| marion barry: apparently not a stalker |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|10:32 am] |
It was front page news on Pam's House Blend when Marion Barry got arrested for stalking.
Will there be an update on PHB now that the charges have apparently been dropped?
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against Marion S. Barry Jr., the former mayor of Washington, who was accused of stalking his former girlfriend. Mr. Barry’s lawyer denied the accusations and said Mr. Barry had been arrested on the way home from a meal with the woman, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt, a political consultant and former girlfriend. Ms. Watts-Brighthaupt earlier this week also released a statement that appeared to deny she had accused Mr. Barry of stalking.
Nah. It's much more fun making coded racist statements and fabricating lies about what Barry did or didn't do.
(Note: I'm not a big Marion Barry fan, but I do think it's important to stick to the truth and not just make shit up because you can.) |
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| well, now we know what's really important |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|08:43 am] |
Remember way back when Autumn Sandeen got really annoyed because everyone was paying attention to the "cis" screw-up that she caused?
She challenged us to talk about these topics, which are more "important," instead:
• is the upcoming Latisha Green Hate Crime Murder Trial receiving our attention?
• is the hate expressed at the young, trans woman Angie Zapata Hate Crime Murder being forgotten?
• is our community focused on passing the Matthew Sheppard Act -- the federal hate crime legislation?
• is our community making calls to ensure the passage of a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)?
• have we highlighted that the Department of Justice (DOJ) isn't going to appeal the Diane Schroer trans federal government discrimination case decision?
• is our community taking notice that an apparent hate crime murder of an apparently gay sailor is being called "not a hate crime" by the United States Navy?
Now, a pop quiz. Which of those topics has Autumn Sandeen written about lately?
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If you answered none of them, you get 100% on the quiz. Give yourself extra credit if you also noted that Autumn did, however, post about "civility" again.
(By the way, do not read that thread unless you want to see real toxic mess of cis privilege. It'd be ironic, except for the fact that since the beginning, Autumn and Pam Spaulding have defined "civil" as "openly transphobic.")
PS: But posters on the Blend are recruiting for a nativist fringe political party. Isn't that charming?
Update: I forgot to include this -- I've seen more on Questioning Transphobia about Lateisha Green's murder than on Pam's House Blend, despite Autumn's attempt to grandstand and make it All About Her, as she did with the trial of Angie Zapata's murder. |
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| aravosis: still hating on michael jackson |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|11:24 am] |
link warning: stupid cis white gay man
It's just not a memorial service without John Aravosis to jump up and remind everyone what fucking racist asshats they are over at AmericaBlog.
Update: And it goes without saying that most of the people at Pam's House Blend hate Michael Jackson too.
A couple commenters got it right, though:
I believe among progressives it has become almost a measure of your "hipness" to be hating on Michael Jackson. The man was a major world influence and I don't think there's anything wrong with acknowleding there will probably not be another performer to have his cultural impact.
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The sneering condescension is the ugly underbelly of progressivism. It helped drive lots of working class voters away from the left. Some of the commenters here sound just like the caricature of Goth kids on South Park--the faux ennui is really tiresome.
Yup. |
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