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shadowspar: An angry anime swordswoman, looking as though about to smash something (Default)
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 00:29

There always has to be one, doesn't there?

As [livejournal.com profile] frickinmuck correctly points out, while American voters may have repudiated racism by putting a black man in the nation's highest office, many also endorsed homophobia in several ballot initiatives, including California Proposition 8.

I'm disgusted by the notion that human rights should be subject to a majority vote, let alone that any of these measures passed. Times like this remind me of how much I cherish the protections afforded me by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:

15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

(As an aside, any time anybody mentions the phrase "Traditional Marriage", I can't help but think of this Rick Mercer clip. You know! Traditional marriage, like with arranged marriages, beatings and stuff!)

shadowspar: An angry anime swordswoman, looking as though about to smash something (Default)
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 23:22

This is awesome.

The vindictive, hateful, greedy and simpleminded rule of the last eight years has made a mockery of the great ideals upon which America was founded. Now I have hope -- hope that we'll see the USA coming back onto the world stage as a nation that's more interested in making and working with friends than in making and killing enemies. A nation that cares about people and not just profits. A nation that sticks to its principles instead of trying to find ways to work around them.

I've always respected the flag of the United States of America, but tonight I'd be proud to hoist her along with my own.

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Friday, May 30th, 2008 12:54

...from the OMFG-please-give-me-a-fucking-break-dept.

Dunkin Donuts puts out an ad featuring Rachael Ray wearing a black paisley scarf. US neo-cons claim that said scarf is a keffiyeh and is Ray's clandestine way of expressing support for violent Palestinian extremists. Dunkin Donuts pulls the ad.

I told someone at work about this today and he thought that I was putting him on. Story from the CBC here; from Newsday with a side-by-side photo of Ray and Arafat here.

What a bunch of bullshit. I feel a sudden urge to go keffiyeh shopping.