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@IJasonAlexander - A message of amends

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:25:11 +0000

So, I can only apologize and I do. In comedy, timing is everything. And when a group of people are still fighting so hard for understanding, acceptance, dignity and essential rights – the time for some kinds of laughs has not yet come. I hope my realization brings some comfort.

Tags: #apologies #civilrights #comedy #gay #homosexual #imported:pinboard #to:fb

Fight For The Future

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:55:44 +0000

Why have we all been sitting idly while the movie and music lobbyists have been systematically advancing legislation that strips freedoms, blocks innovation, and exclusively advances Hollywood's financial agenda?

Tags: #activism #advocacy #censorship #civilrights #copyfight #freedom #hollywood #internet

The Tea Party's Rank Amateurism - Politics - The Atlantic

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:36:24 +0000

"It's possible that if the Tea Partiers cleaned up their ranks--purged the birthers, publicly rebuked people like this guy, banned Hitler signs, loudly rejected any instances of racism--that they simply wouldn't have much of a movement left. Martin Luther King was trying to lead a black community that was demonstrably patriotic, and had, in the main, rejected political violence as a strategy. He could afford to be picky. In the case of the Tea Parties, it's possible that once you subtract the jackasses, you just don't have enough energy left."

Tags: #civilrights #jackasses #politics #protest #teaparty

In Defense of Marriage - Anil Dash

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:01:01 +0000

"It's fun! It doesn't have to be full of bullshit and drama like your single life. It reduces your sense of obligation. It's so much less work to go out. The Ball and Chain is for Losers. Married people are hot and getting hotter. You can just say "screw everybody else" sometimes. You can have sex whenever you want. You become less of an asshole."

Tags: #anniversary #california #civilrights #marriage #politics #prop8 #wedding