tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post7355704745826477080..comments2023-10-25T08:53:03.799-04:00Comments on Cracker Lilo's Front Porch: What I don't understand is...CrackerLilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18176388186521154104noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-2466195741331827552009-07-05T19:34:40.068-04:002009-07-05T19:34:40.068-04:00"That was when I told him to "go ask ___..."That was when I told him to "go ask _____ why she has that scar on her forehead." I asked how he'd feel if someone told him that his own natural hair texture was unprofessional and he had to risk burning himself to keep his job. He got my point."<br /><br />Thank you for this. Professional life would be a lot easier for many of us people of color who keep our natural hair texture, if more white people were willing to take action in the way that you did.bint alshamsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658169355503798587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-92101462712155560222007-12-11T07:22:00.000-05:002007-12-11T07:22:00.000-05:00What is that line again? Oh, I remember... people ...What is that line again? Oh, I remember... people want what validates their own sense of self. <BR/><BR/>Having people different from themselves does not validate who they are, hence the attempts of changing people to suit themselves....<BR/><BR/>So it is of course annoying when people want to define themselves on me, when they themselves do not validate who I am.<BR/><BR/>Probably a very good attitude and mentality to learn from you. Just let things be. Just be yourself and let others be themselves.Vivienne Yuki Choehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936468231610142257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-6930650716039624412007-12-10T09:36:00.000-05:002007-12-10T09:36:00.000-05:00I don't get any of it either. You know that I've g...I don't get any of it either. You know that I've gotten threats from the "Christians" because I am pro-choice and pro-gay marriage and still dare to call myself a Christian. It doesn't matter how many times I explain that no, I don't believe abortion is right because I believe life begins at conception - BUT - not everyone believes that, so it's not up to me to dictate their beliefs to them. I think it's wrong, so I won't do it, it's as simple as that. Oh, and nor will I judge them for making a decision which differs from mine because it's NOT MY LIFE and NOT MY CHOICE TO MAKE! Why don't people get that?<BR/><BR/>And I will never, ever understand why any group of people feels they have the right to tell someone else who they can or can't love. I absolutely do not get that, at all. Even worse, I don't understand how they feel empowered and justified enough to persecute those who don't believe the same way. How is that right, by any stretch of the imagination, or by any religious standard? How they can rationalize that sort of behavior is completely beyond my realm of comprehension.Jadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429987593716194512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-22520073395340635022007-12-06T20:27:00.000-05:002007-12-06T20:27:00.000-05:00I think I have to listen to those songs! Sounds li...I think I have to listen to those songs! Sounds like fun.Dr. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340730498047128203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-85515085273435476582007-12-06T03:16:00.000-05:002007-12-06T03:16:00.000-05:00In a state of utter tangentiality, I note that I h...In a state of utter tangentiality, I note that I have traumatised and delighted several people with Nine Inch Noels.Dw3t-Hthrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584245136407694660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-33996697942323718302007-12-05T15:57:00.000-05:002007-12-05T15:57:00.000-05:00i'm looking forward to seeing the golden compass. ...i'm looking forward to seeing the golden compass. and of course since the religious right is so up in arms about it lots of others will want to see it too.<BR/><BR/>and i love that people are different. why in the world we can't talk about it drives me crazy!christine mtmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10250140239270398550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-23716787863915025082007-12-05T05:44:00.000-05:002007-12-05T05:44:00.000-05:00Sorry I'm a couple of days behind here...I got an ...Sorry I'm a couple of days behind here...I got an e-mail when you updated, but the "whirl" has had ahold of me between 6 day weeks and the one day we had to Christmas shop together so far!<BR/><BR/>"...L'Ailee says, about how kind and secure religious people always seem to worship kind and secure Gods while mean and insecure people worship mean and insecure Gods."<BR/><BR/>:o)<BR/><BR/>I knew I loved that girl! <BR/><BR/>"I don't want to live by someone else's opinions unless there's a real good reason, and I likewise don't want others to have to live by mine unless there's a real good reason."<BR/><BR/>You already knew I love you...so very much!<BR/><BR/>I read "Practical Magic" and a few months later was very shocked to be sitting in the theater waiting for a movie when a trailer came on for it! I whispered to Dottie "I read that book, it was great!" and she looked at me so funny...<BR/><BR/>I'm going to have to come back for the links...I wish I remembered what a normal workday was like!<BR/><BR/>alanalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013341654649926300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12799282.post-4139165589770759312007-12-03T11:21:00.000-05:002007-12-03T11:21:00.000-05:00Ah, Special White Women...how I love them. Thanks...Ah, Special White Women...how I love them. Thanks for the link!BostonPobblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08900134112278236654noreply@blogger.com