no. 118

"Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side"

unknown

no. 117

"So if guns kill people, I suppose pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk, and spoons make people fat."

(via)

no. 116

"‘Cause the thing is, you and the guys you hang out with may not really mean anything by it when you talk about crazy bitches and dumb sluts and heh-heh-I’d-hit-that and you just can’t reason with them and you can’t live with ‘em can’t shoot ‘em and she’s obviously only dressed like that because she wants to get laid and if they can’t stand the heat they should get out of the kitchen and if they can’t play by the rules they don’t belong here and if they can’t take a little teasing they should quit and heh heh they’re only good for fucking and cleaning and they’re not fit to be leaders and they’re too emotional to run a business and they just want to get their hands on our money and if they’d just stop overreacting and telling themselves they’re victims they’d realize they actually have all the power in this society and white men aren’t even allowed to do anything anymore and and and…

I get that you don’t really mean that shit. I get that you’re just talking out your ass.

But please listen, and please trust me on this one: you have probably, at some point in your life, engaged in that kind of talk with a man who really, truly hates women–to the extent of having beaten and/or raped at least one. And you probably didn’t know which one he was.

And that guy? Thought you were on his side."

Kate Harding, (via)

no. 115

Shauna: I miss being little and loud, Lottie.
Lottie: If we can't be little any more, we'll make up for it by being louder.

Scary Go Round

no.114

no. 113

"If an alien was looking down on us and inspecting our language, they would see that the worst thing we do on this planet is we torture, we kill, we abuse, we harm people… we’re cruel. And those are the things for which we should be ashamed. Amongst the best things we do is we breed children and we raise them, we make love to each other, we adore each other, we’re affectionate and fond of each other. Those are the good things we do. And they would say ‘How odd, that the language for the awful things is used casually all the time.’ ‘Oh the traffic was agony. It was hell, it was cruel. Oh, it was torture waiting in line!’ They’d say ‘You use words like torture! That’s the worst word!’ And yet if we use the f-word, which is the word for generating our species, for showing physical affection one to another, then we’re taken off air and accused of being wicked and irresponsible and a bad influence to children. Now, we’re part of this culture so we often don’t question it, but if you think of someone from outside it, it is very strange."

Stephen Fry

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no.112

"Conservatives often say that America is a "Christian nation". Liberals find this exclusionary, and I agree that when it's used it's often to set Christians above those of other faiths. As offensive as this suggestion is, the primary sentiment I feel when I phrase "Christian nation" isn't anger, but sadness. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our laws and policies reflected Christ's compassion and concern for the poorest and most vulnerable among us? Wouldn't it be wonderful if our citizens showed some of the same love for one another that Christ held in His heart for all humankind? This may seem utopian. What troubles me isn't so much that we fall short. It's that most including most who call themselves Christian, do not even seem to want to try."

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in "Failing America's Faithful". (p169)

no. 111

Fashion is one of the very few forms of expression in which women have more freedom than men. And I don’t think it’s an accident that it’s typically seen as shallow, trivial, and vain. It is the height of irony that women are valued for our looks, encouraged to make ourselves beautiful and ornamental… and are then derided as shallow and vain for doing so. And it’s a subtle but definite form of sexism to take one of the few forms of expression where women have more freedom, and treat it as a form of expression that’s inherently superficial and trivial. Like it or not, fashion and style are primarily a women’s art form. And I think it gets treated as trivial because women get treated as trivial.

Fashion is a Feminist Issue: Greta Christina

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no. 110

no. 109

"Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life…you give them a piece of you. They don’t ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore."

Neil Gaiman

no. 108

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.

The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.

The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.

And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.

Elie Wiesel

no. 107

"Well, of course, the biologist I suppose would say that like all breeds of animals, the basic instinct is to reproduce our kind, but I believe it's inherent in the concept that created our country - and in the individual Judeo-Christian religion - that man is for individual fulfillment; for our religion is based on the idea not of any mass movement but of individual salvation. Each man must find his own salvation; I would think that our national purpose in this country - and we have lost sight of it too much in the last three decades - is to be free - to the limit possible with law and order, every man to be what God intended him to be."

Ronald Reagan, from an interview with David Frost, 1968

Answers like this is why Boomers, one of the most selfish generations we've seen, loves Reagan. Self-involvement is king!

no. 106

“Make all politicians work for minimum wage and watch how fast things change.”

Jess

no. 105

"Just for anyone who is still wondering about the racist implications of this flag… here’s a fun fact. A lot more of these started popping up after Obama took office.

A more honest and open version of this sticker would read, when I look at all these black people all over the place in America, I realize that slavery wasn’t really worth it in the end.

Oh but it’s heritage, not hate. We don’t hate them. We just wish they weren’t here, you know, trying to be equal to us."

stfuconfederates, responding to the photo below.

Maybe it is about heritage. But it's also about racism, at least for some. The two don't necessarily apply to everyone who like the flag, but it applies to the flag itself, through simple usage and history. To deny this is like saying that the swastika is a religious symbol and so all that "extra" Nazi stuff doesn't really apply.

no. 104

Goodness gracious, my generation's lost
They burned down all our bridges before we had a chance to cross
Is it the winter of our discontent or just an early frost?

Goodness gracious, of apathy i sing
The babyboomers had it all and wasted everything
Now recess is almost over and they won't get off the swing

Goodness gracious, we came in at the end
No sex that isn't dangerous, no money left to spend
We're the cleanup crew for parties we were too young to attend

Kevin Gilbert in the song Goodness Gracious

no. 103

"The world is led by Alpha Males, but the machinery of the world turns on the bearing of the Beta Male."

Christopher Moore, in A Dirty Job

no. 102

"One of my favorite (I think original) quotes is to say that...
When you argue with a Liberal, he'll tell you why you're wrong; while if you argue with a Conservative, he'll show you why you're Liberal.

I post that (or some variant of it) on MMFA a lot. And the best part of that?

If a Liberal is arguing with a Conservative? Using this reasoning? THEY'RE BOTH RIGHT!"

"Niceguy" Eddie

no. 101

"God’s standards are absolute. They do not change."

my friend Gerald quoting that sunday's sermon on his Facebook page. I wanted to reply (but was too polite to do so), "it's a good thing that God's omniscient - he can afford to be absolute". I, personally, am not that sure of myself, nor should any non-God be.

no. 100

"Why do people say 'man up, grow some balls'? Balls are weak & vulnerable. If you wanna toughen up grow a vagina- those things can take a POUNDING."

unknown, (possibly Betty White), found here

no. 99

“It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.”

Mother Tereasa of Calcutta