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12/07/09
I have not slept with Tiger Woods. So that's one girl down.
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Course I love you.. I love all y'all
Hehehe, hehehe, f'real
I love girls, girls, girls, girls
Girls, I do adore
Yo put your number on this paper cause I would love to date ya
Holla at ya when I come off tour
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Wouldn't that be Woods himself?
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12/07/09
Wanda Sykes called this one a looooong time ago.
12/07/09
Just the Rupert Murdochs of the world stirring up racial tensions as the economies melt down and tensions rise. Nothing to see here.
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We protect animals from having this done to them, but people are fair game whether they are capable of comprehending the consequences of seeking and then actually getting famous in the realm of satellite TV where we are all Kings commanding our fools to sing and dance for our amusement.
Next on the list: Taylor Swift
12/07/09
It's like dealing with an addict. They're sad and stupid and weak, but eventually you have to abandon trying to help them if they don't help themselves.
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But I'm glad you're posting all of this 'cause I've been trying to prove to 5ftoffury that there are people in the world who exist who have no sympathy for others and they cannot be educated to create it where it is lacking.
12/07/09
Addiction, by clinical definition is a disease, but only assholes like you would say that people who choose NOT to get help deserve nothing but sympathy and coddling. Do you think you're helping them by saying "it's not your fault, you have no control"? Do you think that's how an intervention happens? People need to want help. If they don't, it fails. If they do, it succeeds.
Do you think that's helping Susan Boyle? She's handicapped, but only slightly, and none of that means she's incapable of making choices to run her own life. Or would you like everyone in the world who's slightly handicapped to have a handler, so that they can live their lives as weak and patronized, so that you can feel good about yourself that you're protecting people that you have serious unconscious contempt for. I have sympathy for people who want and need help, for people who choose help. But until they do, I feel bad for them, but I have nothing to offer them. Should I feel bad for Susan Boyle? No. She chose her own path then, and is choosing her own actions now, so she can live with the consequences. Just like every other human being.
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Not in the tips proper:
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Ja, ja, I know... you've got a zillion feeds and you picked it out yourself.
12/04/09
Note that Adam's performance came on the heels of the OUT magazine controversy where editor Aaron Hicklin (and many, many others) accused Adam of not being gay enough, which made international news.
Derrik J. Lang - quoted from his AP article on ADAM'S REHEARSAL PERFORMANCE:
"When he begins performing "For Your Entertainment," the first single and title track from his album out Monday, Lambert's domination turns outrageous.
At one point, he thrusts a leather-clad male backup dancer's face toward his crotch, and later flashes a knowing smile as he strokes the same dancer's cheek after plowing through a door that swings both ways.
This is not your typical award show routine.
"There are a lot of double standards as far as that goes," the openly gay singer says backstage, a few days before his Sunday performance. "We've seen female pop and rock performers do that for the last 10 years. They've been very provocative, owning their power and sexuality. You just don't see men doing it very often. And I'm hoping to break down that double standard with this number."
The press were paying attention to Adam's rehearsals - where was ABC? Oh, that's right, telling everyone how provocative Adam's performance would be. Then after the fact some homophobe(s) in power got pissed/scared and weren't going to allow that sort of equality malarky. Adam has allowed all the blame to fall on his shoulders, repeating ad nauseam that he got carried away and doesn't blame ABC, his CD promo tour becoming an exercise in self-flagellation.
ABC's decision to cancel Adam on the GMAs and then continue the emasculation by canceling Jimmy Kimmel and New Year's Rockin' Eve is homophobic hypocrisy. And now GLAAD has supported them.
Adam is the current whipping boy of choice from BOTH sides of the argument - he's either too gay or not gay enough. Why don't we just make Adam wear a big red G on his chest and be done with it? How dare he be out and proud of it.
eta: more nearly, how dare he be out, proud and seeking or expecting equality. Off with his head!
12/04/09
12/04/09
I think Adam is most threatening because he's been upbeat, positive and proud. It feels like ABC has been beating him into submission and it really ticks me off, not least because it reminds me of things I heard when visiting certain areas of this country as a child - about minorities needing to "know their place." Which reminds me of bigots who say they don't mind gays, they just don't want it "shoved in their faces." In other words - they should "know their place." Like a closet.
As for GLAAD? Any delusions I had about their integrity are gone.
12/04/09
No consent = bad touch. Tell mom! Stop, drop, and roll!
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