Letters to the Editor
lonewolfy
Published Letters: 300 Editor's Choice: 19
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Are "the Plastics" ex-communicating their Leader?
[Read the article: Girls on Miley Cyrus: She's a slut]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]All does not appear to be right in Girl World anymore: first Jamie-Lynn is preggo, and now Hannah Montana dared to appear fully covered in a *gasp* bedsheet....
The Plastics interviewed for this article - and their ilk nationwide - are sending some serious meanness poor Miley's way. Quick - someone find Tina Fey so she can deliver another rousing speech to save all their teen girl souls!
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@ Anne in NYC: Reality check about K-12 students
[Read the article: Let the "drunken pirate" teach! ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I understand the point you are making, but I would rebut that she will not suffer any MORE than another teacher in terms of student disrespect, teasing etc.
Look, there are new teachers out there with nary a blemish or poor decision to be discovered on Google, Facebook etc. But you know what? They might have a small mole on their cheek. Or, as when I was in school, they may happen to be (or look) like they are barely older than their pupils. Or they have a funny voice.
All of the above instructors will be mercilessly harangued or disrespected in a K-12 class in some way...especially at the start of a course. The ones who actually are good teachers will have the firm yet deft touch to circumlocute this and earn their students' respect. Moreover, there is no reason that Miss "Drunken Pirate" could not do the same, especially if she addressed the issue on the first day of class!
In summary: an episode of somewhat bad judgement on Google should not force a teacher to have to choose another career, any more than having a mole, a high voice, or being a little person should force a career change.
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Sure, I will have some rose-colored wine...
[Read the article: Roundup: Wikipedia debates child porn]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It will be on the day I paint my walls pastelle fuchsia (or perhaps burnt amber ochre?) while watching the View, drinking a Boniva and listening to Paula Cole's Greatest Hit(s) Album.
(Which is to say: never.)
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Un-PC? Sure. But "JAP" is absolutely the right term in this case.
[Read the article: I hit my sister in the head with my purse when I drink]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"------ American Princess" - spoiled, pampered brat who has enormously inflated view of herself (I'm an *ahem* artist), thinks the world should revolve around her...and who gets drunk and abusive with anyone who disagrees with her self-absorbed drama queen delusions.
The "Jewish" part really just ascribes her to a subset. Lord knows you also have Black APs, Desi APs, WASP APs, Italian APs, Hispanic APs, etc etc.
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So it is not polite to call the LW a J.A.P.?
Of course! But that's the funny thing about the Truth - it is rarely polite, PC or sensitive...
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What a surprise - Broadsheeter doesn't like it when Clinton gets mocked
[Read the article: "SNL" spoofs Hillary: "I am a sore loser"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hepola and the rest of Broadsheet were absolutely fine/happy with Tina Fey giving a humorless endorsement to Hillary on Weekend Update (under the guise of "satire")...and with Barack being mocked on SNL - and portrayed by a white guy in light brownface.
But now that Poehler dares to *gasp* make fun of Hillary's refusal to accept reality? Yup - your panties are all in a collective bunch.
And btw, Hepola's bitter "Et tu, Amy Poehler?" snark merely reinforces what many people already have suspected for so long: The official Feminist stance is that any woman who dares to not blindly support Clinton is a hideous traitor to the cause.
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It's like Fey said: "Bitch is the new black..."
It's also like what she refused to say: "...and Black is the new President."
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@ Swift Loris
[Read the article: "SNL" spoofs Hillary: "I am a sore loser"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not quite as funny as the gleeful reactions of said Obama supporters, though.
I'm glad our reactions to a scathingly accurate portrayal of Hilary's refusal to accept her reality gave you a chuckle or two!!
Please note though - for whatever it's worth - that our glee isn't derived from schaudenfraude. All power to Ms. Clinton for (eventually) putting up a good fight.
We Obama supporters are just enjoying life a little more now that Barack can finally focus his efforts on campaigning against McCain. Hopefully Billary gets a reality check by June 3, and does the right thing by our party and the progressive platform...
But even if they do/she does not bow out gracefully, it will not reflect poorly on Barack or the Dems. We all know there are only two reputations to be destroyed here - and I know Big Bill is a savvy enough politician not to let his go down the drain on delusional scorched-earth politics!
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I'm guessing...
[Read the article: Barbie goes green!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That if another toy company - Tonka or Hasbro, maybe - decided to try to make its products more eco-friendly, then you/Broadsheet wouldn't have mocked 'n' skewered them.
But *gasp*...if it is Mattel / Barbie?!?! How dare they try to make this evil symbol of patriarchal sexism have a little less negative environmental impact?!?! How dare they! >8-O
~sigh~ Predictable, much?
P.S. - Maybe Dove can break into the business and release their own "Campaign for Real Beauty" doll to compete with the Barbinator. It could have the hip/waist ratio and other proportions of "real" women like, say, Rosie O'Donnell or Kirstie Alley?
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OMG LOLZ!!! OMG!!!!
[Read the article: Finale wrap-up: "The Hills"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Finally, Salon, like, totally has an article on my fave show (other than "Hannah Montana", "My Super Sweet 16" and "Paris does Paris"), the Hills! Fun!
I so, like, totalllllly relate to Lauren. She has soooo many problems, to, like, deal with!! Nobody in this world has more dramatic, heart-rending, TV-worthy struggles than, like, rich white teenage American girls who are famous and lionized for....wait for it...appearing on a reality TV show. Nobody!
Chinese quake victims? Myanmar cyclone relief debacle? As if!!!!
I mean, okay, sad, but, like, this is Salon.com - where u find news that totally matters. Like, how sad was Lo when Lauren talked behind her back? Pain. Sad. Totally.
Luvz,
Salon's BFF LiLofanatic83
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Q: The Best Way to Stop Canadians from Entering?
[Read the article: How to stop illegal Canadian immigration]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Answer: Install video screens at regular intervals along the border that play a looped tape of the "South Park" movie.
Kyle's Mom and the 'Blame Canada' number are sure to scare all those darn Canucks back home to their log cabins - where Red Green will be on the tele as always to comfort and soothe them...