God, Beth. Srsly, I love her almost as hard as I love David. You raised yourself up a truly awesome human being, lady.
Yes, confirmation, because I am at heart a suspicious soul. There is the ass-smacking and the bread-dildo, but I've seen frat boys do shit like that all the time and then turn around and accuse me of being a lesbian whenever I say that calling something queer should not be a pejorative. (Actually, I'm a two-beer queer, feminist, and socialist in an egregiously red state, so I might as well be the devil.) I have a fairly amazing sense of when frat-boy shit is going on by now; that did not stop me from wondering, and worrying.
It is so wrong for me to be JUST THIS INVESTED in the political affiliations of my dude, but. We're at a juncture in history where what you invest yourself in politically says something about the respect with which you regard the other people sharing the planet with you, and I won't lie, I would have been a heartbroken bunny if he had gone the opposite route.
(Hi. I'm a little lit right now. I'm enjoying it thoroughly.)
no, no I'm right there with you. I had the exact same fears, because pictures taken of college age boys being... well... college age boys does not exactly speak to them being the most open-minded souls on the planet. but he's intelligent and it may be my liberal elite side showing, but I have a hard time reconciling truly smart people who agree with the other side. I would have been CRUSHED had he gone the other way.
(my buzz has quite unfortunately worn off and I don't really want to open a new bottle. meh. what I really need is someone to drink with.)
So, if I had told you a week and a half ago that Aging Supervillain will frequently alternate between statements that almost make sense and OMG SCARY BLACK MAN, it would have scared the shit out of you, right?
With you on him being smarter than that. And also better than that. I couldn't believe that someone who would work that hard on behalf of others would treat a minority so callously. Except for the part where I was so scared that he would.
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on 2008-11-23 12:29 am (UTC)no subject
on 2008-11-23 02:26 am (UTC)also, I said this to Chelle last night, but I'm kind of in love with Beth from this.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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on 2008-11-23 02:52 am (UTC)Yes, confirmation, because I am at heart a suspicious soul. There is the ass-smacking and the bread-dildo, but I've seen frat boys do shit like that all the time and then turn around and accuse me of being a lesbian whenever I say that calling something queer should not be a pejorative. (Actually, I'm a two-beer queer, feminist, and socialist in an egregiously red state, so I might as well be the devil.) I have a fairly amazing sense of when frat-boy shit is going on by now; that did not stop me from wondering, and worrying.
It is so wrong for me to be JUST THIS INVESTED in the political affiliations of my dude, but. We're at a juncture in history where what you invest yourself in politically says something about the respect with which you regard the other people sharing the planet with you, and I won't lie, I would have been a heartbroken bunny if he had gone the opposite route.
(Hi. I'm a little lit right now. I'm enjoying it thoroughly.)
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on 2008-11-23 08:23 am (UTC)(my buzz has quite unfortunately worn off and I don't really want to open a new bottle. meh. what I really need is someone to drink with.)
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on 2008-11-25 12:44 am (UTC)With you on him being smarter than that. And also better than that. I couldn't believe that someone who would work that hard on behalf of others would treat a minority so callously. Except for the part where I was so scared that he would.