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re: The devil in the deconstructed details

Robert — 9/2/2006 3:47:42 PM (archived)

Hmm, it is kind of morbidly intriguing that bisexuals have been added to the Right's pantheon of evil (you didn't mention the polarity of the politician running the ad, but I think I'm on safe ground assuming that a Democrat wouldn't try sexual scapegoating/fearmongering [though a part of me's waiting for the other shoe to drop; I've been set up before]).

"Bisexual predator" sounds like another word for "omnivore", doesn't it? Woody Allen famously observed that being bisexual doubled his chances of getting a date, which suggests a rational basis for bisexuality as a hedonistic strategy. But I digress...

You may be right about the calculation the ad embodies about where to apply the chisel to try and cleave another social fault line. I'm guessing, but the calculation might be that Genuine Homosexuals™ won't feel much sympathy for bisexuals due to their, what, lack of commitment? Gluttony in trying to have it both ways? It's as if they're setting up bisexuals as the flexible villain with something for everybody to hate. I'm not sure, but I agree that there's some deliberate strategy of divisiveness embodied by that ad. (Is that a sucker bet, or what? What are the odds that the Right will choose the low road?)

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The devil in the deconstructed details - ER - 9/2/2006 1:35:38 PM
- The bi-sexual predators are twice as bad (little joke) (n/t) - alcaray - 9/5/2006 6:02:07 PM
- Correction! - ER - 9/4/2006 2:10:55 PM
  - It probably said "by A sexual predator..." and you missed the "A" But don't feel too bad - Buck Galaxy - 9/6/2006 6:29:00 AM
  - The topic that might have been. - Scott Evil - 9/5/2006 7:30:51 PM
    - "Really Interesting discussion fodder" - Robert - 9/5/2006 8:43:11 PM
      - re: No the discussion wasn't about the sexual predator. - Scott Evil - 9/6/2006 1:17:04 PM
        
        You talking to ME?. (n/t) - ER - 9/6/2006 5:07:56 PM
  - Wondered how long that would take. - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2006 7:58:36 PM
    - No good deed goes unpunished. (n/t) - ER - 9/4/2006 9:33:47 PM
      - Clarification... - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2006 2:16:13 AM
        
        No offense taken. - ER - 9/5/2006 10:56:36 AM
        
        Actually... - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2006 6:22:56 PM
        
        Preconceptions? Moi? (n/t) - ER - 9/5/2006 7:13:43 PM
        
        Was that French? (n/t) - Gomez - 9/6/2006 1:57:20 AM
        
        Oui. (n/t) - ER - 9/6/2006 11:02:27 AM
        
        However, as a demonstration of how these things get started... - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2006 2:18:02 AM
        
        Yes, and... - alcaray - 9/5/2006 6:05:09 PM
        
        LOL (n/t) - buck Galaxy - 9/6/2006 6:23:15 AM
        
        re: LOL - PLO9,OP-[[;;[ - 10/4/2006 4:07:41 AM
- re: The devil in the deconstructed details - Robert - 9/2/2006 3:47:42 PM
  - On a Bisexual Built for Two................. - Publius - 9/2/2006 8:04:19 PM
    - Speaking of Big Sugar... - ER - 9/2/2006 9:12:04 PM
      - Big Sugar... - Publius - 9/3/2006 12:28:50 AM
  - you forgot the other type of 'bisexual' - shmuckface - 9/2/2006 5:22:40 PM
    - That sounds more like something that happens to you, not something you are. (n/t) - ER - 9/2/2006 5:46:35 PM
      - not always - shmuckface - 9/2/2006 5:54:09 PM
        
        I'm with you on this one ......."s" - Lindy - 9/3/2006 11:24:01 PM
        
        yep (n/t) - s. - 9/4/2006 11:23:33 AM
        
        Sex without love may not work out, but it's never boring. (n/t) - ER - 9/2/2006 5:59:20 PM
        
        Here, here old chap. - azstrummer - 10/4/2006 9:34:48 PM
        
        Speak for yourself - s. - 9/2/2006 6:23:45 PM
        
        I apologize if I have offended, Mr. Shmuckface. - ER - 9/2/2006 6:44:46 PM
        
        no offence taken, no fences to mend - s. - 9/2/2006 7:05:10 PM
        
        I figured anyone calling himself "Shmuckface" was just goofing on me anyway. (n/t) - ER - 9/2/2006 7:08:14 PM
  - Neither Rep Or Dem, bisexual? - ER - 9/2/2006 4:54:11 PM

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