And if they were saying that fat bald guys should be discriminated against and denied the right to marry, care for children, love anyone, etc?
How would you feel then?
Would you say that everyone was wrong to be unhappy with that?
No, she isn’t.
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1> State offensive opinion.
2> Complain bitterly that you’re being unfairly repressed when other people express their opinion about your opinion.
3> For extra good measure, claim that your first amendment rights are being stomped on when other people dislike your opinion, while hypocritically ignoring that you’re stomping the fuck out of far more of your opponents rights.
Or Body Glide. And when you shower, pat dry, don’t rub (you probably figured that one out on your own).
I’ll highlight the most amusing parts:
[QUOTE=Lillian Somers, Bigot]
"You should have the right to say your opinion without being penalized,” said Lillian Somers, 78, at a Chick-fil-A in Birmingham, Alabama.
[/quote]
The first amendment does not mean that you can state your opinion free of consequences. By all means, make your stance, whatever it may be. But be prepared to accept that others might disagree with you.
Oh, I’m pretty sure I can find an example or two of pro-LGBT businesses taking some heat.
[QUOTE=Lillian Somers, Bigot]
“I am tired of people trying to force their beliefs on me and people being blasted for Christian beliefs.”
[/quote]
That’s just comedy gold.
I think it’s customary to post pictures of your pets when you talk about them on the board.
Move your cursor to the upper right corner of the update and click the arrow that appears. Choose the last option that says something to the effect of “Edit subscription to [NAME]” and edit it to the level of your preferred non-involvement.
Lillian’s a bitch and I hope her chicken is dry and tasteless.
It’s an amazing level of hypocricy in these people. “I can state my opinion and you have no right to object to it. But I have every right to object to your opinion! (While I slander, dehumanize and oppress you.)”
I was having this same discussion in the wee hours of the morning on someone’s facebook page (and I would honestly suggest this move to a dedicated thread and not this mini-rants thread): Someone calling homosexuals all manner of ill things, saying they’re morally and biblically wrong was called a bigot. She objected to ‘name calling’. Someone else then stepped in and said that she may be wrong, but the minute you call her a name, you’re just as wrong.
As I pointed out;
Bigot: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance. (Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
As such, “bigot” is neither an insult nor “name calling”, it is a strict definition of the behavior observed.
Seeking to deny people the same rights you have is oppression and bigotry.
And honestly, if you sit on the sidelines and do nothing until someone is called a bigot, then step in and complain that they’re wrong to be calling people names, then the truth of it is you’re only sitting on the sidelines hoping that the bigots win while you remain silent.
I agree. Here’s a good thread for those who wish to weigh in.
No. Just…No.
If we move the bigot-bashing out of this thread, can someone open a separate Cat Health Problems thread? It kind of took over the July mini-rants. Thanks-- after dealing with a house full of cat pee, I got a little nauseous… I tried just skipping those posts, but sometimes got blindsided by graphic descriptions of animal health right in the middle of an unrelated paragraph.
Just a suggestion. We have a couple of wonderfully caring Heroes To Feral Cats Everywhere, so I assume we have enough for its own thread… and I’ll be reading it, but I’ll be able to steel myself first.
She should have ended with “that I’m trying to force on them.”
That is freaking brilliant! You’re right, the baby hasn’t done anything to me. 
Sorry about that, but I don’t think we want to start telling people what they can and can’t mini-rant about, do we?
My fat homophobic friend claimed I had to respect her opinion that I was a gay loving sinner who would burn in hell. Then she declawed my cat without asking me. The cat was so upset that it quite literally peed on every object in the house, including my computer and box of corn flakes. Then to calm it down, she gave it a beer, which only made things worse, as it just had to pee that much more. I tried to stop her from doing this, but she just claimed that she had ADHD and I was being a jerk about it and needed to accomodate her behavior.
Then she drove away, putting on her makeup while texting on her cellphone, and went straight to the store where she accidentally rammed her cart into five people because she wasn’t paying attention, then got to the register, waited until they told her the amount and only then decided to think about how she was going to pay for all that stuff. Well, the problem was that she wasn’t sure that she had that much money, so she had to look on-line at her balance (while people waited behind her), then asked them to take items off the bill until it got under the amount she could pay.
Wow, she sounds like a piece of work! 
Wow, Chimera, that post looks like you expect to be away from the Dope from tomorrow until September 1, and you’re trying to get your share of contributions in a single submission.
This drought it playing hell with the trees…every time I go out into the woods, there are more trees down. I guess they just don’t have enough moisture in them to hold themselves up.
It’s really too bad…I’ve lost 3 trees out of my yard as well. One fell on to a fence and is mostly in the neighbor’s yard. The other, earlier this week, is another 30-40’ tall tree. Then this morning when I went outside to leave for work, I saw another one in the middle of the yard. This one was growing in a great big ‘V’. I was worried about it, and sure enough 1/2 of the ‘V’ split off.
And it’s 'way too hot to chain saw right now. Blech. That’s 50 degree and below work, if you ask me.
Today will be my 32nd day in a row of work. Definitely a very mini mini-rant as the overtime money was worth it ( I need a new roof ) and lord knows there are plenty of out of work folks that would kill for the opportunity. Also my job usually isn’t that hard.
But man - I’m tired of working. My weird second shift hours help result in me accomplishing not much of anything at all other than eating, sleeping and working. It’s getting pretty fucking monotonous and the last week or two I seem to have entered a surreal zone where I no longer have any internal sense of time passing. Thankfully the light is looming at the end of the tunnel, but I still just had an overwhelming urge to bitch about my relatively good fortune today.
I hope you both understand that was a parody of dopisms and current topics.