Comments | collegeanna19: A Few Words on the Helen Thomas Situation

collegeanna19

A Few Words on the Helen Thomas Situation

Jun 09, 2010 14:34

( And some of them will undoubtedly rhyme with Duck. (NOTE: If you have an opinion that differs from mine and you post it in the comments, that's cool. But I'm only saying this ONE TIME: DON'T BE A DICK. If I see ANYONE being a dick to ANYBODY in the comments section, you will feel my wrath. I try to keep dickery off this LJ. Spirited debate and discussion is good; dickery is bad. That is all.) )

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leafy07 June 10 2010, 00:17:06 UTC

Gah! Do you not check your facebook??

Anyway! I have EXCITING NEWS!
Pauley Perrette was on GNW! And I was at the taping!! I SAW HER IN REAL LIFE! WITH PAUL MCDERMOTT!

GNW and NCIS combined. So amazing.

Anyway. I shall go back and read your entry now :D I have been bursting to tell you this XD

collegeanna19 June 10 2010, 00:20:40 UTC

My Facebook is cluttered as shit...I'm thinking of doing a massive purge of stuff this weekend, so I can get rid of all the shit I have on there. XD

OMG! YES! That would be EPIC! Only way it could be more epic is if it was WEATHERLY!

leafy07 June 10 2010, 00:27:04 UTC

If it was Weatherly you would have already have heard about it cause the American press would be running stories about how he was kidnapped by crazy Australian fans. Just saying.

collegeanna19 June 10 2010, 01:06:40 UTC

ROFLMAO! If you kidnapped him, I'd have expected you to share. ;D

Oh, and I got my Facebook decluttered...all I had to do was pick "Ignore All" for application requests! I should be on it more often now. :D

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leafy07 June 10 2010, 00:26:01 UTC

These things annoy me. I mean really. She's 90 years old. She should be able to say what she wants and people should just nod and smile, even if they disagree.

Your tweet to Rob Lowe was awesome though.

I'm off to add you on Twitter - not that I actually tweet... I just use it to follow comedians and friends.

collegeanna19 June 10 2010, 01:05:33 UTC

I know! If you make it to 90 years old, you have EARNED the right to say whatever you want!

Hehehehehe. Thanks. I was trying to think of a way to express my opinion and not be a douche at the same time. Hence the "Respectfully, sir" at the beginning. :D

Ooh, I saw that! I added you back. Expect randomness. :D

bergeronprocess June 10 2010, 01:00:27 UTC

And then of course the guy who sunk her career was seen really badly impersonating a Mexican immigrant in a video. Keith just said something great about it, as he does:
"An opinion writer was fired after expressing an opinion. Shouldn't a man of God have to quit being a man of God whne he begins to make fun of some of God's children?"
GAME SET MATCH, ADVANTAGE OLBERMANN, OTHER TENNIS STUFF I DON'T QUITE GET

PS: bitches be trippin on Twitter. Maybe it's wussy for me to block someone as soon as they step to me like a fool but it makes Twitter a much more enjoyable experience.

collegeanna19 June 10 2010, 01:10:16 UTC

SERENA WILLIAMS TENNIS GRUNT OF APPROVAL. Keith is awesome as hell. Haters to the left...so I can shove them off the cliff like the Helen Thomas haters. I know I really should have let this go already, but I feel better when I let things out, and flooding Twitter feeds should NOT have been how I did it...hurhur did it.

I screencapped everything in case she deleted it, because I wanted proof. Maybe it was wrong to call her out and show her Twitter name in this post, but...I DON'T WANNA BE RIGHT. :D (Also, sometimes I need a fight, and fighting with my family is BAD. Twitter assholes are the perfect targets in those times of need.)

bergeronprocess June 10 2010, 01:15:39 UTC

I said haters to the left today. It's in the comments here. To see the comment that everyone, even the author, is on about, do check 'read all comments.' He's basically being a jackass and being like "LOL WHY DO YOU REVIEW A KOH-REE-UHN OWNED WING JOINT WHEN DEKALB COUNTY HAS 947 MILLION OF THOSE?" Umm because wings are good? Man, some folks on the internet be crazy. *Gangsta Philosopher*

collegeanna19 June 10 2010, 01:27:56 UTC

1) Wings are the shit. One of the things I REALLY miss about going to PTI was hitting Quaker Steak & Lube's Wing Night on Tuesday nights with my classmates.

2) You have no right to bitch about/make fun of/rip on ANYTHING if the name you go by online is "Smitty."

ladybeth June 10 2010, 03:49:16 UTC

It really irritates me how now it seems that if you say one bad thing, even if you regret saying it the moment it leaves your month (and lets face it, we all have these moments) and it doesn't met with public approval then you are ostracized. no chance to apologize or further explain your comments that would show what you truly met.

collegeanna19 June 10 2010, 06:10:19 UTC

I have MORE than my share of those moments, and it always seems to happen when I'm talking with Mom. Parents: At Times, They're Just As Unforgiving As The Media. XD

astropixie June 11 2010, 02:56:36 UTC

I'm pissed off about this, too. For many reasons, including what you said about her being 90 and a successful Arab-American woman. But the main reason I'm pissed off is because I think she's right. She shouldn't have added the bits about Germany and Poland, maybe, but if we want to stop terrorism? If we want to have peace? We have to stop supporting Israel. The average Muslim might not be a terrorist, but many are not quite against the terrorists because it sure looks like we're against them.

This whole thing was a great opportunity to start a peacemaking process, and the news, including my beloved Jon Stewart, just crapped all over it.

collegeanna19 June 11 2010, 17:19:55 UTC

You hit the nail RIGHT on the head: best way to stop bad behavior is to STOP FUCKING ENCOURAGING IT. My mom's opinion was that Helen Thomas was forced out because people can't handle the truth. Which is true...and also led to me snickering and making Jack Nicholson jokes at Mom's expense for a bit, but I digress.

Jon Stewart has been smoking some weird shit lately. I never expected him to give the President a free pass, but as strawberrysgirl said, it seems like now he expects the President to be able to fix things with the wave of a magic wand, and is being awful when he can't. Someone needs to go give Jon Stewart a swift kick in the ass...I volunteer, because thanks to my grandpa helping me with soccer training as a small child, my left foot can deliver one helluva blow. :D