Discussion: Kansas Militia Extremists: 'The Only Good Muslim Is A Dead Muslim'

I know what you mean, so this isn’t directed specifically at you. We as a society need to get to a place where being “called a lesbian” (or “gay” or “queer”) is seen merely as a factual error. Like being called “red-haired” when you have black hair, except of course that one’s sexual preference isn’t a visible personal attribute.

Their “side” thinks being called a lesbian is an insult; we need to not buy into that framing. If they do use that as an attempted insult our reaction should be something akin to “so?” (even if the target of the “insult” is not, in fact, LGBT or Q). We’re definitely not there yet. Most people’s reaction is still more along the lines of “am not!” or “how dare you!”

I’ve spent time chatting online with young boys. Wait. That doesn’t sound good… One of the games I play on my phone is probably 50% boys under the age of 16 and by far the most common “insult” in the cesspool that is “global chat” is to call someone “gay” or “fag”. So they’re learning it in grade school and society isn’t yet willing to call them out on it. A guy on my team (not a kid and perhaps not surprisingly, one who was open about his “Christianity”) commented at some point about another player’s action being “so gay”. I told him that if he ever used the word “gay” as a slur again he was off the team. He got indignant, but never used the word again. I doubt he learned anything except that Boidster is a “SJW” or however he categorizes me.

Maybe in my lifetime, but given that the N-word is still alive and well, I’m not betting any money.

The militia men often communicated by WhatsUp, an encrypted texting service

WhatsApp. The name is too cute by half.

Just locker room talk.

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That vast right wing conspiracy has, via their extended media octopus, succeeded in equating the word “Hillary” with every negative term that their stupid listeners ever fixed on,

Trump almost parodies their propaganda with his “Crooked Hillary” slogans.

They are known for trashing good words with bad images, like “liberal” and “progress”, turning common words into rightwing epithets. They even tried to make “Community” into “Communism” when a black community organizer ran for President.

Hillary has been their target for decades now, because single payer. No doubt, the authors of her manufactured mischief must profit handsomely from the factory healthcare model she tried to topple when she was First Lady. Only that can explain their zealousness in trying to bring her down, name and all.

They’ve taken her name and made it despicable to everyone dumb enough to be proud of the label “Deplorable”, as if cultural depravity and cult behavior is some badge of courage. The wordsmiths who enable all this actually seem to enjoy their vile chores.

Words should matter, mangling them for fun and profit and political power only makes them profane.

That’s Southern Poverty Law Center, not Policy.

“[…] decide they want this country back […]”

I’m still waiting for someone to explain this to me. Take it back where? From whom? They never seem to have answers that make sense to me.