Wildcard

You come off as a virgin to me. A christian virgin. Am I right? Also you wear glasses and you have a pet hamster.

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L.C.Mills

Yes, I'm a Christian virgin.

No glasses, no pet hamster sadly I wish I was that cool.

I obviously have no social life and sit in a basement in a Darth Vader costume reenacting star-wars and LotR perpetually while singing the theme song from "Gargoyles". And, since I don't agree with the common populace on this topic, I can't be anything but wrong. And that wrongness will be attributed to my personality and character as well as personal choices.

There's no way that the masses could be incorrect on something like this, especially since doctors have said that my generation is destroying itself with its morally bankrupt behavior. Weird.

-E.

alanmt

I was giving a speech at the local Republican club once a few years back on why they should vote against the Montana constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage (it passed, sadly, but not by as much as one would think), and one of the members had brought her home-schooled son as an educational opportunity for him. He stood up to comment and told a story about how disgusted he had been on a recent trip to Texas because sharing the line to enter an amusement park had been a couple which he sneeringly described, each word dripping contempt, as "fat, black and lesbian" and he proudly related how his church group had heckled them.

I was tempted to respond:

"What bothered you more, the fact that they were fat, the fact they were black, or the fact that they were lesbian?"

But he was just a high school kid, so I let it go. Apparently home-schooling and church had failed to teach him courtesy, good manners, that racism is wrong, that bullying is wrong, and that making fun of people based on their weight is wrong. I am not making any blanket statements here, just relating an interesting experience.

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L.C.Mills

I know, because it's common sense. Is it untrue? No. If it was, then maybe you could corner me for making an "assumption" (I like to call it an observation, since it's based on fact.)

Oh well...

*hugs*

-E.

AA

Alan, I get log cabin Republicans, I do. I understand how you can believe what you believe, but HOW THE HELL do you stomach being around your fellow constituents? Don't you ever just look around and think, these people are fucking ridiculous!

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L.C.Mills

Most definitely.

There are a couple kinds of homeschooling. I was home schooled because my parents wanted to try it, and because I wanted to continue it. I was given the choice every year to go to public school. I chose not to.

And then there's protective homeschooling. In instances like you related, parents (alot of times religious extremists) will keep their kids home and school them privately so that their extreme beliefs and opinions can be imbedded in the child without any outside influence.

Another side of protective homeschooling is people who just don't want their child exposed to ANYTHING. They keep them away from the world, not because they're teaching them extremist beliefs that will get them beat up in any respectable social circle, but because they're scared of the world "harming" their child.

And I have no right to say which is right and which is right and which is wrong, but my experience turned out pretty good. I'm not racist, I don't dislike fat people or gays. I judge each individual person for their actions and how they conduct themselves, and then that's tempered by my personal interactions with them.

But yeah, it's sad how some people have been brought up. Some parents need to be punched in the teeth.

-E.

Malone

I've had plenty of one night stands. I don't seem to have these deep emotional troubles from them you're describing. So, no, it's not true. And I know plenty of people who are the exact same as me. Actually, I can't think of a single person I know personally who feels that lots of sex makes them feel bad.
It's a base, primal act. Anything else you add to it is just the influence of modern culture.

Alan: That story is pathetic. What a little shit. I was homeschooled for a few years in elementary school, and I was the only atheist kid. The rest were all conservative Christians and evangelicals. I read somewhere that evangelicals now make up the majority of home schoolers. Not sure how accurate that statement is, though, but in my experience it fits.
Even in elementary school, I'd make comments that the rest of the kids what answer with blank stares or disgust of my sins.

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alanmt

all the time.

it very seriously bothers me that moralist statists (i.e. social conservatives who push social agendas through governmental action) have hijacked my party away from classical liberals (i.e. political conservatives)

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The Backward OX

You and Writ could do a good double act.

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The Backward OX

You're playing with his words. I thought you were smarter than that. All he said was "consequences". No hint there of "deep emotional troubles".

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Mermaid on the breakwater

I have some great chances to get laid out across the road when I am out on my bike. How cool is that? And it's always women who are desperate to lay me. It's a great world that we live in, guys.

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Malone

That was your mistake.

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