tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post2374281560688856233..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: From my sister: "Do you hate gays? Well, if you do, join me this election day and vote Yes on One." (Yes on One is a vote for marriage equality)chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-58895467964431747422012-10-29T11:42:36.622-04:002012-10-29T11:42:36.622-04:00There's also the issue that many of the flock ...There's also the issue that many of the flock won't be swayed from the position of their carbon-hearted leaders in a top-down appeal unless you can put up someone with equal or stronger authority saying to do the opposite thing. (Even then, it's difficult.) <br /><br />And for your sister's argument, yes, they're all true, but none of them compare to the moral argument they have been fed that says anything that might benefit gay people is to be resisted and denounced. Like you said, it's not a vacuum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-87433734697954308972012-10-24T04:57:49.624-04:002012-10-24T04:57:49.624-04:00Reading Altemeyer's The Authoritarians greatly...Reading Altemeyer's <i>The Authoritarians</i> greatly clarified this for me. (It's free online.)Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com