Comments for The Freedonian http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com The Good, the Bad, and the Really, Really Stoopid in American Politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:16:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on What the Hell Kind of Place IS Jackson, TN? by Andrew http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/what-the-hell-kind-of-place-is-jackson-tn/#comment-5348 Andrew Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:16:05 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/what-the-hell-kind-of-place-is-jackson-tn/#comment-5348 I live in a small town outside of Jackson TN, called Bolivar (which is in Hardeman county one of the 3 predominantly democratic counties in TN), & I am a gay man. The discrimination in Jackson is horrible, I would just not recommend that anyone ever visit there, & I would actually go as far as to say people should not pay their county taxes. It is ridiculous the amount of social injustice that America allows, especially in the south. I would like to organize a protest & a boycott of Tequila Joes even though this took place a while back I remember hearing about it. This type of behavior is unacceptable & I honestly think they should be shut down & sued for discrimination by the woman. & I think that if we had enough protesters & got a few big gay friendly/oriented organizations involved it would work. I hate this place & don't plan on living here for much longer. But in my town (Bolivar) I'd be willing to say that 70-80% of the people are at least closeted bisexuals or maybe even gays. & I personally haven't faced any discrimination by the people I have alot of friends & am well known. I've only had one teach (back when I was still in high school) who gave me some trouble but I quit going to public school during that year, so after that I've been okay. Bolivar is not a nice town & it's very small & impoverished. But the level of lgbt discrimination is almost none as far as I know. Jackson Tennessee is just a horrible place & I wish there was something we all could do to change the way the social politics work there. I know alot of LGBT people & nearly all of them are just afraid of what would happen to them if they all came out. If everyone would just be honest & say "this is who I am" I think things would get better for us. Harvey Milk said (back in the 70's keep in mind) that if 1 person comes out that (I'm not sure but I believe it was...) either 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 4 people will change their minds about how they feel about gay rights just by knowing someone who is a member of the lgbt community. We need to stand up for who we all really are & we shouldn't be forced to hide our true identities for fear of, well anything. "I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not." Kurt Cobain stated. The bottom line is discrimination of any kind at all is wrong period. We need to be active & come out & show our faces & defend ourselves. This is no longer political, this is personal. I don't enjoy living in a country that allows so many social injustices against people who have done them no wrong & pay their god damn bills taxes. Even most liberals (which is who I identify with mostly) aren't liberal or progressive enough to get anything done. When you do something like activism or politics you need to be passionately involved & not just make it "your job" I am very politically active although I as of now have no desire to become a politician. But it's the people who make the real change happen & not the government. We can't just change the government & hope things will be fixed overnight, you have to influence the population & show them what is wrong with what they are doing & how it could be improved if they would have the strength of heart to help out. But down here in the south east I honestly think that the majority of the population consists of bible thumping, biggoted, uneducated, selfish, complete drooling morons who would be willing to go out of their way to kill or hurt anything that is different from them in any way at all. People are so closed minded. I've been told that I was going to hell by a pentecostal woman from Mississippi, not for ANYTHING ELSE that was wrong, but simply because I had worn shorts... If that gives you an idea of how stupid these people are. But not everyone down here are bad people.. There are very nice, hospitable people & there are open minded people. I have quite a few lgbt or atheist friends such as myself who are actively involved with change & being social & getting things done. & disrupting conservative events =) If there are any actual lgbt people that read this from the Memphis greater area or Jackson greater area you can contact me at myspace.com/andyf09 you can always use more friends. & it's important that we stick together & be amongst peers. So we can fight back in greater numbers. I live in a small town outside of Jackson TN, called Bolivar (which is in Hardeman county one of the 3 predominantly democratic counties in TN), & I am a gay man. The discrimination in Jackson is horrible, I would just not recommend that anyone ever visit there, & I would actually go as far as to say people should not pay their county taxes. It is ridiculous the amount of social injustice that America allows, especially in the south. I would like to organize a protest & a boycott of Tequila Joes even though this took place a while back I remember hearing about it. This type of behavior is unacceptable & I honestly think they should be shut down & sued for discrimination by the woman. & I think that if we had enough protesters & got a few big gay friendly/oriented organizations involved it would work. I hate this place & don’t plan on living here for much longer. But in my town (Bolivar) I’d be willing to say that 70-80% of the people are at least closeted bisexuals or maybe even gays. & I personally haven’t faced any discrimination by the people I have alot of friends & am well known. I’ve only had one teach (back when I was still in high school) who gave me some trouble but I quit going to public school during that year, so after that I’ve been okay. Bolivar is not a nice town & it’s very small & impoverished. But the level of lgbt discrimination is almost none as far as I know. Jackson Tennessee is just a horrible place & I wish there was something we all could do to change the way the social politics work there. I know alot of LGBT people & nearly all of them are just afraid of what would happen to them if they all came out. If everyone would just be honest & say “this is who I am” I think things would get better for us. Harvey Milk said (back in the 70’s keep in mind) that if 1 person comes out that (I’m not sure but I believe it was…) either 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 4 people will change their minds about how they feel about gay rights just by knowing someone who is a member of the lgbt community. We need to stand up for who we all really are & we shouldn’t be forced to hide our true identities for fear of, well anything. “I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.” Kurt Cobain stated. The bottom line is discrimination of any kind at all is wrong period. We need to be active & come out & show our faces & defend ourselves. This is no longer political, this is personal. I don’t enjoy living in a country that allows so many social injustices against people who have done them no wrong & pay their god damn bills taxes. Even most liberals (which is who I identify with mostly) aren’t liberal or progressive enough to get anything done. When you do something like activism or politics you need to be passionately involved & not just make it “your job” I am very politically active although I as of now have no desire to become a politician. But it’s the people who make the real change happen & not the government. We can’t just change the government & hope things will be fixed overnight, you have to influence the population & show them what is wrong with what they are doing & how it could be improved if they would have the strength of heart to help out. But down here in the south east I honestly think that the majority of the population consists of bible thumping, biggoted, uneducated, selfish, complete drooling morons who would be willing to go out of their way to kill or hurt anything that is different from them in any way at all. People are so closed minded. I’ve been told that I was going to hell by a pentecostal woman from Mississippi, not for ANYTHING ELSE that was wrong, but simply because I had worn shorts… If that gives you an idea of how stupid these people are. But not everyone down here are bad people.. There are very nice, hospitable people & there are open minded people. I have quite a few lgbt or atheist friends such as myself who are actively involved with change & being social & getting things done. & disrupting conservative events =) If there are any actual lgbt people that read this from the Memphis greater area or Jackson greater area you can contact me at myspace.com/andyf09 you can always use more friends. & it’s important that we stick together & be amongst peers. So we can fight back in greater numbers.

]]> Comment on Good Thing We Let Idiots Have Guns In This Country. by tokyo5 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5347 tokyo5 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:30:07 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5347 Today is is the 17th anniversary of Yoshihiro Hattori's death. http://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/october-17/ Today is is the 17th anniversary of Yoshihiro Hattori’s death.

http://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/october-17/

]]> Comment on Criminal Justice Part I: Don’t Let the Truth Get In the Way. by claren http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/criminal-justice-part-i-dont-let-the-truth-get-in-the-way/#comment-5346 claren Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:46:04 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/criminal-justice-part-i-dont-let-the-truth-get-in-the-way/#comment-5346 just finished the innocent man and never have i read a book and felt i should research more. the story is amazing and for a moment almost unbelievable. my sympathy goes to rons family and debbie . i believe tommy ward is innocent just finished the innocent man and never have i read a book and felt i should research more. the story is amazing and for a moment almost unbelievable. my sympathy goes to rons family and debbie .

i believe tommy ward is innocent

]]> Comment on Open Letter to Harold Ford Sr. by ÀâòîËþáèòåëü http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/open-letter-to-harold-ford-sr/#comment-5345 ÀâòîËþáèòåëü Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:18:17 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/open-letter-to-harold-ford-sr/#comment-5345 Ford is a good car :) Ford is a good car :)

]]> Comment on Good Thing We Let Idiots Have Guns In This Country. by Sandra http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5344 Sandra Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:27:16 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5344 Hey Ryan Peairs, I'm not sure what point you were trying to prove with your unreadable, rambling and elementary-level comments. You're saying that boy (who is dead, by the way, because of your father) couldn't speak English well enough, so it's his fault entirely? Have you seen the way that you write? You are born and raised in an English speaking country and you don't even know the basics of grammar and spelling. It's absolutely shameful. To make matters worse, you're justifying the death of someone. There are no excuses. It's absolutely disgusting that you have no remorse. People like you make me feel sick about the United States. You talk about ignorance -how about getting an education in your NATIVE language and having an educated, comprehensible discussion rather than depicting what a low-life thing you are (you're not even worthy of being called a human-being)? Furthermore, why are you bringing race into this? Did he deserve to die because he was Japanese? How could you feel if YOUR child died because he was in a foreign country and someone attributed it to him being Caucasian? And just so you know, although it was sixteen years ago, it will not go unremembered or unmentioned. The only reason I found out about this incident was because it was mentioned in my recently published psychology textbook regarding errors in social judgment. There's also a picture of your beloved father, so let him know that he's infamous. Hey Ryan Peairs,

I’m not sure what point you were trying to prove with your unreadable, rambling and elementary-level comments. You’re saying that boy (who is dead, by the way, because of your father) couldn’t speak English well enough, so it’s his fault entirely? Have you seen the way that you write? You are born and raised in an English speaking country and you don’t even know the basics of grammar and spelling. It’s absolutely shameful. To make matters worse, you’re justifying the death of someone. There are no excuses. It’s absolutely disgusting that you have no remorse. People like you make me feel sick about the United States. You talk about ignorance -how about getting an education in your NATIVE language and having an educated, comprehensible discussion rather than depicting what a low-life thing you are (you’re not even worthy of being called a human-being)? Furthermore, why are you bringing race into this? Did he deserve to die because he was Japanese? How could you feel if YOUR child died because he was in a foreign country and someone attributed it to him being Caucasian?

And just so you know, although it was sixteen years ago, it will not go unremembered or unmentioned. The only reason I found out about this incident was because it was mentioned in my recently published psychology textbook regarding errors in social judgment. There’s also a picture of your beloved father, so let him know that he’s infamous.

]]> Comment on The Television Will Not Be Revolutionary by josh http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/the-television-will-not-be-revolutionary/#comment-5343 josh Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:11:09 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/the-television-will-not-be-revolutionary/#comment-5343 hey, me and some friends are starting a flashmob group here in memphis. my google craftiness brought me to your blog and it occurred to me that you could join our little group and help us dominate the world. www.memphismob.com hey, me and some friends are starting a flashmob group here in memphis. my google craftiness brought me to your blog and it occurred to me that you could join our little group and help us dominate the world.

http://www.memphismob.com

]]> Comment on What the Hell Kind of Place IS Jackson, TN? by Tommy http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/what-the-hell-kind-of-place-is-jackson-tn/#comment-5342 Tommy Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:27:24 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/what-the-hell-kind-of-place-is-jackson-tn/#comment-5342 She definitely was treated poorly, and the guy deserved to be pinned. However, I want to cover a few areas touched upon here (sorry this is way late) 1-Violence against women is deplorable but there are a ton of women who are violent against men, why does no one every talk about that? 2-Violence against a different skin color, religion, or sexual orientation is wrong. 3-When you around alcohol, stupidity is about to occur. 4-I saw she was from Halls, Tennessee. That is the rudest place on the planet. I lived there for years and if you waved to someone they would stare at you and not return a smile or wave in kind. I have never lived in another place that acted that way. She definitely was treated poorly, and the guy deserved to be pinned. However, I want to cover a few areas touched upon here (sorry this is way late)

1-Violence against women is deplorable but there are a ton of women who are violent against men, why does no one every talk about that?

2-Violence against a different skin color, religion, or sexual orientation is wrong.

3-When you around alcohol, stupidity is about to occur.

4-I saw she was from Halls, Tennessee. That is the rudest place on the planet. I lived there for years and if you waved to someone they would stare at you and not return a smile or wave in kind. I have never lived in another place that acted that way.

]]> Comment on Criminal Justice Part I: Don’t Let the Truth Get In the Way. by rud http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/criminal-justice-part-i-dont-let-the-truth-get-in-the-way/#comment-5341 rud Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:52:03 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/criminal-justice-part-i-dont-let-the-truth-get-in-the-way/#comment-5341 Much injustice follows on how people dress and look. These two young men had long hair and a mustache and liked to go to bars. This is enough for far too many people to make a person guilty. I think that is called profiling and it is about time that the legal system control this. I'm sure tattoos and body piericing put young people in the same class!!! Much injustice follows on how people dress and look.
These two young men had long hair and a mustache and liked to go to bars. This is enough for far too many people to make a person guilty. I think that is called profiling and it is about time that the legal system control this. I’m sure tattoos and body piericing put young people in the same class!!!

]]> Comment on Good Thing We Let Idiots Have Guns In This Country. by ryan dwanyn peairs http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5340 ryan dwanyn peairs Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:27:49 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5340 yes i have a place in my heart for the parents of yoshi. What happened was a very terrible accident but bringing up old stuff that happened more than 16 years ago isnt going to make things any more better. If you dont have your facts strait about what actually happened, then you will have more than just pissed off people on your back but lawsuits. I think that i am not just the only one that has these feelings. There is more than just me that has a loved one doing time or living under this shadow of everyone elses lies. If you would like to share your opinion on your case or have any feelings that you would like to talk about then please just email me at 1984mustang@live.com. yes i have a place in my heart for the parents of yoshi. What happened was a very terrible accident but bringing up old stuff that happened more than 16 years ago isnt going to make things any more better. If you dont have your facts strait about what actually happened, then you will have more than just pissed off people on your back but lawsuits. I think that i am not just the only one that has these feelings. There is more than just me that has a loved one doing time or living under this shadow of everyone elses lies. If you would like to share your opinion on your case or have any feelings that you would like to talk about then please just email me at 1984mustang@live.com.

]]> Comment on Good Thing We Let Idiots Have Guns In This Country. by ryan dwanyn peairs http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5339 ryan dwanyn peairs Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:03:33 +0000 http://thefreedonian.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/good-thing-we-let-idiots-have-guns-in-this-country/#comment-5339 You know you really should get your shit strait. Your facts are completely not true and this all happened about how many years ago with my father, Rodney Peairs. The ignorance of this days youth has made my family crippled. Because some dumbass kid that was acting like a retaurd got killed. For example: If this kid would have been walking up to my dad and stopped for my father to see his face then none of this would have happened. If the country were more strick on the acohol distribution then none of this would have happened. If no one can proove that yoshi wasnt drunk then i really think he was. If he was a scholar then he should have known our English well enough to speak clearly. So get your facts strait MY FATHER WAS PROTECTING ME AND MY BROTHER AND SISTER FROM THIS JAPANESE`angel` so you say.`DEVIL` what i say, from killing me and my family. So Mr. Rick Maynard. SUCK MY DICK AND BURN IN HAIL! You know you really should get your shit strait. Your facts are completely not true and this all happened about how many years ago with my father, Rodney Peairs. The ignorance of this days youth has made my family crippled. Because some dumbass kid that was acting like a retaurd got killed. For example: If this kid would have been walking up to my dad and stopped for my father to see his face then none of this would have happened. If the country were more strick on the acohol distribution then none of this would have happened. If no one can proove that yoshi wasnt drunk then i really think he was. If he was a scholar then he should have known our English well enough to speak clearly. So get your facts strait MY FATHER WAS PROTECTING ME AND MY BROTHER AND SISTER FROM THIS JAPANESE`angel` so you say.`DEVIL` what i say, from killing me and my family. So Mr. Rick Maynard. SUCK MY DICK AND BURN IN HAIL!

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