Comments on: From an Accepting Father of a Non-Conforming Ten Year Old Boy http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/ Parents of Gender Non-Conforming Children Speak Out For Tolerance Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:34:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ChrisD http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-119 ChrisD Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:58:06 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-119 We need more people like you in the world - as I know there are - reaching out from the woodwork to spread tolerance and logic. This is a beautiful post. Thank you thank you thank you. We need more people like you in the world – as I know there are – reaching out from the woodwork to spread tolerance and logic. This is a beautiful post. Thank you thank you thank you.

]]> By: Scott Marlowe http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-79 Scott Marlowe Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:17 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-79 Oh my god, I so agree with you. As a queer gender, arch-conservative, Dr. Paul votin', libertarian I agree totally. I'll go further. I'll say that the hateful screed should be kept ON THE WEBSITE for the world to see what these guys said, as a constant reminder of the kind of hate speech many people hear every day in their social group but never hear on the air. Sure add big warnings that it's a hate filled screed and shouldn't be listened to alone. Because honestly until you hear it, you can't believe how completely hate-filled and ugly it is. Oh my god, I so agree with you. As a queer gender, arch-conservative, Dr. Paul votin’, libertarian I agree totally. I’ll go further. I’ll say that the hateful screed should be kept ON THE WEBSITE for the world to see what these guys said, as a constant reminder of the kind of hate speech many people hear every day in their social group but never hear on the air. Sure add big warnings that it’s a hate filled screed and shouldn’t be listened to alone. Because honestly until you hear it, you can’t believe how completely hate-filled and ugly it is.

]]> By: theo http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-76 theo Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:52:05 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-76 Bravo. Namaste, Bravo. Namaste,

]]> By: paulackerman http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-58 paulackerman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:32:26 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-58 Freedom of speech is a alive and well. Rob and Arnie spoke freely. We spoke to them. They told us to go fuck ourselves. We spoke to their sponsors. Their sponsors pulled out. Now Rob and Arnie are pretending to be sorry as they squeal like little hateful pigs. Maybe you haven't noticed but, ah, we're not congressmen; we're not advocating for legislation here; we're not repealing the first amendment. Conservatives like to say that liberals want to live in a consequence free world; a world of guaranteed outcomes, even for people who make stupid decisions. So, buy yourselves a clue, John. Actions have consequences. Rob and Arnie can't be sheltered from their own stupidly. They attacked the most defenseless group of people in the world, savagely, for about thirty minutes straight; a population with a suicide problem; this problem largely a result of bullying which sounds, word for word, like Rob and Arnie's 'joke.' This is a conservative wet dream; it's a market oriented solution to the problem of hate speech. No regulators. No laws. Freely acting people in a free society, using, guess what...wait for John... Free speech. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Freedom of speech is a alive and well.

Rob and Arnie spoke freely. We spoke to them. They told us to go fuck ourselves. We spoke to their sponsors. Their sponsors pulled out. Now Rob and Arnie are pretending to be sorry as they squeal like little hateful pigs.

Maybe you haven’t noticed but, ah, we’re not congressmen; we’re not advocating for legislation here; we’re not repealing the first amendment.

Conservatives like to say that liberals want to live in a consequence free world; a world of guaranteed outcomes, even for people who make stupid decisions.

So, buy yourselves a clue, John. Actions have consequences.

Rob and Arnie can’t be sheltered from their own stupidly. They attacked the most defenseless group of people in the world, savagely, for about thirty minutes straight; a population with a suicide problem; this problem largely a result of bullying which sounds, word for word, like Rob and Arnie’s ‘joke.’

This is a conservative wet dream; it’s a market oriented solution to the problem of hate speech. No regulators. No laws. Freely acting people in a free society, using, guess what…wait for John…

Free speech.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

]]> By: John Adams http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-57 John Adams Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:23:01 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-57 What ever happened to Freedom of Speech? What ever happened to Freedom of Speech?

]]> By: René Murphy http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-56 René Murphy Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:19:39 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-56 Thank you. You have changed my life. God bless you. God bless your beautiful, brave child. Thank you. You have changed my life. God bless you. God bless your beautiful, brave child.

]]> By: Jillian Burrows http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-51 Jillian Burrows Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:57:33 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-51 Thank you for having the courage to stand up and say this. Everyone needs to read or hear this. Thank you for having the courage to stand up and say this. Everyone needs to read or hear this.

]]> By: Renee Thomas http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-44 Renee Thomas Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:16:24 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-44 We can all learn to construct an enduring, just and inclusive society. It starts when you commit the courage to open your heart . . . thank you for shining the light and showing the way. We can all learn to construct an enduring, just and inclusive society. It starts when you commit the courage to open your heart . . . thank you for shining the light and showing the way.

]]> By: will http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-40 will Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:59:52 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-40 Your son is very lucky to have you. Thank you for learning from him. Your son is very lucky to have you. Thank you for learning from him.

]]> By: links for 2009-06-07 « Embololalia http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/concerned-father-of-non-conforming-ten-year-old-boy/#comment-38 links for 2009-06-07 « Embololalia Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:04:19 +0000 http://openletterstokrxq.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-38 [...] From an Accepting Father of a Non-Conforming Ten Year Old Boy « Open Letters to KRXQ Sacramento You think, if you can just beat it out of him, you can make the world the way it was in the 50s. You can bring back the golden age. (that never existed for anyone but a few white men.) Your people have been afraid of every change since the invention of the written word, which would destroy our ability memorize epic poems and turn our brains to mush. You feared anesthesia 100 years ago, you feared fertility medicine a generation ago (test tube babies!) you feared interactial marrige, you feared the gays who stopped cowering in shame at Stonewall and started fighting back, and now you are terrified, shaking in your hob nailed boots at the sight of a smiling child in a dress. (tags: transphobia radio parents sweet lgbt) [...] [...] From an Accepting Father of a Non-Conforming Ten Year Old Boy « Open Letters to KRXQ Sacramento You think, if you can just beat it out of him, you can make the world the way it was in the 50s. You can bring back the golden age. (that never existed for anyone but a few white men.) Your people have been afraid of every change since the invention of the written word, which would destroy our ability memorize epic poems and turn our brains to mush. You feared anesthesia 100 years ago, you feared fertility medicine a generation ago (test tube babies!) you feared interactial marrige, you feared the gays who stopped cowering in shame at Stonewall and started fighting back, and now you are terrified, shaking in your hob nailed boots at the sight of a smiling child in a dress. (tags: transphobia radio parents sweet lgbt) [...]

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