I've just been musing: to what extent does sexuality
divide the United States, with homophobia being the
driving force? A recent graphic parses out Northern North
America in terms of GLBTQ safe and not-safe regions. And
the parsing is done most of all in terms of which regions
recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions and which do
not. It's a cold Civil War being fought (in the name of
Jesus) over who is and who is not allowed to be part of a
family. In the 19th century, it was a racialized fight.
Now it's sexualized.
Here's the graphic:
http://idisk.mac.com/glwebb-public/new_map.jpg
Moving to Vermont,
Rose Theresa
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:22:38 -0500
"Martha P. Nochimson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I remain mystified by this orgy of wallowing in abject
>misery at the
>spectre of the supposedly superior compaigning of Bush in
>working class
>drag (a very felicitous phrase). 55 million Americans
>voted for
>Kerry. Were they all college professors or wind surfers
>manque? Has no
>one remembered that the campaign conducted by Karl Rove
>was not a cozy love
>in featuring Bush picking up brush on the lower 40, but
>the most vicious,
>mendacious campaign in living memory. This wasn't a good
>campaign; this
>was a vile demonstration of how people lacking conscience
>play on the fears
>and anger of those unprepared by education of any kind
>(school or the
>streets) to understand the manipulation. But millions of
>people did
>understand. The people I spoke with in Ohio were as
>desperate as my latte
>drinking friends on the upper west side of Manhattan to
>get rid of
>Bush. One woman said she'd never disliked anyone so much
>in her life; she
>wasn't from the media elite or from Ohio State University
>for that matter.
>
>I do think that much thought is needed about what must
>be done but not the
>kind I am seeing on this site. A few million good
>Americans made one of
>the biggest mistakes of their lives, but there was great
>solidarity among
>working class, middle class, and upper class voters in
>America who voted
>for Kerry. What we need to do is leave off the
>self-immolation and
>discuss how to cope with The Big Lie, especially when it
>is the drug of
>choice of the reactionary owned media. Karl Rove
>succeeded. Many others
>are going to try it. Anyone got any interesting ideas
>about that?
>Martha P. Nochimson
>
>
>At 11:48 AM 11/5/2004, you wrote:
>>Hi, we are Americans. We like to elect actors. And post
>>9/11, Ah-nold sells.
>>
>>W. simply plays better on tee vee (he does working class
>>drag well) than
>>Brahim Kerry who talks down to most Americans, "To the
>>contrary...". The
>>Dems, except for Bill Clinton, come off as indecisive and
>>ineffectual,
>>which are traditionally not leadership qualities. The
>>Dems cannot get
>>away with being GOP lite -- it doesn't work. And, Kerry's
>>kitesurfing
>>photo-op, not too manly...
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>
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