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I Hate the News (2006)

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Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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seems to be about the Ts rather than about the Ls, Gs, and Bs.

LGBT as an umbrella term has never made any sense to me. One of These Things Is Not Like the Others.

as well as individuals being different to each other. lots of different lesbians, with lots of different ideas, opinions.. everyone is an individual. it's not like one heterosexual is the same as another.

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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> Books don't tell lies to you That is entirely inaccurate though. There are a LOT of books designed for a goal.

The whole point of my comment is that reading books helps you develop skills where it is a hell of a lot easier to decipher bullshit.

I would still very incorrect though. You are discussing how lies are told in a medium insisting that it’s harder in a book, I argue that it’s easier as some people (you for one) have a bias that printer books carry an additional authority over say a TV shoe or podcast.

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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Just one example: Tennessee has recently passed a law banning “male or female impersonators” from performing in public places. Tennessee also does not alter sex on birth certificates for trans people. Arguably this means that Tennessee banned trans people from performing in public in any capacity.

seems to be about the Ts rather than about the Ls, Gs, and Bs.

I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion. “Male and female impersonators” as written in the law was meant to refer to drag shows, which are definitely not just trans people.

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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Just one example: Tennessee has recently passed a law banning “male or female impersonators” from performing in public places. Tennessee also does not alter sex on birth certificates for trans people. Arguably this means that Tennessee banned trans people from performing in public in any capacity.

You do know that LGBTQ refers to 5+ different things, right?

Of course I do. What’s the purpose of this question?

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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For whatever reason liberals always seem to be the ones who withdraw into their bubbles. The problem is this leaves the other side the opportunity to capture various government organizations, like SCOTUS.

I'm not sure conservatives are exactly the social butterflies you make them out to be.

It has nothing to do with being a social butterfly. I don't have the quote handy, but it's decades old. A GOP operative said something like "our goal is to get liberals to disconnect from the political process" while at the same time engaging their own base. This is what the GOP is famous for. The social issues (flag burning, abortion, gay marriage, etc, etc, etc).

In the late 90's and leading up to the 2000 POTUS race, with few exceptions all of my liberal friends had disconnected from politics. It's always been the case, in my circle of people I know, that conservatives vote more regularly. This is over more than 40 years.

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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post #82

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LGBT as an umbrella term has never made any sense to me. One of These Things Is Not Like the Others.

as well as individuals being different to each other. lots of different lesbians, with lots of different ideas, opinions.. everyone is an individual. it's not like one heterosexual is the same as another.

I am trying to understand this. People can be different from each other but still share relevant attributes. For example, two women can have different ideas and opinions, but they are both women. I don’t see the problem here

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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As a queer person watching a slew of recent anti-LGBT laws pass, I wish I could have the luxury of just ignoring the news and not caring. Aaron was 20 when he wrote this and it shows.

Do you think things would change if you stopped following the news?

If you take the time you follow the news now and spend it voluenteering at an LGBT group, do you thing that would do more or less for your cause than watching the news?

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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I also hate the news (and advertisements). The news will never teach you how to think. It will tell you what to think. I love books though. Books don't tell lies to you because you have to think for yourself.

Worse, you will be taught how to not think.

Books can also lie, but at least there is room for truth in them.

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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Yea, reality sucks, huh?

You could always try rolling around on the ground and kicking your feet. It's really amazing how often that works.

It may be hard to grasp, but reading the news isn't for enjoyment, it's for information (although I have to conceed that modern news is largly information free, but this is exactly because they're trying to make it entertainment).

It's important to understand what's going on in that place called reality. I know its so unpopular! Who even talks about reality on twerk tick anyway?! Let's all just stick to the stuff that involves me, like those choo funny videos of the "set your balls on fire challenge"!

Re: I Hate the News (2006)

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The news is, of course, full of lies. Too much exposure to lies is no good for one's mental health. But it's important to have some degree of regular exposure, as a means of inoculation. And to, hopefully, parse out the truth between the lines; truth is valuable for its own sake.
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