Newspaper website comments bring out the worst in people. Your faith in humanity and decency is really tried reading such bigoted racist drivel from anonymous commenters on virtually any and all news stories. This why I was pretty surprised to read some thoughtful comments on NYT's Opinionator's latest RNC wrap-up article. Here are some of my favorites:
Other than McCain, I can’t get over the feeling that the Republicans really don’t like people like me. People who are mixed race, who don’t live in Heartland America, and who work in information / media industries. - Link
He’s a Republican who’s tried to disassociate himself with the failures of the past eight years, and as a prominent Republican Senator during those ...
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City of Whiners
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
I am trying to document how out of control the Bay to Breakers was this year. Drunks everywhere, people urinating on peoples front stairs, both females and males, and basically a very ugly event. If you have complaints please email me so I can convey our displeasure with the events sponsor and city officials. Thank you.
Captain Teri Barrett, Park Police Station, from Sfist on Bay to Breakers. Emphasis mine.
Aside from the actual runners, Bay to Breakers is just an excuse for boring people to dress up like morons and get drunk in public so they can pretend, at least in their own minds, that they're interesting people. They're not interesting people, they're dullards. They should all be rounded ...
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Happy Gay Marriage Day!