Keep Me Away From the TV

[luna_k]

Oh God, why did I watch that "Great Things About Being a Red State" thing on Bravo?!? I told myself I wasn't gonna watch, because it would just annoy me, but of course I watched anyways.

I also took notes - yes, I take notes for these things, shut up - in case you're interested.

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[fairy_tale_echo]

I don't think you're being sensitive, I think that entire series is fucking stupid and insulting. From "Great Things About Being Fat" to my personal favorite, "Great Things About Being Queer" wherein it was revealed that the greatest thing about being queer was...that's right, Cher!! I hate, hate, hate the attitude that "it's all in good fun, harde-har-har!" and "you'd better laugh or you take yourself too seriously!" Well, shucks, call me old fashioned for taking things seriously. I'm such a politically correct killjoy! It perpetuates that condemnation and I HATE it.

And I know I live here now, but I forever endorse Fuck the South:

"The next dickwad who says, "It’s your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least... can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states."

(which reminds me of the Confederate flag post from a few days ago. Sometimes, I'll be running an errand around town or something and I'll catch site of the Mississippi state flad and for a split second I think to myself, "Shit, I can't believe someone is freaking flying the Confederate flag that's so...wait, that's the post office." It never stops being jarring.)