Comments on: VA: A Letter to All First Time Black Voters and to Everyone Else Who Gives a Shit About The Irony of Equality: http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/ violentacres.com feedback site Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:55:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Morgan http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13044 Morgan Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:47:26 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13044 Oh, I got the post. It was just so poorly written. So, so very badly written. I kept falling asleep mid-paragraph and getting distracted. This is a topic I care deeply about (and in fact support what the writer points out!) and the writer made me bored to the point of distraction?! There should be some kind of award for that. Just hard to read, almost hideous. This person probably considers themself a writer, sadly. Thoughts were so poorly organized, it's like a first draft. Hell, it's like a brainstorm scribble. We need little bubbles and arrows to make sense of it. Oh, I got the post. It was just so poorly written. So, so very badly written. I kept falling asleep mid-paragraph and getting distracted. This is a topic I care deeply about (and in fact support what the writer points out!) and the writer made me bored to the point of distraction?! There should be some kind of award for that. Just hard to read, almost hideous. This person probably considers themself a writer, sadly. Thoughts were so poorly organized, it’s like a first draft. Hell, it’s like a brainstorm scribble. We need little bubbles and arrows to make sense of it.

]]> By: Goldie http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13032 Goldie Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:38:16 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13032 The idea of the post, I completely agree with. I was in shock when I heard Prop 8 had passed; in California of all places. The writing, however, was blah. Grammaticaly correct, but no different from the other million billion political blogs out there. If I read this post on a random blog I visited for the first time, I would not come back. The idea of the post, I completely agree with. I was in shock when I heard Prop 8 had passed; in California of all places. The writing, however, was blah. Grammaticaly correct, but no different from the other million billion political blogs out there. If I read this post on a random blog I visited for the first time, I would not come back.

]]> By: Kodie http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13029 Kodie Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:10:56 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13029 I can agree on the points, or maybe I don't. I do, but it doesn't matter. I enjoy V. Occasional guests are also worth reading and following links to their own blogs, but this was slam poetry. I just don't like it. It's not the only way to address an issue. What's going to speak to me and how I like it spoken isn't easily defined, but it's not going to be slam poetry. I like V most of the time. She says she's not a great writer, but she knows how to drive a point, abrasive, imperfect, true to life no b.s. Some may infer that I find it difficult to confront the issues, and that slam poetry is designed to make it difficult to ignore, which I guess is why it's so annoying. That I'd prefer no slam poetry to slam poetry potentially engages some friction due to my perceived privilege, to tell someone how to talk, and to react negatively to an entire cultural art form. What else can I say. Writers can't impose on anyone to like how they write. I apologize to the author if she did not intend her written words to come out in my head as slam poetry. I can agree on the points, or maybe I don’t. I do, but it doesn’t matter. I enjoy V. Occasional guests are also worth reading and following links to their own blogs, but this was slam poetry. I just don’t like it. It’s not the only way to address an issue. What’s going to speak to me and how I like it spoken isn’t easily defined, but it’s not going to be slam poetry. I like V most of the time. She says she’s not a great writer, but she knows how to drive a point, abrasive, imperfect, true to life no b.s. Some may infer that I find it difficult to confront the issues, and that slam poetry is designed to make it difficult to ignore, which I guess is why it’s so annoying. That I’d prefer no slam poetry to slam poetry potentially engages some friction due to my perceived privilege, to tell someone how to talk, and to react negatively to an entire cultural art form. What else can I say. Writers can’t impose on anyone to like how they write. I apologize to the author if she did not intend her written words to come out in my head as slam poetry.

]]> By: Hotcha http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13028 Hotcha Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:04:46 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13028 its refreshing to hear that im not the only who finds equality imbalanced as hell its refreshing to hear that im not the only who finds equality imbalanced as hell

]]> By: Caleb http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13026 Caleb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:46:29 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13026 Race is the one thing that you can count on. No matter what your accomplishments or lack there of, people will always notice your race. People are attracted to the like. Too many people feel too naturally comfortable with their own race. It closes there mind many times to what other people have to offer. There are beautiful people in all shades. You just hope that the bigger picture is still something to look at. Caleb <a href="www.blueprinteconomics.com" rel="nofollow">Blueprint Economics</a> Race is the one thing that you can count on. No matter what your accomplishments or lack there of, people will always notice your race. People are attracted to the like. Too many people feel too naturally comfortable with their own race. It closes there mind many times to what other people have to offer. There are beautiful people in all shades. You just hope that the bigger picture is still something to look at.

Caleb
Blueprint Economics

]]> By: spriteless http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13025 spriteless Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:28:04 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13025 It's real easy for to blame the blacks, here, huh. Never mind that religious people voted against gay marriage more reliably than any ethnic group. I know proportionately more blacks go to church than pinks, but, seriously, why is it okay for people to attack a whole segment of the population based on genetics and not based on a choice like church? It’s real easy for to blame the blacks, here, huh. Never mind that religious people voted against gay marriage more reliably than any ethnic group. I know proportionately more blacks go to church than pinks, but, seriously, why is it okay for people to attack a whole segment of the population based on genetics and not based on a choice like church?

]]> By: Ami http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13024 Ami Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:36:37 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13024 This is a letter to black voters. I'm with Kyle and Esther. The writer is making a point that black California voters made huge progress at the polls for Obama but at the same time denied the rights of their gay neighbors. As far as the note at the end, Donna, I think that was an honest appeal with a little stereotype humor intended to encourage black voters to support civil rights (gay rights or not). It made me think about the irony and I'm appreciative for that. This is a letter to black voters. I’m with Kyle and Esther. The writer is making a point that black California voters made huge progress at the polls for Obama but at the same time denied the rights of their gay neighbors. As far as the note at the end, Donna, I think that was an honest appeal with a little stereotype humor intended to encourage black voters to support civil rights (gay rights or not). It made me think about the irony and I’m appreciative for that.

]]> By: Lesley http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13023 Lesley Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:49:32 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13023 I missed that this was from a guest writer at the top and didn't catch on until I hit the wall of text at the bottom. That did a lot to explain why I took no pleasure in the reading and wondered several times along the way where V's typical bite and humor and well-reasoned logic had gotten to. I don't always agree with V - but even when I don't, reading her work doesn't leave me feeling like I've wasted my time on a pointless diatribe. I missed that this was from a guest writer at the top and didn’t catch on until I hit the wall of text at the bottom. That did a lot to explain why I took no pleasure in the reading and wondered several times along the way where V’s typical bite and humor and well-reasoned logic had gotten to. I don’t always agree with V - but even when I don’t, reading her work doesn’t leave me feeling like I’ve wasted my time on a pointless diatribe.

]]> By: David http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13022 David Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:07:36 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13022 The writer makes decent points and I tend to agree but I didn't just sit down to The Huffington Post with a cup of freshly ground Fair Trade coffee. Sardonic humor is a gift and the way V. shoves a fist up the ass of humanity is a thing of beauty. One wicked grin did not arrive upon my face as I read this post and in the end that is what I come to this site for. A misanthropic goddess she be and all that anger and sarcasm is well placed in a world that makes you want to run to the hardware store for a suitable length of rope. The writer makes decent points and I tend to agree but I didn’t just sit down to The Huffington Post with a cup of freshly ground Fair Trade coffee.

Sardonic humor is a gift and the way V. shoves a fist up the ass of humanity is a thing of beauty. One wicked grin did not arrive upon my face as I read this post and in the end that is what I come to this site for.

A misanthropic goddess she be and all that anger and sarcasm is well placed in a world that makes you want to run to the hardware store for a suitable length of rope.

]]> By: RockHell http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13021 RockHell Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:20:15 +0000 http://www.violentacrestalk.com/va-a-letter-to-all-first-time-black-voters-and-to-everyone-else-who-gives-a-shit-about-the-irony-of-equality/#comment-13021 Couldn't have said it better myself. One huge leap forward, one crashing fall backward. Couldn’t have said it better myself. One huge leap forward, one crashing fall backward.

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