Been a Bad Week in T-ville

[TheSkronkDonkey]

Originally Posted by sesame

• When we hear truth, we feel uncomfortable, because its so hard to swallow. But we somehow respect the honesty.
• When we hear a blatant lie, we know it right away. Because it stinks.
• Things get complicated when we get a mixture of the above in all proportions. We tend to accept it. And thats usually what happens all around us, all the time.

Those are platitudes. Honesty is not always respected. We don't always know blatant lies and not all blatant lies stink. We tend to pick and choose what to accept and what not. In my opinion.

Originally Posted by sesame

By the way, Shronky, you obviously meant to say RJ, not DJ.
RJ= Radio Jockey, those who blabber over the radio.
DJ= Disc Jockey, those who work in night clubs and dance floors and manage to concoct a cocktail of music.

Shronky?

You got me there, sheshame.

Hey, that's just given me an idea.

What would Sean Connery sound like if he had to say "sesame seed"? I'd like to hear it.

Seriously, thanks for the correction.


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I feel we need to try and keep the focus on the original thread topic.

I did some Google-ing and it turns out that even more nasty stuff was said.

From excerpts on this page: http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/u/Ma...ed-at-Children ...

"I have every right to call you a freak and judge you on that. It makes me sick. 'Mommy, I'm a girl trapped in a boy's body,'" he simpered, mimicking an effeminate little boy. "I want to wear a dwess."

[After another co-host Dawn Rossi spoke, "horrified by the rising crescendo of ugliness towards the children and their parents from States and Williams] "You're actually defending allowing people to become freaks?" they seethed. "A boy who wants to wear a dress is a freak. A nut."

"If the kid ever gets to be eighteen," States snarled, "and says 'I still feel like a woman!' you say, 'Get out! Go be a freak! And understand, SON, that society will never accept you because we still have some moral judgment."

[Bionca]

I totally forgot I posted this. I have to be fair about the radio hosts. They did the right thing eventually. After a failed "sorry you got offended" non-apology, their listeners expressed displeasure and with some serious advocating from GLADD and various trans people some of the station's larger sponsors threatened to pull their ads (Chipoltle and Snapple, and I think Bank of America).

With this pressure the hosts apologized and stopped their show for a week. Then they invited a local Trans woman and the moother of a trans child to talk for the whole segment. They discussed the problematic comments, had callers, and generally did some good education.

I think the hosts and station did the right thing. They fucked up, they missed their first chance to apologize - this happens. The shining moment was after realizing what happened and that real actual people were hurt and offended they made amends. It isn't that they made ignorant comments, it is that they took their mistake as a chance to learn and educate others.

We all start not getting some issues (sexism, homophobia, racism, anti-trans bias whatever). It's how we handle ourselves when we learn that our prejudices and opinions are challenged. The hosts and station did that.

[Bionca]

mwah Sesame - been awhile

[sesame]

Yeah, a really Looooong painful while.
But dont worry Sweetie, you can make the pain go away in a flash. Just continue to mwaah me with ravishing kisses.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

I see that ignorance and stupidiy is alive and discustingly well in Sacremento, and after banter like that you don't have to wonder why there is so much gay and tg bashing, these 2 or 3 (what did the girl say) should be arrested and charged with: hate mongering and inciting violence, i don't know what is more unbelievable, that these morons are on the air, that someone hired them to go on the air, or that some people actually listen and agree with them.

JohnDowe.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Reread the posts and saw that they "fixed" their mistake, but did the host that made the coments learn anything, or did they focus their banter on some one or something else?

JohnDowe.