I heard from the Vikki-Kristin train that you've been warned that I might lash out after your email comment. Oh dear, I am really a controlled and kind human being. And yes, you do have east coast elitism about the midwest but you're from the east coast. You're a victim here. I take pity on you more than anything else.
No, it's the transexual trans comment. Emptyman, you gotta remember, you have wandered into a community pod that includes some queers having conversations. You speak from ignorance, love, from the narrow lens of straightness or, even narrower, bioboy straightness. It'd behoove you to learn more about transsexualism, transgenderism, and all things related. Pretty fascinating stuff. It might even help you understand that earring you wear.
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like the new blog look.
and that was a little whoop-ass.
(a) I really had no idea what a trans-youth was; and (b) I stand by my original smartass remark until convinced otherwise. Nobody here -- including me -- is that thin-skinned, right?
emptyman
i do not know you
... it is not about thin skin for me...
believe me i have heard it all. Your comment is what i deal with everyday in my work and frankly i would not really expect that kind of comment on this site, i feel less safe to express myself here. also
I have no need to convince you of the joy and beauty of a cranberry, raspberry or any other midwest festival...more for me!
peace
leigh
You feel "less safe"? Jesus, lighten up. Why? What on earth could make you feel "less safe" about that (now deleted) comment? I am someone you don't know, in another part of the continent, who has never uttered an even vaguely threatening, hostile, or angry remark on this blog. I have expressed my opinion, one which nobody has to date even attempted to refute. This is Susan's blog and it doesn't have to be another tiresome political debating society -- the internet has plenty of those already. She controls it and it can be whatever she wants it to be. She can, if she wishes, bar me from ever commenting on her blog; she can active comment moderation and screen all comments first to make sure that nobody's sensibilities are in the least bit threatened; she can turn off comments altogether. She has done none of these things, giving me the impression -- rightly or wrongly -- that (a) I am allowed to comment on the things she posts, no matter how wrongheaded my comments are, and (b) so is anyone else, whether they disagree with me or not.
If the prospect of encountering an opinion with which you disagree is so horrific to you that it makes you feel "less safe," then how on Earth do you function in the real world, where the utterers of those opinions might actually be in the same room with you?
Susan, I apologize for this over-long comment and while I still stand by my earlier remark, it was certainly never my intention to be rude or to show discourtesy on your blog. It was meant in the same vein as all of the other snide remarks I have left.
One thing I have learned from electronic communication (email or blog)is that some of the nuances of language are lost and things can be easily misunderstood.
I'll offer that thought and then stay out of the fray...
uhhh
emptyman
calm down....breathe deep
peace
leigh
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