Wow! I mean just wow. It seems like the Olympic committee would have done a bit more research before committing the Olympics to such a horrible place. I’m reading tweets and articles about how the water looks like beer, or very dark urine that is harmful to the skin. Then the horrible conditions in the hotels and in the guest rooms and public bathrooms. 2 toilets in 1 stall, a sign telling people not to flush toilet paper with a little bin below, which is beyond disgusting. There is even a picture of 2 urinals with no plumbing attached. No light bulbs, no internet, and as soon as they sign in, they get hacked. One hotel didn’t even have a lobby, or reception, you had to go to the hotel managers bedroom to check in. The list literally goes on and on and on. Yeah, I’d say they were not ready for the Olympics.
I have heard of animals being fed poison to kill them because they have such a bad stray problem. Well, wasn’t there an issue similar to this at another Olympics, but with homeless people? No I don’t mean killing them, but relocating them lol. Instead of killing the strays, why not find them good homes? What about foster homes? I mean really? Killing them?
Putin said that gay people would be safe, yet I’m seeing videos and articles where the gay people are beat up and arrested. How does that make them safe? Coca-Cola and McDonald’s are “proud” sponsors, but how can they be so proud of such a travesty? That is why so many people are not only boycotting the Olympics, but also their “proud” sponsors. Budweiser, thank goodness, backed out because they didn’t want any part of that. I don’t drink, but if I ever decide to, I’ll drink Budweiser.
I am glad that I don’t have to suffer through all that mess. I honestly don’t understand how any of the gay athletes could even step foot in that country knowing the residents are being kidnapped and murdered simply because they were born gay. How can they think that that kind of behavior is okay and they would be safe? They have got to take off those rose-colored glasses because that is not the way things work. I feel sorry for anyone who suffers at the hands of the Russian police and/or security for the Olympics.
I never really cared for the Olympics and now I care even less for them. I will definitely not be watching now or ever again. This whole thing has put the worst taste in my mouth that will never go away. Shame on the Olympics committee for doing this. This whole thing is nothing but a joke.
I have been playing video games since I was 10 or 12 years old. Video games usually consist of you playing a character who is on a mission to kill something to win the game. Not all games want you to kill something, for example The Sims or SimCity. Some games have a different outcome or objective other than killing.
I used to play adventure games from Sierra and those were games where you have to look for clues like a detective. Like the King’s Quest collection, Leisure Suit Larry and Quest for Glory for example.
I’m currently into MMORPG games like EverQuest, EverQuest 2 and Lord of the Rings Online. Although those games are the type that you have to kill something to gain experience points to gain levels. It’s not always a person, sometimes it’s a monster. A monster is one thing because you know that it is something that will kill you if you don’t kill it first. Like take a dragon for example, that is something that you obviously have to kill before it kills you, right? And that’s perfectly fine.
The thing that I have the issue with tonight, and I don’t think I’m overreacting, is that I found a game in the Google Android Market that aims at killing gay people. This game is called gay hunter. In their description they say “it could be a bit controversial too.” Ya think?
Description
Your the Ass Hunter, with shot gun in hand you hunt before you get hunted!
This game is just friggin’ hilarious! But it could be a bit controversial too. Don’t get assed yourself while hunting them!
Kill the naked ass pirates before they sodomize you! Don’t forget to find more ammo, and reload.
It’s worse than death to be caught by an Ass, so watch out hunter.
Hunt asses, and don’t get assed yourself.
Watch your Ass and enjoy!
I honestly don’t understand what goes through people’s minds when they decide to create a video game with the intention of killing a gay person who has done nothing wrong to deserve this punishment. A dragon is a harmful creature, a gay person just wants to live a normal life like everybody else. Why can’t they just give us that?
It’s a free country, so you can build your little anti-gay game if you want to, but I’m going to be who I am and I’m not going to let anyone dictate how I should live my life because it’s mine to live. I was born this way and I am happy that I was because it taught me to have more compassion for other people and I feel I am a better person for it. Whoever created this game has no morals and their karma is going to suffer for it, and that is my silver lining.
Awesome Update: I have a plugin that lets me know where there are dead links and I just found out that the link for this app is dead, so I went to Google Play and the app is GONE! YAY!
Has anyone seen this? This is a movie called Prayers for Bobby, a Lifetime movie based on the true story of a mother (played by Sigourney Weaver) who couldn’t accept her gay son. Here is the IMDB Synopsis:
“True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.”
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZT9b9xp2DU
I watched this movie on YouTube through my Blu-Ray player and boy did I cry my eyes out. This story is so emotional that I had to pause it a couple of times because I was missing the movie because I was crying so hard.
This is a movie that every religious anti-gay parent and family should watch before they decide to give up on or throw their child away for being gay.
Oreo Cookies decided to create a new graphic of their famous cookie, but stacked with rainbow colored cream. One Million Moms has decided that Oreo, owned by Kraft, needs to be boycotted. I mean, we can’t eat gay cookies now can we? Then I saw the image above posted by 1 Million Moms against One Million Moms and it really got me to thinking. Just about everything you can buy in the store is gay friendly.
For example, here is a (not alphabetical) HUGE list of LGBT friendly companies!!! I mean, if they are going to boycott Kraft because they support gay rights, then they might as well boycott everything else in the world.
Like, what phone company do you do business with? I hope you don’t have AT&T, Bell South, Alcatel or Sprint because guess what, they are in the list. Verizon isn’t in that list but they should be because I know that they are pro-gay. God forbid your cell phone is made by Motorola because guess what? They support gays, heck they are responsible for you being able to use a cell phone. I sure hope you aren’t using an iPhone because Apple is gay friendly. Which reminds me, what Mp3 player are you using? I hope it’s not an iPod. God forbid you have an iPad or a Macintosh computer or even a Windows based computer or tablet for that matter.
Do you know what a CPU is? It is the processor which is what makes your computer and other electronic device boot up. Basically, it’s the brain of your computer. Without it, your computer won’t even turn on. Do you know who invented it? A gay person! Oh you didn’t know? His name was Alan Turing. So if you hate gay people so much, then you might as well put your desktop/laptop computer, tablet or all other electronic devices up for sale at the next yard sale so you can get your money back. When I say all, I’m not just talking about your computer or cell phone, oh no, I’m talking about your calculators, your electronic watches your HDTV that you just bought for your living room and anything else that is computer operated.
If computers are gay because of the CPU then I have news for you, all of your money is gay too. Yeah, how do you think they make money? Computers! And your bank statements that come in the mail were printed from a computer not to mention that they know how much money you have in the bank because they use a computer.
I can’t forget to mention that if you are reading this because you found the link on Facebook, you are supporting gay equality because guess what kiddies, Facebook is gay friendly. You didn’t know? So is Twitter. What browser are you using? Cause I hope it’s not Google Chrome, Yahoo or an Internet Explorer based browser.
You know what, you might as well go live with the Amish because everything you buy at the grocery store is gay, including the computers they use to ring up your total. So unless they use pen and paper to write it all down and use an abacus to ring your groceries up, you are supporting gay rights and equality.
Speaking of the Amish, they don’t have any electronic devices, they don’t even have cars. Guess what, cars are also gay. So if you drive a car, you are supporting gay rights equality. Every time you fill your gas tank you are supporting gay rights too because BP and Chevron are pro-LGBT. I sure hope you don’t have car insurance because AAA, Esurance, Prudential and Allstate all support LGBT.
You can’t escape it, you are all supporting gay people as we speak. It’s all around you folks, the air you breathe is gay air because guess what? If God created the world as you say he did, he also created gay people, so by living in this world, you are breathing gay air and you are supporting gay rights.
I’m sure you have already forgotten about that HUGE list of LGBT friendly companies!!! so there it is again. Go ahead, read it, read every single company that supports gay people. So take a deep breath and just accept the fact that you cannot boycott everything unless you plan on living in a house that you had to build yourself from trees you had to manually cut because all of the electronics used to cut the trees to build your houses with had a CPU in them.
Yeah so good luck with that boycott. Let me know how it worked out for ya. Of course you can’t, what was I thinking, you can’t contact me at all because you would need to buy paper and envelopes, that is unless you plan on making them from the sawdust and wood shavings that came out of the tree when you built your cabin in the woods.
Just a note of clarification, I know not all people of faith are as wacky as the fundamentalists like the Westboro Baptist Church or the One Million Moms who are really more like 47k. So I’m not bashing anyone’s religion, I’m just saying this to those who are homophobic who want to boycott because of LGBT rights and equality. I don’t care what religion you follow or if you don’t follow any religion. Basically, if you are not anti-gay, then this isn’t for you. This is for those crazy people who think that it’s OK to take away the rights of their fellow human beings like me.
I have been invited by two groups here in Bakersfield to see the movie Bully at the Maya Cinemas theater. I think Bully is an important movie that everyone needs to see because it shows the reality for the victims of bullying.
I myself was bullied in junior high school. They called me a faggot and a queer and many other horrible names. Being a bully does not show me how cool you are, it only shows me what an animal you are. It wasn’t just the kids in school who bullied me, no it was my step-father who began the bullying when I was less than two-years-old. I suffered at the hands of an abuser throughout my entire childhood so I know all about being bullied.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8kNYV5EAVw
April 20th isn’t just a day to go see Bully, it is also the National Day of Silence. You don’t have to be silent the whole day, just remember those who were kept silent when they were killed for being gay. You can celebrate any way you want to, just as long as you remember the innocent victims of bullying.
There is an injustice happening in the world today. I won’t even try to explain it in my own words because I will probably screw it up, so read this email that Change.org sent me today.
Dear Michel,
Citibank and Barclays could save the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Uganda.
The Ugandan legislature could vote any day on a so-called “Kill the Gays” bill that could result in legalizing the death penalty for any LGBT person in the country. But Citibank and Barclays together have hundreds of millions of dollars invested in Uganda and wield significant influence in the country, just as banking lobbyists wield influence with Congress in the US. If Citibank and Barclays speak out against the “Kill the Gays” bill, Ugandan legislators will take notice in a hurry.
Citibank and Barclays are both big supporters of LGBT rights for their own employees, yet they invest money with a government that is threatening to execute LGBT people. “I expect Citibank and Barclays to live up to the values of equality and fairness, not just list them on their websites,” Collin says.
If Citibank and Barclays speak out against the “Kill the Gays” bill, Ugandan legislators will see that they are risking the business relationships that keep their government afloat.
Does this not sound like a holocaust to you? They want to exterminate gays just as the Nazi’s exterminated the Jews, Gays, Blacks and anyone who wasn’t what they expected to be the perfect human being.
How can you help by clicking the link above and signing the petition asking Citibank and Barclays to condemn Uganda? If they threatened to cut ties with them, perhaps Uganda will change their mind. If they still won’t change their minds at least Citibank and Barclays won’t have blood on their hands by being associated with Uganda knowing they are in bed with the Nazi’s of today.
Please, sign the petition. You don’t even know how many lives you might save just by clicking a link and signing a petition. It could be in the thousands or millions even. If this is allowed to happen in Uganda then perhaps the hate might spread like wildfire and next thing you know other countries will be following suit.
It’s just a shame that Citibank and Barclays, being pro-gay businesses themselves, didn’t just take action on their own. Why has it come down to a petition on change.org for them to do something?
Have you read about this whole thing with One Million Moms telling people to protest JCPenny because they have hired Ellen DeGeneres to be their spokesperson? Take a look at this video posted on YouTube by the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zNKTTtAXCs&hd=1
So I decided today that I wanted to see who these One Million Moms are and I scrolled down in their page. I saw a post on their wall telling their One Mill… er um 40 thousand moms to boycott Macy’s because there is a wedding cake in one of their catalogs with 2 dudes on it. Then they have a post to boycott Home Depot because they have supported gay pride in the past.
Don’t these people have enough to do with their daily lives than to sit around bitching and complaining about gay people? I mean seriously, don’t they have something else to do? Like oh I don’t know, maybe focus on their own lives than sit around bitching and complaining about whether I should be allowed to be happy or not.? I mean, why is it their job to try to control how I live and control who gets to support who and who gets to shop where?
I can see why they are doing that though. I mean, me being in the gay community am told that I can’t shop at Target because they donated some money to a politician who supported an anti-gay… what was it again? I don’t even remember, it was someone anti-gay. We’re told we can’t go to Wal-Mart because they are anti-gay, I have actually been on the side of discrimination and so has a family member who happens to be gay so that I can actually understand.
All JCPenny, Macy’s and Home Depot are doing is showing that they support gay people and they aren’t asshole bigots. I mean, since when did being an asshole become popular all of a sudden? Whatever happened to being politically correct? If being political correct is no longer an option, then why am I trying so hard to not call these women a bunch of ********* (record scratch sound)… because I’m not an asshole bigot, that’s why. I am not going to stoop to their childish level.
These Christians think that we are the evil ones because we were born differently, but it is my opinion that we aren’t the ones who are evil…
I heard a couple of days ago that this calendar was being sold on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. At first I didn’t believe that it was an actual calendar because I didn’t want to believe that someone would sell such a thing, but it’s true. Barnes & Noble had discontinued sales while Amazon still sold it, but has since taken it down.
I was reading the “about the author” part, and this is what it said:
“In the early ’80s Joe parlayed his position as one of the original Blue Sky Rangers, [Mattel Electronics videogame designers] into a Department of Defense [D.O.D.] software engineer, enjoying a TOP SECRET security clearance at Lockheed’s fabled Rye Canyon facility [Skunk Works], original nest for the SR-71 Blackbird fleet. Today he suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous mis-fortune – frequently at the hands of other cartoonists!”
Does that last sentence mean that the other cartoonists hate him? Hmmm, could it be because he’s a bigot?
“The 2004 Pulitzer Prize Nominee most recently served as Artist-In-Residence at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and is currently in production of several self-syndicated comic strips distributed world-wide under the banner of his publishing forge: http://www.FUNNYPAPERZ.com; a whimsical fusion of fine art, popular culture and humorous illustrations. Joe King, a native Son of the Golden West – born in the shadow of The Lone Ranger Rock – is making the world a funnier place one cartoon at a time. Explore more of his creative universe at http://www.TOON-GUY.com”
Pulitzer Prize Nominee, but not winner? Shocking.
I was so offended by this that I took all of the ads for Amazon down from my site. I was not going to sell my book through the Amazon website until this calendar was taken down either. I am actually also kind of pissed off at CreateSpace because that is who I was going to use to sell paper copies of my book through Amazon.
I am glad that both Barnes & Noble and Amazon have taken that horrible monstrosity from their site down because my book is almost ready to be published. I can feel good about buying my webcam through them again, because I started to feel like a hypocrite for buying it with the $25 gift card that I won the other day. So thanks Amazon for making things right.
This was shared with me on Facebook today and I couldn’t help but cry throughout the whole video. This kid named Jonah who just started the 8th grade this year has been bullied since the 1st grade is showing that although he is terrified of being bullied, he has a million reasons to not kill himself.
He talks about cutting himself and even shows where his scars are, you can’t really see them but I’ll take his word for it. I think that was when he started to cry which was what set me off and I started bawling.
Dear Jonah if you are reading this, I know what you are going through because I went through something very similar. I know how tough life is and I’m sure you keep hearing “It Gets Better” but it really does. You have to hold your chin up and just try to get by day-to-day.
Let me tell you something about me. I didn’t actually start to get bullied until junior high school and the only reason it took that long was because we moved around so much that nobody really got to know me to start bullying me until the 7th grade.
I was abused by my step-dad mentally and physically since I was a baby so I know what it’s like to be bullied on a daily basis. When the kids started bullying me was when I tried to end my life because I just couldn’t take being bullied at school and at home. I attempted suicide almost every night. I almost killed myself when I was 13 years old by choking myself. I would choke myself until I became unconscious but then I’d wake up in the morning. I finally gave up after weeks of killing myself every night because it wasn’t working.
It isn’t worth dying over because even though you are still so young, you will have something to offer the world and I know you will succeed because I believe in you. You do have a million things to live for and I applaud you for making this video to hopefully open people’s eyes to what you are going through. Maybe you will write a book some day and when you do I hope you share it with me.
Speaking of which, I wrote my own book and I would like to give it to you for free when it is published. It is a bit depressing and you have enough to worry about but perhaps it might provide some inspiration.
I believe in Karma and I know that those bullies will get what is coming to them when they are older. Believe me, they will be fat, bald and in the middle of their third divorce while paying $1000-$5000 a month in child support.
I was a homeless gay teen. I was kicked out of the house when I was 15 years old for not wanting to visit my mother in the hospital. I was homeless for 6 months wondering day-to-day when I was going to get my next meal.
I was homeless again when I was 17 years old because my mother rejected me for being gay. She confronted me about being gay then 2 weeks later kicked me out of the house. She made me choose between being gay and being her son.
I know what it’s like to be homeless so I understand this story more than anyone in the world.
This article says that there are 3,800 homeless teens in New York City and only 250 beds. I have a solution if anyone will hear me out. Anyone who identifies as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgendered or even a PFLAG member can invite them into their home to stay with them for a short time. Help them get their GED (if they didn’t get to graduate high school) and help them find a job. After 3 months they will have enough money saved up to get their own apartment and it will all be because you helped them.
When I was homeless the second time around, the Salvation Army church helped me but they weren’t allowed to know that I was gay because if they found out, they would have kicked me out. Being rejected once by your family is one thing but then to be rejected by the church is devastating. If we are going to tell them that it gets better, we need to prove it by showing them that it gets better by helping them.
Think of it as adopting a child, because they are still children after all. These children are teenagers but they are still children whose childhood was taken away from them. Give it back to them by helping them get off the streets.
And you parents, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Waiting until their 18th birthday to kick out your own child just because they are gay. Especially around the holidays. SHAME SHAME SHAME! You kick them out of the house because your religion says that it’s wrong. So abandoning them is right? You think they are going to hell? So you think that God will approve of how you treated your child? Think again.
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