First, a bit of business: I'd like to thank so many of you with your incredibly kind words lately. I'm constantly blown away by the supportive things I get during my fight against ILD, or as I prefer to think of it, the scientific experiment of telling the statistics to go to hell while I continue to LIVE with AIF-ILD. One of the things you do when most of your life revolves around writing (the one thing I've always done in all my careers) involves getting into a comfort zone to write, and I don't have that luxury anymore...learning to write without that comfort zone is sort of like learning a new language...it's a long, slow battle. Some of it is pain, where just sitting at the computer for more than an hour is like being tortured, and some of it is the fact that the methotrexate, specifically, gives me a 2 day brain fog (and a one night puke party) once a week, and my disease-less specifically-gives me a transient brain fog that strikes without warning. When these strike, I can sit for fifteen minutes trying to come up with a word that corresponds to a thought...not exactly conducive to writing! But writing something, ANYTHING, does help, even if the days of banging out 6000 words of decent material in an afternoon are way behind me (I've had a few 2000 word days, though!) You people are awesome.
More business: Since there are days that go by that I can't moderate, for the most part I've turned comments off. Most of you are not animals who go into comment zones to mark your territory. You decent types can get to me via twitter or email.
On Cuomo's not-really intolerant words, conservative
The Right Wing noisemakers are at it again because mean old Andrew Cuomo said they needed to GTFO of New York State. But did he really? Rather than assume that most of these Wingers are idiots, I'm going to assume most of them aren't reading what Cuomo said, but what other Right Wingers have said he said. They are merely repeating words they don't understand.
Don't think that this makes them stupid. SOME of them are probably stupid, some are uneducated, but MOST are repeating snippets of phrases that were just fed to them by people (who are in a range from stupid to evil, some comprising both)without any context, background or other things needed to understand what they are hearing.
Instead of getting the above sentence, they are getting this:
The Right Wing noisemakers are cutting and pasting Cuomo's words to create a false narrative based on real reality....to that end, here are Cuomo's words:
Question Number One:
What is Cuomo talking about in the above quote?
a. A conflict he sees going on in the Republican Party
b. Who is allowed to live in New York
c. His plans for the Republicans who live in New York
d. Gridlock in Pennsylvania's High Court
Question Number Two:
How many different political factions does Cuomo mention in the quote, who are they:
a. Two (Republicans and Democrats)
b. Two (Extremist Democrats and Moderate Democrats)
c. Three (Democrats, moderate Republicans and Extreme Conservative Republicans)
d. Seven (Extremist Democrats, Moderate Democrats, Moderate Republicans, Extreme Conservative Republicans, Extreme Conservatives, Lizard People and Greens)
Question Number Three:
Which of the following are given as things the Extreme Conservatives 'are':
a. Right to Life
b. Pro-assault Weapon
c. Anti-Gay
d. All of the above.
Question Number Four:
Which of the following does Cuomo say about Extreme Conservatives:
a. They need to get out of New York
b. They are not welcome in New York
c. They do not represent the views of New York Republicans
d. They control the Senate in New York
Question Number Five:
Does Cuomo tell Conservatives to get out of the state:
a. No, he says that they have 'no place' in the state. He probably says this because any idiot with google can look up the views of the Republican Party of New York and see that it includes phrases like "our Party is a celebration of diversity"
b. No, he says that, unlike the Moderate Republicans who control New York's State Senate, conservative republicans are 'not who New Yorkers are.' He probably says this knowing polls show that New Yorkers (and this includes upstate) are (statistically) not Anti-gay AND Pro-Assault Weapons AND Right-To-Life. Many New Yorkers are two of the three, but not three of the three. In addition, some people will argue (we call these people CORRECT) that you cannot be pro-assault weapons AND Right-to-life. You can be pro-assault weapon and anti-abortion, but the Right to Life movement isn't just anti-abortion. Right to Life is associated with a collection of views on Abortion, Euthanasia, Violence, and War. Many Right to Life proponents, especially in New York, are Catholic, and there is a lot of evidence that being Pro-Assault Weapons is not a view considered compatible with Catholicism's view of a Right to Life.
c. No. Even that Rag the New York Post uses the phrase 'conservatives who oppose abortion and gay rights and favor traditional gun ownership' to describe Cuomo's comments, because you need to be dumb or manipulative to read the statement as ALL Conservatives instead of Conservatives who are Anti-gay AND Pro-Assault Weapons AND Right-To-Life. Their wording is dumb (they are The Post) but they at least get the Venn Diagram right.
d. All of the above
e. Yes
Question Number Six:
Draw a Venn Diagram showing the types of conservatives Cuomo was discussing as having 'no place' in New York:
Answers: 1:a, 2:c, 3:d, 4.c, 5 d. 6:
Lest you think I'm joking about how some conservatives have rephrased Cuomo's completely reasonable statement, let's see how conservatives have rephrased Cuomo's completely reasonable statement:
Cuomo: "extreme conservatives who are "right to life,""pro assault weapon""anti-gay"
New York Post: "conservatives who oppose abortion and gay rights and favor traditional gun ownership"
(at least that one is close!)
Ed Cox: "New York's good conservatives and Catholics"
And several places I refuse to link to who printed Cuomo's quote as ""extreme conservatives who are "right to life,""pro assault weapon" [or] "anti-gay"" (their or, not mine)
Andrew Cuomo is a Republican who calls himself a democrat. His dreck about job-creators comes straight out of Rand Paul's bedside gym socks. Republicans (who will NEVER win if they are in the center of that Venn Diagram) would do well to listen to him.
More business: Since there are days that go by that I can't moderate, for the most part I've turned comments off. Most of you are not animals who go into comment zones to mark your territory. You decent types can get to me via twitter or email.
On Cuomo's not-really intolerant words, conservative poutrage, and trolling the rubes for fun and profit...
The Right Wing noisemakers are at it again because mean old Andrew Cuomo said they needed to GTFO of New York State. But did he really? Rather than assume that most of these Wingers are idiots, I'm going to assume most of them aren't reading what Cuomo said, but what other Right Wingers have said he said. They are merely repeating words they don't understand.
Don't think that this makes them stupid. SOME of them are probably stupid, some are uneducated, but MOST are repeating snippets of phrases that were just fed to them by people (who are in a range from stupid to evil, some comprising both)without any context, background or other things needed to understand what they are hearing.
Instead of getting the above sentence, they are getting this:
"This makes them stupid. Stupid, uneducated people who are evil."
"But Kat," you say, "You didn't say that!"
I did say it, see:
Don't think thatthis makes them stupid.SOME of them are probablystupid, some areuneducated, but MOST are repeating snippets of phrases that were just fed to them bypeople (who are in a range from stupid toevil,some comprising both)without any context, background or other things needed to understand what they are hearing.
The Right Wing noisemakers are cutting and pasting Cuomo's words to create a false narrative based on real reality....to that end, here are Cuomo's words:
"I think what you're seeing is, you have a schism within the Republican Party. The Republican Party is searching for an identity. They're searching to define their soul. That's what's going on. Is the Republican Party in this state a moderate party or is it an extreme conservative party? That's what they're trying to figure out. And it's very interesting because it's a mirror of what is going on in Washington, right?Let's play Reading for Context. Since your kids and younger family members are going to be socked with Common Core, a little practice will help. Here's your practice questions, the answers follow:
"The gridlock in Washington is less about Democrats and Republicans. It's more about extreme Republicans versus moderate Republicans. And the moderate Republicans in Washington can't figure out how to deal with the extreme Republicans. And the moderate Republicans are afraid of the extreme conservative Republicans in Washington, in my opinion.
"You're seeing that play out in New York. There's SAFE-ACT. The Republican Party candidates are running against the SAFE-ACT. It was voted for by moderate Republicans who run the Senate. Their problem is not me and the Democrats, their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are "right to life,""pro assault weapon""anti-gay"? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are, and if they are the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York because that's not who New Yorkers are. If they're moderate Republicans, like in the Senate right now, who control the Senate -- moderate Republicans have a place in this state."
Question Number One:
What is Cuomo talking about in the above quote?
a. A conflict he sees going on in the Republican Party
b. Who is allowed to live in New York
c. His plans for the Republicans who live in New York
d. Gridlock in Pennsylvania's High Court
Question Number Two:
How many different political factions does Cuomo mention in the quote, who are they:
a. Two (Republicans and Democrats)
b. Two (Extremist Democrats and Moderate Democrats)
c. Three (Democrats, moderate Republicans and Extreme Conservative Republicans)
d. Seven (Extremist Democrats, Moderate Democrats, Moderate Republicans, Extreme Conservative Republicans, Extreme Conservatives, Lizard People and Greens)
Question Number Three:
Which of the following are given as things the Extreme Conservatives 'are':
a. Right to Life
b. Pro-assault Weapon
c. Anti-Gay
d. All of the above.
Question Number Four:
Which of the following does Cuomo say about Extreme Conservatives:
a. They need to get out of New York
b. They are not welcome in New York
c. They do not represent the views of New York Republicans
d. They control the Senate in New York
Question Number Five:
Does Cuomo tell Conservatives to get out of the state:
a. No, he says that they have 'no place' in the state. He probably says this because any idiot with google can look up the views of the Republican Party of New York and see that it includes phrases like "our Party is a celebration of diversity"
b. No, he says that, unlike the Moderate Republicans who control New York's State Senate, conservative republicans are 'not who New Yorkers are.' He probably says this knowing polls show that New Yorkers (and this includes upstate) are (statistically) not Anti-gay AND Pro-Assault Weapons AND Right-To-Life. Many New Yorkers are two of the three, but not three of the three. In addition, some people will argue (we call these people CORRECT) that you cannot be pro-assault weapons AND Right-to-life. You can be pro-assault weapon and anti-abortion, but the Right to Life movement isn't just anti-abortion. Right to Life is associated with a collection of views on Abortion, Euthanasia, Violence, and War. Many Right to Life proponents, especially in New York, are Catholic, and there is a lot of evidence that being Pro-Assault Weapons is not a view considered compatible with Catholicism's view of a Right to Life.
c. No. Even that Rag the New York Post uses the phrase 'conservatives who oppose abortion and gay rights and favor traditional gun ownership' to describe Cuomo's comments, because you need to be dumb or manipulative to read the statement as ALL Conservatives instead of Conservatives who are Anti-gay AND Pro-Assault Weapons AND Right-To-Life. Their wording is dumb (they are The Post) but they at least get the Venn Diagram right.
d. All of the above
e. Yes
Question Number Six:
Draw a Venn Diagram showing the types of conservatives Cuomo was discussing as having 'no place' in New York:
Answers: 1:a, 2:c, 3:d, 4.c, 5 d. 6:
Lest you think I'm joking about how some conservatives have rephrased Cuomo's completely reasonable statement, let's see how conservatives have rephrased Cuomo's completely reasonable statement:
Cuomo: "extreme conservatives who are "right to life,""pro assault weapon""anti-gay"
New York Post: "conservatives who oppose abortion and gay rights and favor traditional gun ownership"
(at least that one is close!)
Ed Cox: "New York's good conservatives and Catholics"
And several places I refuse to link to who printed Cuomo's quote as ""extreme conservatives who are "right to life,""pro assault weapon" [or] "anti-gay"" (their or, not mine)
Andrew Cuomo is a Republican who calls himself a democrat. His dreck about job-creators comes straight out of Rand Paul's bedside gym socks. Republicans (who will NEVER win if they are in the center of that Venn Diagram) would do well to listen to him.