tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post605301234996614983..comments2024-03-22T12:47:13.633-06:00Comments on Reluctant Rebel: Dog Park ContrastsFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-9255309285592622032010-08-16T06:13:53.715-06:002010-08-16T06:13:53.715-06:00There are certainly more important battles to be f...There are certainly more important battles to be fought. Blogging and the comments from you guys are all I needed right now...thanks.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-76861035548826845702010-08-16T05:31:35.885-06:002010-08-16T05:31:35.885-06:00I hear ya, Frank. Equal rights, alas, doesn't...I hear ya, Frank. Equal rights, alas, doesn't always translate to equal respect. Here we are half a century after the end of segregation, and blacks are still as a group disrespected by a certain percentage of whites, and not just in the South . . . sad.<br /><br />I wonder would it be possible to write a letter to the editor about this incident in your local paper? Perhaps a little Russ Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-61631570414033453872010-08-15T20:45:14.803-06:002010-08-15T20:45:14.803-06:00I guess my main impression was that even with all ...I guess my main impression was that even with all the progress we've made it is still considered OK to make fun of gays by making comments punctuated with innuendo and snickering. And lumping us in with drug dealers was just adding insult to injury. The park was never a hot bed of crime or danger; the gist was that "displacing gays" was OK because they don't really matter. Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-74090122826048660432010-08-15T18:39:56.437-06:002010-08-15T18:39:56.437-06:00I don't blame you for your outrage. I would h...I don't blame you for your outrage. I would have been mad as hell too. Your absolutely right about one thing, some of the guys I used to hook up with at my local park were were married or had girlfriends that wouldn't go down on them or weren't any good at giving them BJ's.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165264073811444835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-68148281865005044352010-08-15T16:34:26.889-06:002010-08-15T16:34:26.889-06:00A lot depends on the exact tone used with a statem...A lot depends on the exact tone used with a statement like that. But you were there and I wasn't, so I believe you when you say she clearly lumped gays in with drug dealers as two classes of totally undesirable people. Sad.<br /><br />Though just to play devil's advocate for a moment, perhaps as a woman she took in the whole scene as a scary one: a lot of grown men coming and going andRuss Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com