Comments on: Gay marriage, Japanese Internment, and Interracial Marriage http://factsandotherfairytales.com/2013/03/25/gay-marriage-japanese-internment-and-interracial-marriage/ Rantings on life Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:50:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Audra http://factsandotherfairytales.com/2013/03/25/gay-marriage-japanese-internment-and-interracial-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:23:09 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=319#comment-660 Hi Jess,

I’m flattered and will definitely participate…. I’ve just been a bit mental with some deadlines and house stuff….

I’m so glad that you enjoy the ranting! :)

Best,
Audra

]]> By: Tucson Blonde http://factsandotherfairytales.com/2013/03/25/gay-marriage-japanese-internment-and-interracial-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:55:49 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=319#comment-621 Hi!

I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award! Since I discovered your blog, I have followed your intelligent writing about the current (sad) reality here in the US, even though you have emigrated abroad. I hope that you’ll at least consider accepting this award as a token of my appreciation!

To see what it is all about, follow this link to my blog: https://108plus.wordpress.com/about/liebster-award/

Cheers,
Jess

]]> By: Lisa Wields Words http://factsandotherfairytales.com/2013/03/25/gay-marriage-japanese-internment-and-interracial-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:10:47 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=319#comment-557 You are so right Audra. Too many people hide behind the anonymity of the computer screen to spout hate, and too few stand up to do anything about it.

]]> By: Audra http://factsandotherfairytales.com/2013/03/25/gay-marriage-japanese-internment-and-interracial-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:06:19 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=319#comment-556 Lisa — I struggle with the same issues. Here’s what it comes down to for me — these folks are so loud and so bold in their statements and their beliefs that it’s hard to engage them and the majority in the US are so conflict averse most won’t speak up. Instead, they’ll try to make rules about cyber-bullying and being nicey nice (read passive aggressive or simply passive) to everyone instead of just confronting the problems head on.

Most of the time in life I think regular folks do just treat people as people … but when we talk about “groups” then it becomes easier to generalize and dehumanize.

It also seems like one of the side-effects of our cyber-culture is that it has emboldened the crazy because they’re protected by their computer screens and increasing ability to only socially interact with people who share the same beliefs as they do.

]]> By: Lisa Wields Words http://factsandotherfairytales.com/2013/03/25/gay-marriage-japanese-internment-and-interracial-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:35:17 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=319#comment-555 I’m really struggling with a lot of the issues in American society today, in the sense that I don’t understand how we can continue to “we pay lip service to being a “great” country and love our Constitution and Bill of Rights, but we still haven’t effectively dealt with our history of violence, racism, and sexism.” Why does the vocal minority, the haters and the hypocrites, have so much influence on American society? Why are we still fighting for equality and justice? Why haven’t we fully accepted that being different is the norm, that there is no one superior religion/race/gender? Why do so many people not recognize that if one group is treated without equality it affects all groups?

Thank you for pointing out how important this issue is to everyone.

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