Comments on: God Help Us

By: Daniel, USMC

Daniel, USMC — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:40:13 +0000

Even this non-Christian thinks this is disgusting. I’m a father of three and cannot fathom taking my children to a place where someone masturbates in the street. Gods… even Austin is not that bad.

By: Mr. Roach

Mr. Roach — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:46:49 +0000

I have a pet theory. While these people like to call Christians un-hip, square, prude, and uptight, they have their own version of “foul language.” You can’t say anything “too judgmental,” that suggests sexual mores might include something beyond consent, anything racist, nationalist, eugenics-oriented, or the like. Setting aside the merits of any such sentiments, they are shot down, castigated, and used to condemn the speaker without any engagement.

These displays are not so much hateful as contemptuous. They show no respect and mock things that others hold sacred. This is the essence of a culture war, but the right, with few exceptions (Tom Wolfe for example!) is out to lunch in the culture department and not producing our own art, movies, books, comedies, jokes, and the like to mock this sort of stupid celebration that, like Kabucki Theater, is predictable and uninteresting.

By: BRIAN KRETZER

BRIAN KRETZER — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:38:23 +0000

IT GETS WORSE…LOOK AT THIS HATEFUL DISPLAY!!

http://flickr.com/photos/cstrasse/1466988334/

By: Rick Darby

Rick Darby — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:41:21 +0000

Did you catch this in the article?

“Father of two, John Kruse said it is an educational experience for children. He said there were conservative parents against having kids at the event.”

I guess in San Francisco a “conservative” is someone who doesn’t think kids should be at a sado-masochism festival. I’m surprised this John Kruse (a pseudonym — or homo nym — if I ever heard one) didn’t say, “There are reactionaries against having kids at the event.”

By: Mr. Roach

Mr. Roach — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:22:13 +0000

I wouldn’t necessarily lose a lot of sleep over the event, proper. But we’re talking about kids and adoption and other ludicrous developments since ’89. It’s one thing if the anti-gay vibe of conservatives in ’89 had been discredited; instead, there worst predictions keep coming true.

By: T. French

T. French — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:17:37 +0000

“Speaking of 80s Night, it’s always good to get a little retro 1989 — conservative “disgust” at tawdry queer behavior.”

Steve I gotta agree with you there. Having become inured to the clever things that shreiking queens say and do I just accept them for the self-centered bores they are and move along. It’s attention seeking behavior why reward it?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:38:28 +0000

Speaking of 80s Night, it’s always good to get a little retro 1989 — conservative “disgust” at tawdry queer behavior.

Thanks for the retro hit. I think I’ll dust off my Psychedelic Furs’ LPs now.