http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/29/whos-this-guy-in-the-bigoted-new-reject-r-74-ad Comments On: Who's this Guy in the Bigoted New Reject R-74 Ad? by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/AdWat…
Posted by aurora]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:49:27 -0700 The Stranger married couples at a PTA event. I'd like to see him backed into a corner, eyes jerking back and forth in desperation because ... THE HORROR.

OTOH, let's pretend that his children will never learn at school that boys can marry boys. And, because of the insular nature of the bubble enforced by their father, they don't learn about it from any other source. Then, they graduate from school, walk out into the real world, read a newspaper for the first time, and realize that the world isn't at all like their father described. If they're lucky (not having been so indoctrinated they can no longer evaluate people and situations on their own merits), they'll only feel cheated that they'd never been taught how to interact sociably with a wide variety of people who are different from them.

Posted by Helenka (also a Canuck)]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:57:56 -0700 The Stranger
Say, if he can ask for his kid to be taught about gay marriage, could other people ask for their kids not to be taught about straight marriage?
Posted by juli81]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:44:59 -0700 The Stranger Posted by suddenlyorcas]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:05:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:19:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Skot]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:10:27 -0700 The Stranger Posted by MacCrocodile]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:33:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by pfffter]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:30:51 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Rosie777]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:52:57 -0700 The Stranger
http://my.washingtonunitedformarriage.or…
Posted by pfffter]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:48:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by HOT PUSSY]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:40:13 -0700 The Stranger
As to your other point, this is how the marginalized & powerless win. They can't use the same tactics as their opponents. The bigots in power only have power. They try to wrap themselves in moral right. If you play their game, you end up being as morally bankrupt as they are. And without the funds to hide it, you'll lose out. The Civil Rights struggle holds endless lessons on how to overturn bigotry. One of the foremost is to act w/ the moral authority that your opponents claim. The bigots can't win against that: they can only forestall the inevitable.

Those aren't loses. Proposition 8 wasn't a loss. The bigots had to pay mucho dinero to fight it, call in their reserves. Ten years before, they could have swatted it aside w/o thinking. The anti-72 crowd, like those against Prop 8, had to go national to fight it. They can't defeat it at the local/state level. Every election, there will be another one to fight. Every election, they'll lose more money. It's inevitable. We're not losing, we're winning, no matter what happens on election day.

But I'm still preparing for a fucking huge party & dancing in the streets.
Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:14:33 -0700 The Stranger
It seems as if the ad tries to portray the couple as something of an "everyman" (and woman) who common, non-bigoted folk could easily identify with. Providing some appropriate context for the guy hardly seems extraneous or irrelevant.
Posted by mikethehammer]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:10:18 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Limey Rick]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:14:33 -0700 The Stranger
And because our side refuses to fight fire with fire we lose.
I said I wouldn't be surprised if R-74 is rejected.
Now I feel certain it will be rejected.
I would be thrilled to be wrong and as a result called every name in the book and have the worst wished upon me -- but sad to say the odds are in my favor.
Posted by Mark in Colorado]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:13:40 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Limey Rick]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:12:05 -0700 The Stranger
The goal is to win, that's the American way.

The point is that they know what works not that they use bigots with questionable morals.
Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:59:25 -0700 The Stranger
And what this crap about opting out? Parents don't get opt-out notifications for anything else, do they??
Posted by BoyfriendoftheYear]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:24:47 -0700 The Stranger
One great bonus reason to vote for R-74, people - to stick it to the David Parkers of the world.
Posted by floater]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:11:02 -0700 The Stranger Posted by rob!]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:09:29 -0700 The Stranger