay wedding of active duty Army officers. He was part of the saber arch for the couple as they exited the church. Ten years ago he couldn't even contemplate such a thing.
It's really hard to maintain stereotypes of GLBT people, when every GLBT person one knows doesn't seem to fit them. Too many folks know too many queers that are just like themselves to continue with the old tired crap from the days we were all in the closet.
My paranoia would like to agree with @8 above, but we are not in Hitler's Germany (yet!), despite what the fundies may want. Even the nay-sayers at the Pentagon have had to admit that DADT's repeal has had zero discernable effect on the military.
Years back I trained at gym where the one super homophobic coach would go on about how he didn't want to know if anybody was a fag in his gym because then he couldn't help picturing them kissing him. He found that too... distracting.
Also, according to him, no fighter could ever be gay or liberal because that would be like being a woman, who were also a distraction and too soft so he never dated them. He would also go on about how he'd like to roll with various hunky male celebrities to "check their oil."
Okay, as part of my therapy regarding my Sybil problem, which I'm told will contain unfortunate, and irretrievably, obnoxiously immature relapses (see posts 2, 3, 4, 6 AND 7, et al), I am to confess to at least one uncomfortable truth per day ...
Today's being: I am obssessed with Dan Savage to a disturbingly unhealthy degree ...
to, in fact, near-hallucinatory, superweird, pulling-it-entirely-out-of-my-ass levels ...
don't come dragging your ass in this afternoon
all Jonny-cum-late trying to be cute.
if you can't show up when the postings going on then just don't bother.
I'm super happy that Kluwe stepped up to defend marriage AND Ayanbadejo. However, I feel like Ayanbadejo initial heroic support of gay rights is getting lost in the drama of Kluwe.
The take home of the story is that adorable white football player curses out mean black politician by schooling him on the constitution. White football player saves they day!!!!
I see your point @36, but I think Kluwe's colorful statement of solidarity amplified the message. It helped make the situation more than a local Maryland story by drawing attention to other NFL players who have made PSAs for marriage equality.
I support anyone exuberantly piling on to support marriage equality and freedom of speech.
If you're going to criticize Dan for misspelling Kluwe's name, you might also want to know that you confused the word conscience and conscious.
I believe you intended to say something about whether or not athletes "have long been the moral conscience of the Civilization." Instead you said "moral conscious."
As an English professor, I find an occasional typo or misspelling a lot easier to excuse than not knowing the difference between two distinctly separate words, like conscious and conscience.
What is funny is that the Republicans keep trying to use these sorts of things (marriage equality, gays in the military, etc.) as wedge issues in elections. This has worked, sometimes, but the problem is that once people start _talking_ about the issue it tends to drive the national consensus in the exact opposite direction they want it to go.
So What, SmartGuy?
FuckYou.....
Pro-Athletes(sic),
after all,
have long been the moral conscious of the Civilization.
Cut Danny some slack.
It's a weird name.
And its not like it was right there,
spelled correctly,
in the first line of the posted article or anything.....
tagline:
"Fuck condoms-
If It Feels Good
JUST DO IT!"
LGBT people felt strong enough to march for their equal rights in Germany just before Hitler came to power, and were shipped off to concentration camps shortly afterwards. And who would ever have thought that availability of contraception - CONTRACEPTION - would be a matter for debate in a developed nation in 2012?
Uncertain economic times seem to lead to a resurgence of right-wing rhetoric and affiliation, as people try to cling to what is certain and look for scapegoats. Common-sense goes out the window and only fear remains.
Every other Pro-Athlete(sic) has already come out in favor of The Gay.
When the long-haired punters go then you know it is When You've Lost Pro-Athletes.....
That's a good point.
if you are going to remove the hyphen
you might as well correct the spelling as well.....
They sure play like they are gay.....
off topic posts will be deleted.....
there now.
that wasn't so bad, was it?
What you meant to say was that they point out that children will be harmed if they follow Danny's advice to practice condom-less anal and oral and "GAY SEX" as means of birth control.
And I've witnessed over the last decade a remarkable shift in culture. From overt homophobia to "not giving a shit" to supporting openly gay fighters. I heard my old gym had guys wearing pink trunks in support of a gay fighter not so long ago.
I predict within five years you will have an openly gay UFC champ (trust me MANY of those guys are gay). And that my friends will be that.
My brother (a red-neck retired Army and Parol officer) just attended an a gay wedding of active duty Army officers. He was part of the saber arch for the couple as they exited the church. Ten years ago he couldn't even contemplate such a thing.
The culture war is over. The assholes lost.
Are you telling me there are people involved in MMA who AREN'T gay??
My paranoia would like to agree with @8 above, but we are not in Hitler's Germany (yet!), despite what the fundies may want. Even the nay-sayers at the Pentagon have had to admit that DADT's repeal has had zero discernable effect on the military.
Years back I trained at gym where the one super homophobic coach would go on about how he didn't want to know if anybody was a fag in his gym because then he couldn't help picturing them kissing him. He found that too... distracting.
Also, according to him, no fighter could ever be gay or liberal because that would be like being a woman, who were also a distraction and too soft so he never dated them. He would also go on about how he'd like to roll with various hunky male celebrities to "check their oil."
Uhhhhh... Coach?
He lives with his boy friend now.
Today's being: I am obssessed with Dan Savage to a disturbingly unhealthy degree ...
to, in fact, near-hallucinatory, superweird, pulling-it-entirely-out-of-my-ass levels ...
one I don't wanna quit ...
don't come dragging your ass in this afternoon
all Jonny-cum-late trying to be cute.
if you can't show up when the postings going on then just don't bother.
The take home of the story is that adorable white football player curses out mean black politician by schooling him on the constitution. White football player saves they day!!!!
Somehow Ayanbadejo got pushed out of the story...
I support anyone exuberantly piling on to support marriage equality and freedom of speech.
If you're going to criticize Dan for misspelling Kluwe's name, you might also want to know that you confused the word conscience and conscious.
I believe you intended to say something about whether or not athletes "have long been the moral conscience of the Civilization." Instead you said "moral conscious."
As an English professor, I find an occasional typo or misspelling a lot easier to excuse than not knowing the difference between two distinctly separate words, like conscious and conscience.
Get a dictionary. And use it.
or it could be a word gag
are all english professors pompous pedestrian dumbasses?
be careful, Bob.
41% of the homos in Baltimore have HIV.
(has your hand been HIV tested? you can't be too careful...)