I'll never forget running into these guys (because I have yet to personally locate a single Log Cabin lesbian, although surely they exist) at Pride one year and giving them the widest of berths- along with everyone else, looked like. It was really sad to see their one booth be the only one NOT swarmed, but I wasn't there to debate, you know?
I stiill also have yet to dope out wtf log cabins have to do with a) being gay or b) being conservative. (Unless you think Abe Lincoln was definitely gay, not bi or queer or contemporary standard-issue hetero, and you also think that his symbol is a log cabin, AND you think he was a conservative, not just a Republican back when that meant progressive? 🥴)
About that sexualizing children thing, does that include little girls (e.g., Jon-Benet Ramsay) entering beauty pageants and dressing just like the adults? Or does that not count, like all the stuff in the Bible?
"Maybe it’s us, we just have this dang self-respect that’s always getting in the way."
A healthy sense of self-respect is definitely an impediment to rewards in the world. Fortunately for Mr. Moran, he doesn't seem to suffer from that problem.
Goes 2 show two primary characteristics of Republicans: 1) lack of imagination 2) denial.
Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) lack the imagination to connect the dots between anti-trans sentiment and anti-gay sentiment. They think - I know what gender I am - those other people, they're mentally ill. They're not like me. And then they're just in straight-up (no pun intended) denial about the massive difference in anti-gay bigotry between the Republican and Democratic parties. Just fingers-in-ears, 'la la la, I can't hear you' levels of denial.
I had this discussion recently with my enbie spawn. They asked me if I ever had any doubts about my gender or orientation, to which I replied "nope, never" and it occurred to me that that's why I'm not bothered by other people who are different. I don't feel the least bit threatened by them because I know who I am and I'm confident that nobody will change that.
The people it frightens are maybe somewhere else on the spectrum and think it's "wrong" or "a sin" not to be what they're told they should be so the idea that they could be convinced to be something else is terrifying. Strangely, it makes it rational for them to try to quash acceptance because they might find out they could be someone else and that goes against everything they've been taught.
For certain conservatives I know, that extends to everything else. Anything that steps outside rigid conformity is threatening and mocked. It's frightening to them. Maybe it's a church thing too... a rigid adherence to the only right way as defined by authority, which may be impossible to live up to in the real world, but oh, they do try, feel guilty about their lack (or smug about their supposed superiority), and/or try to stuff others in that same closet, er box.
"Now, the night of the convention you might feel a slight sting. That’s pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. It only hurts, it never helps." ~ Marcellus GQP
When I was going through the Very Bad Times I spent my last $15 on a fair amount of Sprite Zero* and a handle of cheap flavoured vodka- I believe it was raspberry. (Ah, America, where killing yourself is SO cheap!)
* Apparently some part of my Southern brain believes if I indulge in one vice I'm not allowed to have the others at any cost. If I make rum & Cokes, for instance, the Coke is not only sugar-free but caffeine-free. That's what living in the South does to you.
I then proceeded to mix a couple of drinks every night when I got home (I'm a cheap drunk), put in my headphones and listen to loud music, and go for a run on my treadmill until I couldn't move or think. Very effective, recommend 10/10 (if you can run while drunk.)
I am extremely fortunate I didn't become dependent on alcohol because I was very consciously using it to cope with an intolerable situation. That was years ago, and now I'm banned from drinking thanks to needing my kidneys, or some nonsense, but I sure do sympathise with everyone who's been drinking to get through this unending nightmare.
crushed ice, cheap flavored brandy? Couldn't be much more complicated than that, could it? Apple brandy probably. I don't think you're using Christian Bros or Hennessy.
All the gay Republicans I've known have at least one of two things in common: lots of money, and/or bigotry. W/r/t to the latter, it's usually racism, although misogyny typically works its way in there, and it's a quick trip from there to internalized homophobia, since homophobia is just misogyny using a different passport.
By and large, all the gay Republicans I knew who aren't terrible people realized that they had been living incredibly sheltered lives and left the party around 2015-2016.
Oh, my husband and I are in thr middle of reading that via audiobook! I must be the only person who doesn't know what happens- I just assume no one is to be trusted.
Did you know that Peter Lorre doesn't sound funny in German? I went to see "Die Verlorene" when I was a summer French student at Middlebury, and I think he's the main character. My German wasn't good enough to really follow the story, but I think he was a chemist who poisoned some people and then walked in front of a train at the end. Or maybe something else, but I'm reasonably certain about the murdering and the train.
Yes, he was the murderer in "M." My German may be a bit better than yours (MA, 1996), I recall well the ominous nursery rhyme from the beginning of it:
Warte, warte, nur ein Weilchen,
Kommt der Hackemann zu dir,
Kommt mit seinem Hackebeilchen,
Der macht Hackefleisch aus dir!
Hackemann= hack-man=butcher
Hackebeilchen= little hack-blade= little meat cleaver
Wasn't Peter Lorre a pivotal weirdo/chararcter in the [murder drama/dada-esque/ Hitchcockian/ can't recall] movie "M?" Iirc, He's done a lot of interesting work, so the other movie you described sounds right in line with him. But my memory is foggy.
Pretty much! Fun fact: according to IMDB, there was a goof in the passport scene. One of them had an outdated name for a Greek city: Lepanto v. Naupactus. His passport says Lepanto, which has not been used since the Medieval Era.
Right. "The language". Stripped! Right. Fine. Great. All's well!
We're going to destroy your rights but, like, in a maybe politely worded way?
“It isn’t what it is” or “It is what it isn’t”. You get to decide!
I'll never forget running into these guys (because I have yet to personally locate a single Log Cabin lesbian, although surely they exist) at Pride one year and giving them the widest of berths- along with everyone else, looked like. It was really sad to see their one booth be the only one NOT swarmed, but I wasn't there to debate, you know?
I stiill also have yet to dope out wtf log cabins have to do with a) being gay or b) being conservative. (Unless you think Abe Lincoln was definitely gay, not bi or queer or contemporary standard-issue hetero, and you also think that his symbol is a log cabin, AND you think he was a conservative, not just a Republican back when that meant progressive? 🥴)
Ta, Evan. Get a brain, Moran. (I'm sure almost everyone has said the same.)
It is an unfortunate coincidence of a name. But no one told him he had to live up to it.
"You can watch some of those speeches here).
GROSS.
Charles needs to get a brain.
About that sexualizing children thing, does that include little girls (e.g., Jon-Benet Ramsay) entering beauty pageants and dressing just like the adults? Or does that not count, like all the stuff in the Bible?
"Maybe it’s us, we just have this dang self-respect that’s always getting in the way."
A healthy sense of self-respect is definitely an impediment to rewards in the world. Fortunately for Mr. Moran, he doesn't seem to suffer from that problem.
I have only this famous philosophical and wise quote for the Log Cabin Repubs:
"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."
Groucho Marx
Lots of closets in those fuckng log cabins.
The Logs have a humiliation fetish.
But must they inflict it on the rest of us?
Goes 2 show two primary characteristics of Republicans: 1) lack of imagination 2) denial.
Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) lack the imagination to connect the dots between anti-trans sentiment and anti-gay sentiment. They think - I know what gender I am - those other people, they're mentally ill. They're not like me. And then they're just in straight-up (no pun intended) denial about the massive difference in anti-gay bigotry between the Republican and Democratic parties. Just fingers-in-ears, 'la la la, I can't hear you' levels of denial.
I had this discussion recently with my enbie spawn. They asked me if I ever had any doubts about my gender or orientation, to which I replied "nope, never" and it occurred to me that that's why I'm not bothered by other people who are different. I don't feel the least bit threatened by them because I know who I am and I'm confident that nobody will change that.
The people it frightens are maybe somewhere else on the spectrum and think it's "wrong" or "a sin" not to be what they're told they should be so the idea that they could be convinced to be something else is terrifying. Strangely, it makes it rational for them to try to quash acceptance because they might find out they could be someone else and that goes against everything they've been taught.
For certain conservatives I know, that extends to everything else. Anything that steps outside rigid conformity is threatening and mocked. It's frightening to them. Maybe it's a church thing too... a rigid adherence to the only right way as defined by authority, which may be impossible to live up to in the real world, but oh, they do try, feel guilty about their lack (or smug about their supposed superiority), and/or try to stuff others in that same closet, er box.
"the head of the Log Cabin Republicans, from inside the Republican National Convention"
Get out!!! The c̵a̵l̵l̵ homophobia is coming from inside the h̵o̵u̵s̵e̵ Log Cabin!!!
"Now, the night of the convention you might feel a slight sting. That’s pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. It only hurts, it never helps." ~ Marcellus GQP
But does he have the Tucker Carlson seal of approval for gayness?
I've seen "brandy slushies" in three consecutive Wonkette posts. You know you're going to have to post the recipe.
When I was going through the Very Bad Times I spent my last $15 on a fair amount of Sprite Zero* and a handle of cheap flavoured vodka- I believe it was raspberry. (Ah, America, where killing yourself is SO cheap!)
* Apparently some part of my Southern brain believes if I indulge in one vice I'm not allowed to have the others at any cost. If I make rum & Cokes, for instance, the Coke is not only sugar-free but caffeine-free. That's what living in the South does to you.
I then proceeded to mix a couple of drinks every night when I got home (I'm a cheap drunk), put in my headphones and listen to loud music, and go for a run on my treadmill until I couldn't move or think. Very effective, recommend 10/10 (if you can run while drunk.)
I am extremely fortunate I didn't become dependent on alcohol because I was very consciously using it to cope with an intolerable situation. That was years ago, and now I'm banned from drinking thanks to needing my kidneys, or some nonsense, but I sure do sympathise with everyone who's been drinking to get through this unending nightmare.
crushed ice, cheap flavored brandy? Couldn't be much more complicated than that, could it? Apple brandy probably. I don't think you're using Christian Bros or Hennessy.
Never heard of them until today. Sounds delicious.
All the gay Republicans I've known have at least one of two things in common: lots of money, and/or bigotry. W/r/t to the latter, it's usually racism, although misogyny typically works its way in there, and it's a quick trip from there to internalized homophobia, since homophobia is just misogyny using a different passport.
By and large, all the gay Republicans I knew who aren't terrible people realized that they had been living incredibly sheltered lives and left the party around 2015-2016.
"...since homophobia is just misogyny using a different passport."
Like Joel Cairo in "The Maltese Falcon"!
Oh, my husband and I are in thr middle of reading that via audiobook! I must be the only person who doesn't know what happens- I just assume no one is to be trusted.
Did you know that Peter Lorre doesn't sound funny in German? I went to see "Die Verlorene" when I was a summer French student at Middlebury, and I think he's the main character. My German wasn't good enough to really follow the story, but I think he was a chemist who poisoned some people and then walked in front of a train at the end. Or maybe something else, but I'm reasonably certain about the murdering and the train.
Yes, he was the murderer in "M." My German may be a bit better than yours (MA, 1996), I recall well the ominous nursery rhyme from the beginning of it:
Warte, warte, nur ein Weilchen,
Kommt der Hackemann zu dir,
Kommt mit seinem Hackebeilchen,
Der macht Hackefleisch aus dir!
Hackemann= hack-man=butcher
Hackebeilchen= little hack-blade= little meat cleaver
Hackefleisch= hacked meat= chopped meat
German is very economical!
Wasn't Peter Lorre a pivotal weirdo/chararcter in the [murder drama/dada-esque/ Hitchcockian/ can't recall] movie "M?" Iirc, He's done a lot of interesting work, so the other movie you described sounds right in line with him. But my memory is foggy.
Der war der Mörder, das stimmt!
I know he was in M, but I haven't seen it, so I have no idea what kind of character he played.
Pretty much! Fun fact: according to IMDB, there was a goof in the passport scene. One of them had an outdated name for a Greek city: Lepanto v. Naupactus. His passport says Lepanto, which has not been used since the Medieval Era.
He been lookin fer that burd a long time.
That might have been a giveaway, no?