Indeed I do, thanks!

He didn't, though. He proved what was important to him, that he could go the distance. He won the crowd over. He won Adrian's heart.

Happy birthday Moogy! Keep the Ferengis' books in order, hear?

"He claims to be political, and yet hates on those who participate in politics everyday trying to keep the community afloat by putting pressure on politicians to deliver on their promises including Obama.

"White People Ghost Dance." Popularize the phrase, it needs legs.

Game of Thrones, the libertarian edition:

I like this and perhaps you will too:

More to my liking:

She sounded like Cee Lo Green in "Fuck You". It's uncanny.

We used the term "shmear the queer" to mean generalized roughhousing and dogpiling on one another. As I grew older I learned a couple things:

Part of it is, white progressives are always looking for traitors in their ranks, so if LGBT measures aren't being passed (as used to be the case) it must because of Betrayal By Secret Enemies. White progressives are a lot less willing to face the obvious: the biggest problem is white bigots who, for the most part,…

You have out-trivia'd me sir!

Eh, if I (as a Catholic, hypothetically) were to attend a Lutheran theological group discussion, I shouldn't be surprised if the discussion were to eventually turn to the Eucharist and whether it's symbolic or literally the body of Christ, and how the Catholics teach the wrong answer. It's not a personal slight, just…

Exactly! There are too few good places for people of color out there, and I don't want to detract from this place's role in that regard. It ain't about the fee-fees of a white man, just this once.

I don't always accept the "he was a man of his time" argument, but in Roddenberry's case I think I do. He tried to promote women and people of all races on "Star Trek"; he did his best with his understanding of what is fair and reasonable.

I really can't object to people of color using this place to vent, and if it means I receive a little bit of it, I bet it's no more than 0.0001% of what people of color have to deal with on an ongoing basis. So that even makes it mildly educational for me.

There are levels and levels to this that I process but I doubt anyone else cares about:

That's fair. For what it's worth, I may hang out here because the people here are better than anywhere else on the Internet I have found, but I also recognize that, at some level, I am more on the "problem" side of things than the "solution".

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My real name starts with seventeen seconds of sustained flatulence. Bed wench y/n?