Dumbest Protest Signs

[Ultimate Paragon]

Askold, it might mean what my dad was talking about once from back in the day. Bussing was when at some point in the early 60s they took a bunch of inner city ghetto kids and had them go to school out in the suburbs. They'd literally bus them in. I guess there was a huge culture clash. Living in a city (not just within city limits but really in the city) is a completely different way of life than it in the burbs. I'm not sure if that's what they mean, but that's the only time I've heard the term and it kind of relates to the picture.

More importantly, busing was done at all because, due to white flight, the suburbs were mainly white, whereas urban areas were mainly black.  That in and of itself caused a LOT of backlash, because America is terrible.

To be fair, both whites and blacks were mostly against desegregation busing.  And evidence suggests that, for the most part, this wasn't because of racism, but because of beliefs that it hurt neighborhood schools and caused more discipline problems.

On the other hand, there definitely were those motivated by racism, as demonstrated by that flyer.

[mellenORL]

I'm so ancient, that I was amongst the first generation of kids to be bused for school desegregation. It was a two way street. Black kids got bused to white schools, white kids got bused to black schools. At least, that's how they did it in Miami, and the idea was to not only get black and white kids together to learn and grow up with each other, but to improve the quality of the black schools. It worked, but there was a huge upswing in white private school enrollment the first few years. Then things settled down a lot.

[Ultimate Paragon]

Ryan White?  Who's that?

[Even Then]

Tangent:

- In Finland, men who have sex with men can't donate blood, probably because of ZOMG HIV.
- In Europe, there's only a 2.2% difference between straight HIV-positives and gay HIV-positives.
- Considering how the blood's screened anyway, this is some dank bullshit.

[Askold]

Another tangent: Specifically their rules state Finnish men can only donate blood to Red cross if they have not had sex with another man in the last 12 months.

So gay men with a serious case of blue balls can donate blood.


...Yeah, it is still an overreaction considering that the blood gets tested and there should not be a risk of HIV spreading to other people in the clinic.

[Even Then]

Yeah, thanks for the clarification, comrade of the northern wastes 

Also, there's like 2900 HIV-positives in Finland, which is less than a promille anyway, and one of the other questions is "have you or a sex partner or someone living with you ever had hepatitis or HIV" which kinda makes the "gay question" obsolete, and the "gay question" is worded "have you ever had sex with a man" instead of "have you had sex with a man in the last year", so yeah, it strikes me as pretty sus.

[Sigmaleph]

That's fairly universal, actually. Last time I donated blood I had to check that I had not had sex with a man.

(this was about a month before the first time I had sex with a guy, curiously enough.)

[Even Then]

And here I was, hoping that this particular brand of asinine would be restricted to Finland...

[ironbite]

You can thank the good ol' USA for that particular rule btw.

[Even Then]

Of all the things to ape from the USA, we ape that... fucking A.

[Ultimate Paragon]

While the "Crucified Canadian" was a myth, that doesn't mean the Germans didn't commit real atrocities.  And calling it "Jewish propaganda" is ridiculous.

Let's not forget that the German Army shot soldiers as punishment too.

[TheL]

Another tangent: Specifically their rules state Finnish men can only donate blood to Red cross if they have not had sex with another man in the last 12 months.

So gay men with a serious case of blue balls can donate blood.


...Yeah, it is still an overreaction considering that the blood gets tested and there should not be a risk of HIV spreading to other people in the clinic.

Same rule here in the US, actually.

Hey, since the risk of HIV infection is higher if you sleep with men, regardless of sex, does that mean that I should just divorce my husband and join a lesbian commune?

[ironbite]

........yes.

Ironbite-wait.

[Nemo]

Good news, everyone! It wasn't my relatives this time!


1. Humans are not at risk of going extinct at any point in the foreseeable future, especially not due to abortion or homosexuality.
2. Homosexuals are a small fraction of the population. Their effect on the breeding pool would be minimal at best. And nobody is suggesting that the 95% of straight people who have attractions to the opposite gender suddenly be made to turn gay.
3. I don't think anybody is suggesting that anybody should be made to abort every child they ever have.

[Barbarella]

Good news, everyone! It wasn't my relatives this time!


1. Humans are not at risk of going extinct at any point in the foreseeable future, especially not due to abortion or homosexuality.
2. Homosexuals are a small fraction of the population. Their effect on the breeding pool would be minimal at best. And nobody is suggesting that the 95% of straight people who have attractions to the opposite gender suddenly be made to turn gay.
3. I don't think anybody is suggesting that anybody should be made to abort every child they ever have.

Gorblat & Pinfob of Planet Kazork would be far too intelligent for that nonsense!

Is Gorblat smoking a pipe?