tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post1102330228283576374..comments2024-03-24T18:43:18.706-04:00Comments on Darwinfish 2: Touching the Third Railbluzdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-44286939788581334982019-02-13T17:54:27.981-05:002019-02-13T17:54:27.981-05:00I was in a small, rural corner of northeast Ohio.
...I was in a small, rural corner of northeast Ohio.<br /><br />The yearbook is the key for me. If it was such a taboo, how did it show up in a yearbook (which I assume had a faculty adviser)? That tells me it was NBD in that place at that time.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-23071667199423828412019-02-13T12:27:01.014-05:002019-02-13T12:27:01.014-05:00Were you in the South in 1984? I was at UGA in 84,...Were you in the South in 1984? I was at UGA in 84, and I guarantee there was similar things going on there, I just don't think it would have been in a yearbook Brewlordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734357073843085512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-66632911063228683602019-02-06T17:52:03.521-05:002019-02-06T17:52:03.521-05:00I'm sure his position on abortion sent the ant...I'm sure his position on abortion sent the anti-choice brigade running to find some dirt on the guy.<br /><br />I'm with you on the abortion issue. It's a decision for a woman and her doctor. Everyone else, (especially MEN who aren't married to the woman in question) should butt out. It's really a heinous way of forcing one person's morality on someone else, with a lifetime of consequences.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-1751821311161317452019-02-06T17:49:00.990-05:002019-02-06T17:49:00.990-05:00Maybe I was just too isolated out in the country. ...Maybe I was just too isolated out in the country. I knew blackface wasn't something that was done anymore, but I would have had no idea how taboo it was. I don't think it really hit me until 1993 when Ted Danson wore blackface at a Friar's roast and everything blew up.<br /><br />As for the Klan robe, that's a whole different story. Never would have touched that with a ten-foot pole. I probably should have mentioned that earlier.<br /><br />I agree that he needs to come up with a coherent explanation because what's come out thus far has been a train wreck.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-55369423174624727252019-02-06T09:19:14.846-05:002019-02-06T09:19:14.846-05:00I can remember 1984 (I would have been 24 that yea...I can remember 1984 (I would have been 24 that year). Everybody back then knew that blackface, and even more a KKK outfit, were grossly racist and offensive. I said and believed some embarrassing stuff too when I was that age, but I would never have come within light-years of being in such a photo or allowing it to represent me. These are certainly not "standards that didn't exist yet". Even then that photo would have been considered shockingly racist. Nobody is saying "everybody has to have always been perfect". Like Franken, this is a rare (for a Democrat) case of gross, extreme behavior.<br /><br />Northam may indeed be a changed man, but if so, he needs to explain how and why his attitudes changed, and make it convincing. Otherwise he can never have the confidence of the non-white part of his state's population. If "it was no big deal at the time" is the best he can come up with, he needs to resign. We can't allow ourselves to sound like the Republicans do when they make these excuses for people like Kavanaugh.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-11775557080598470442019-02-06T09:02:07.545-05:002019-02-06T09:02:07.545-05:00Oh boy this one gets me. I HATE that this guy did ...Oh boy this one gets me. I HATE that this guy did this. (nothram) He was a good governor thus far. A couple days before this went down he took a lot of heat and protesters about late term abortions. His point being if a woman must have one for some reason it should be allowed and we should not tell a woman what to do with her body. Now whether you agree or not with this, the fact that he stood up with his principles in tact and said what he wanted and not what everyone else wanted him to say I applauded. Then 2 days later--Boom this. Coincidence? I am not a conspiracy theory person but I think if he had skipped this event or said no to all abortions this never would have seen the light of day.<br />And my rant on it all is this - if you don't believe in abortions don't get one. I don't believe in owning guns, I have none. I also don't believe in organized religion so should I take down all churches? TMargaret (Peggy or Peg too)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247428494327269983noreply@blogger.com