Thursday, March 27, 2008

Dang it. I"m not a quitter. I have to work away from my computer these days and then when I get home my sexy girlfriend wants to hang out and . . . talk about shoes and stuff. Just so everyone knows, I call my mother less than I blog; and I check my email more often than I take a shower. What that says about me, I don't know.

But, anyway. Did you hear that the San Diego City Council just named March 13 (I think) ACLU Day!? Pretty interesting, I think. What is strange is that I have only heard about it from the rightwing blogs. A cursory google search is full of christofascist and wingnut sites balking at the idea that SD would honor the ACLU after the city having to pay legal fees towards cases that the ACLU has been involved with. I didn't search long, but where are the people saying "Wow, cool! San Diego is honoring an entity that supports the U.S. constitution and helps fight for the rights of Americans?" Why does the right get upset about an organization that receives no government funding, and fights tooth and nail for all Americans - regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin - to speak out against oppression by a big government and to exercise free speech? When your local government is preventing you from religious speech or peaceful assembly, who you gonna call?

Whether you are a transgendered Wiccan or a suburban WASP, people who think that your right to make your voice heard are important. Call them crazy liberals if you like - even after defending the MinuteMen and Fred Phelps - but, they will defend your constitutional rights to call them whatever you like. That's what they do.

4 comments:

garth2 said...

great point. that's one thing I never ever understood about the wrong right...the animus they hold FOREVER if you cross them. it's like they have no control at all over it. France has a rightwing government that's in complete agreement about everything with W? WHO CARES, THEY'RE FRENCH!!!!!!
it's like they're too stupid to live.

That One Girl... said...

I'm glad you can talk about shoes and stuff with your sexy girlfriend... Hopefully she can help you with your terminology, such as the difference between a mule and a slide...

j-bone said...

Alas, I think the distinction will never be clear to me. It has something to do with the heal, I think. There seems to be no specific criteria for taxonomy - I think it might even be relativistic and depend on the outfit you're wearing. I do know the difference between wingtips and oxfords now. And I'm starting to learn handbag styles...

garth2 said...

i'm running out of words and will just resort to puncuation.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????