Hard News: Gaying Out
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
“Turns Thomas the Tank Engine into Porn”
Really don't want to think about John Key and porn at the same time.
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Sacha, in reply to
Or is the Thread of Doooooom[tm] sufficiently historic that we can talk about the "c" word again?
With prompt enough bouncing of trolls, we can productively talk about anything. Probably even capital gains tax. Sigh.
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Jacqui Dunn, in reply to
Probably even capital gains tax. Sigh.
Well, it does sort of start with a "c". But please, let's not eh?
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nzlemming, in reply to
I’ll use my “Turns Thomas the Tank Engine into Porn” voice.
It must be fun being a child in your house.
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Andre Alessi, in reply to
I’ll use my “Turns Thomas the Tank Engine into Porn” voice.
Only for the bits with direct quotes of Murray McCully, I hope.
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Sacha, in reply to
I'll use my "Turns Thomas the Tank Engine into Porn" voice
Can hardly wait for "I think I can, I know I can"
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It must be fun being a child in your house.
Oddly, just on Saturday night, my son was sitting on the front porch with his head buried in his hands.
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nzlemming, in reply to
Wasn't Thomas, was the Little Engine that Could and, fuck me, they're going to make a movie. In 3D, of course.
I'm wondering if 3D isn't the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse.
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For purposes of clarity, I have no objection to Key writing a book or having someone write one for him. Clark was only halfway through her term as PM when her hagiography was published, Muldoon churned out autobiographical tracts.
It was using that fact as a cute excuse to refuse to answer a direct and material question from a member of the interest group he’d come to solicit votes from. It was insulting.
A movie star can say “you’ll have to wait for my book for that”. A Prime Minister cannot.
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It was using that fact as a cute excuse to refuse to answer a direct and material question from a member of the interest group he’d come to solicit votes from. It was insulting.
Cautious edging is Key's default position on almost every single subject of substance he's questioned on though, so I don't think it's a personal slight towards the LGBT community so much as he's just not a leader with strong convictions.
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...so much as he's just not a leader with strong convictions.
Its a big part of his appeal.
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If someone buys it, Megan and I will record it as an audiobook. She'll use her Radio Voice, and I'll use my "Turns Thomas the Tank Engine into Porn" voice.
This would still be infringing activity, citizen. You are guilty of thoughtcrime. Remain where you are until our enforcers arrive
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...so much as he's just not a leader with strong convictions.
Its a big part of his appeal.
Surely having a leader who actually believed something for more than five minutes before polls or focus groups changed his mind would be more appealing?
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Danielle, in reply to
Srsly. Also, marriage equality is a fucking no-brainer. I can't imagine pondering over that issue for longer than, oooh, 30 seconds.
(But I am an unrealistic softie pinko, so there's that.)
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Also, marriage equality is a fucking no-brainer.
I have elderly relatives from working class backgrounds, who were life-long Labour voters until civil unions. Now they will never, ever vote for the Labour Party again. I don't think they're unusual for their generation - so when you're as poll-driven as Key then you really don't want to take a strong stand on an issue like that unless you have to.
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Danielle, in reply to
I don’t think they’re unusual for their generation
I'm, like, related to people too, so I get that. I'd just love it if politicians were a little less focussed on those people's prejudices.
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James Butler, in reply to
my “Turns Thomas the Tank Engine into Porn” voice
Trust me, there are things that never made it into the books...
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Jeremy Eade, in reply to
Absolutely, we're horrified that gay couples will have the same certificates as the straighties. It's quite petty at its heart.
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Matthew Poole, in reply to
I’d just love it if politicians were a little less focussed on those people’s prejudices.
It's what being a conservative is all about. Especially when the population is aging (median age is nearly 37, up 2.2 years in the last decade, according to Granny), and that means more voters who want to jerk their knees and rail about the queers ruining marriage.
To which my favourite response so far has been "Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight times, Britney was married for less than a week, Tiger Woods was fucking anything that moves without his wife knowing, and gays are a threat to the institution of marriage?!"
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Dismal Soyanz, in reply to
I’d just love it if politicians were a little less focussed on those people’s prejudices.
Path of least resistance. Why bother expending energy to develop well-thought out policies with credible justifications when all you have to do is dog-whistle?
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Amy Gale, in reply to
Is someone willing to volunteer to read it and give us the summary in 30 words or less?
"I'm comfortable with that."
There. Didn't need 26 of the words, or the actual reading experience for that matter.
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Angus Robertson, in reply to
It's what being a conservative is all about.
If he was a conservative he'd have opinions, he doesn't.
He is aiming for the centrist niche. Some competence, affability and an aspiration to do nothing more than reflect projected attributes from the widest possible cross section.
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Semi-relatedly, if people would like a fun couple of minutes today, try filling out Family First's Family Issues survey. Yes, I know, some of the questions don't make a lot of sense.
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James Butler, in reply to
try filling out Family First’s Family Issues survey
Done - although it felt uncomfortably like I was trolling, clicking "Strongly Disagree" so many times in succession...
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Dismal Soyanz, in reply to
conservative or Conservative?
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