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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:40 PM Original message |
Do we want to be liked or do we want to be seen as a force? |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Force. I've come to the conclusion that some people will never like us. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I agree. I was with Pri when the guy told her to put the sign |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. You ARE a force. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You summed it up perfectly. |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The huge protests didn't really work for the war movement and they were world-wide. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I disagree. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. One protest, however huge, is not a solution. |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I think they accomplished a lot more than we will ever know |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Different thing. The war protests were against governments that had already |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. People do not change their minds, they die off. |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. How about running ads? Show some gay people who have been together for years, etc. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Both, of course |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. We want a seat at the table of humanity |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Major change never happens by asking nicely. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I've been thinking the same thing. I think we're witnessing a watershed event. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I hope so. |
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madmadmad (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. i've been thinking the same thing... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. "It is best to be both feared and loved" |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. I love your sign!! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. False dichotomy |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. In my opinion you shouldn't have put the sign away |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Both. The best of friends to our friends, and cutthroat with our enemies. |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Gadflies. .. As MLK said, in order to force the oppressors into negotiation... |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. Being quiet got us shoved deeper into the closet |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. I hold out hope that Prop 8 will get quickly overturned... |
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RetiredTrotskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. Way To Go, Lioness!!!! |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. We wanted to be liked during the Clinton Presidency and look where that got us. |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
28. I've never wanted to be liked |
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Amimnoch (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
29. All or nothing usually equals nothing. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Everyone of us knows straight people |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. We've been asking nicely for ages now and have nothing to show for it. |
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