i came across this post on feminist which links to this post on lawyers, guns, and money which links to this post on blogs for bush. it’s amazing where one can find oneself by following the bouncing links.

the post on the blogs for bush site raise the subtext to the surface for me:

Because they are always, say, campaigning over our transgendered citizens, it would seem:…

[and via kahn:] I actually don’t care about gays, transexuals, transgendered,or whatever the code word of the day is. They are a tiny minority. They can live as they please as far as I’m concerned. Note, the same applies to bigamists and animal lovers as far as I’m concerned.

so, what does this say to me? to insult gays, because calling them “gay” or “fag” doesn’t have the same impact as using the word against, you know, “normal” straight guys, one calls them “transgendered”. who, as kahn so lovingly suggests, are on par with “bigamists and animal lovers”.

well, i’m glad we straightened that out.