The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on

[e_juliana]

Subject to every doubt that can retard
Or fling it back upon an earlier time.

There are times when I wonder if the U.S. has been dropped through a wormhole into the 1950's.

Seriously. Look at the current craze for pencil skirts and spike heels. It's illegal for perfectly loving couples to be married and to have a child in some states. The charge of "unpatriotic" is levelled against those who dare to criticise the government. Not to mention being embroiled in land wars - plural - that we are fucking up royally whilst rattling our sabres at another country. And finally -

Cross burnings in North Carolina. Fucking hell.

Don't hang back with the brutes, y'all. Just don't.

edit: There also the matter of parents being forbidden to teach their child about Wicca, which happens to be their religion, but I'm inclined to look at that as a poor ruling by an uneducated judge. Either that, or it's a test case to see if this country really can be turned into a de jure theocracy...

Comments

[alexlucard.livejournal.com]

We're in dark dark times here.

[helvirago]

Here's my issue with cross-burning -- they're burning a cross. You'd think that would more logically be the intimidating act of aggressive atheists, wouldn't you? Not people who are trying to cover their hatehatehate issues with some veneer of Christianity? I mean, if someone burned a crescent, I wouldn't think, "Oh, Muslims filled with hate!" I'd think "Oh, somebody hates Muslims!" Or something like that. Where's the logic, people?

[fufaraw]

The state where I live got into national news twice this week for boneheadedness--the other article was about the Baptist church in Rutherford county with the sign on the front lawn saying "The Koran needs to be flushed..."