Culture war? "Being fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life". (Animal House)
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Interesting AP Press Letter To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 1:45 PM The problem for The Right, of course, is that LONG AGO, they lost the culture war and they're pretending there's a battle still to be won. It's over. They lost. On Oct 9, 2008, at 11:49 AM, arcman210 wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "fancypaaantz" <fancypaaantz@ ...> > wrote: > > > > Palin is not a role model for me and not just bc of her views... I > > think she is a pretty terrible person actually.Inciting violence, > > spreading lies. The press can't get near her. She only speaks in > > rehearsed sound bites. Troper-gate. Making women pay for rape kits. > > I have made my views clear before. > > > > One could make an argument that Madonna, by pushing the limits > about > > how we think about sex is polital, much like the sexual revolution > > and women's lib in general is polital. > > > > I also take offense to you referring to any woman as a "slut", and > I > > would refer you to a book entitled Slut! which is an interesting > > look at women and their sexuality and how terms like "slut" have > > been used against womenm (often by other women) to socially destroy > > a woman for being sexual. > > > > Madonna had no reason to bash Sarah Palin. Madonna's comments were > not against a view of Palin's, they weren't critical of her views... > they were just anti-Palin for being Republican. In other concerts, > she placed the image of John McCain next to an image of Adolf > Hitler. One of the most gutless insulting things I had ever read > about an entertainer doing. Those kind of images insult me because I > am a McCain voter, so according to her, I am also an anti-Semite. > That is extremely offensive to me, and I have every right to be > extremely angry with her actions. Madonna's music isn't about > politics, and her sexual "statements" aren't political, they are to > sell albums and make money. She proves her lack of knowledge with > her words and actions. > > Sarah Palin as a politician IS a role model to many women and not > just conservative women. Maybe she isn't you're role model, but I > sure respect her for the things she has been able to accomplish, and > I don't even agree with her on many of her issues. I personally know > two women who idolize her because of her place in society, and those > women are voting for Barack Obama because they are Democrats. They > were Hillary supporters before Barack was chosen, but they still > support Barack. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/