http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/index.ssf/2008/12/holland_township_family_angry.html
What do you mamas think of this? On one hand, I applaud the store for not wanting to do this. On the other, it is just the boy's name, he had no choice in it. But the parents knew there would be some huge problems he would have to face when they named him this. And I suspect they welcome it, more publicity for their hate mongering. Ugh, gross all around.
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Right?
That really struck me too.
"it's just a symbol. it doesn't mean anything."
"um, yes, actually, it does - that's the fucking definition of "symbol", ya twit." is what passed through my mind when i read that bit about swastikas from the wife/mother. then, the next thing that passed through my mind was pity - i know, i know, but it was - 'cuz these are either the most moronic OR the most inconsistent avowed white supremacists i've had the displeasure of being made aware of thus far, and frankly, it must just suck to be them, not to mention their kids. "they say they're not racist, but don't believe the races should mix." again, dictionary anyone? bleh.
"if i pass for other than what i am, do you feel safer?" ~ lani ka'ahumanu
dragon knows dragon
"if i pass for other than what i am, do you feel safer?" ~ lani ka'ahumanu
dragon knows dragon
"Go supermarket. Boo
"Go supermarket. Boo WalMart. I want to go to Walmart and get a cake that says "ass sex" because that's the only way I'm getting any for my birthday. What? They don't make vegan cake? Instead of going to the press and whining (thereby minimalising actual discrimination} I will make my own freaky cake in my own freak den where it belongs."
There are no words that can properly express how much I have missed you.
"Step off my big ass."
- Anthromom
well, I am more liberal than some
I wouldn't consider vegans, patriarchy smashers, anti capitalists or trans people extremists. As I said on my blog recently, people gets to define who they call whacko based on how close they are to their own beliefs.
But, I agree that many non mainstream lifestyles of parents can cause some degree of stress to kids. But, you didn't name your kid Ass Sex Bean. Good restraint!
Sunflower the unflower
Mom's Tinfoil Hat
Foodie loves Picky
Sunflower the unflower
Mom's Tinfoil Hat
Foodie loves Picky
Olberman's talking about it
Olberman's talking about it now!
"Step off my big ass."
- Anthromom
so glad you are here!
cos I have been horrifed and sick from this whole thing. But this,
"but I didn't name my kid 'Vegan Anti-Capitalist Smash the State Queer Gender-fuck Jones'."
made me laugh! You are so right.
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. -- Emily Dickinson
You want to do what you think is right and what matters to you, and if other people don't like it, as my father would have said, they can go fuck themselves. -- Amy Bloom
oh pregnant boy
how i truly missed you.
"I'm an extremist, but I didn't name my kid "Vegan Anti-Capitalist Smash the State Queer Gender-fuck Jones".
word to the motherfucking king, you are the king, that is you. king of the hellz-yeah.
but this...this here...
What? They don't make vegan cake? Instead of going to the press and whining (thereby minimalising actual discrimination} I will make my own freaky cake in my own freak den where it belongs.
this makes me truly love you. i am so glad that i am not the only person that feels this way about things like this. you said it so well, i really have nothing to add.
i think these people are horrid, hate-mongering assholes, and i think that the supermarket had a right to tell them to decorate their own despicable name onto the cake. i guess i am really torn on whether or not i "agree" with their "right" to name their kids like that. i know, i know, free speech. but would our culture or society really be worse off if hate speech wasn't protected? really?
At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
- Golda Meir
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Here, the government would
Here, the government would refuse the name. In any way. Okay, this is Germany, it was here he started to spread hatress, violence and war. So government is much more sensible about such things. And I think they are right. I will pity the boy when he develops to a non-racist guy. But how big a chance is that? With such parents? They will implant hatress in him. They implant their thinking in him. He is the next generation breaded for Ku-Klux-Clan. If he breaks free from that infiltration he can change his name more easily in the States than he could here.
My wish for his parents: He will choose a dark colored boyfriend. And will be happy as man can be. He will become a fighter for freedom, for love and understanding. He will fight hatress, racism and intolerance.
So, universe do your very best to let this wish come true!
...the lover, the dreamer, and me (Jim Henson)
So mote it be, sister! I am
So mote it be, sister! I am hardcore vibing that for little Adolph.
24/MN. Queer, veg, single, AP mama to DD1.
25/MN and WA. Queer, veg, single, AP mama to DD2.5.
Symbols
I totally agree. It's sad to me that they would go so far out on a limb as to name their kids extreme names and have extreme symbols all over their house and then back away when they have the full attention of the media. If they are so inconsistent about something they declare loudly, I don't know, it just seems like they lack a solid foundation or something. I feel bad for all of them, especially the kids. I also have to laugh a little and shake my head because this must really be sucking for them and it might have something to do with the universe giving back what we put out there. Sad, yes. Moronic, yes. Hate-mongering, also yes.
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