Comments on: The Future Is OURS http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Alan Fink http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours#comment-15098 Alan Fink Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:20:25 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=1890#comment-15098 I'm ashamed to live in Florida. I stood on the side of US 19 holding a sign to SAY NO TO HATE - DON'T DISCRIMINATE & VOTE AGAINST PROPOSITION 8~!!!! YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY REDNECK, DIRT BAGS SWORE TO BEAT ME DOWN WITH THEIR REBEL FLAGS - CALLING ME WHATEVER~ IT'S PATHETIC, BUT THINGS WILL CHANGE~!! STIPE NAILS THE VOCALS IN THAT SONG, LIKE HE'S HOLDING THE MOST PRECIOUS GUN IN EXISTENCE~ I’m ashamed to live in Florida. I stood on the side of US 19 holding a sign to SAY NO TO HATE - DON’T DISCRIMINATE & VOTE AGAINST PROPOSITION 8~!!!! YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE HOW MANY REDNECK, DIRT BAGS SWORE TO BEAT ME DOWN WITH THEIR REBEL FLAGS - CALLING ME WHATEVER~ IT’S PATHETIC, BUT THINGS WILL CHANGE~!!
STIPE NAILS THE VOCALS IN THAT SONG, LIKE HE’S HOLDING THE MOST PRECIOUS GUN IN EXISTENCE~

]]> By: Jude http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours#comment-15085 Jude Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:05:23 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=1890#comment-15085 "revenge" is nice. i'm ok with it. however, i'm a much larger proponent of "comeuppance". reclaiming the white house is crucial... but i gotta see (at least) Rove marched off to jail. comeuppance. “revenge” is nice. i’m ok with it. however, i’m a much larger proponent of “comeuppance”.

reclaiming the white house is crucial…

but i gotta see (at least) Rove marched off to jail.

comeuppance.

]]> By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours#comment-15079 Matthew Perpetua Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:04:53 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=1890#comment-15079 The anti-gay initiatives are heart-breaking and horrendous, but I have hope that this is a setback that will mobilize people -- gay and straight -- to eventually reverse this hateful nonsense. We have proof now that positive social change can happen over generations, and that the hard work of organizing can still get results in this day and age, so you know. All is not lost, but what has happened in AZ, FL, and CA is despicable and everyone who voted in favor should be ashamed of themselves. The anti-gay initiatives are heart-breaking and horrendous, but I have hope that this is a setback that will mobilize people — gay and straight — to eventually reverse this hateful nonsense. We have proof now that positive social change can happen over generations, and that the hard work of organizing can still get results in this day and age, so you know. All is not lost, but what has happened in AZ, FL, and CA is despicable and everyone who voted in favor should be ashamed of themselves.

]]> By: jay http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours#comment-15078 jay Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:00:41 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=1890#comment-15078 In Arizona (where I am), and I assume in California and in Florida too, there is a hint of shadow on all this joy. Don't misunderstand, my heart swelled with happiness each time a new state was called for Obama last night. And telling my young son that Barack Obama had been elected president of the United States of America was a proud moment indeed. But the glee is contained by the passage of amendments that build discrimination right into our state constitutions. Desperately, I want to believe that change starts now. Obama's victory is certainly a monumental signpost for our nation's progress, and I look forward to his presidency. But in many we're still a people held back by our biases. In Arizona (where I am), and I assume in California and in Florida too, there is a hint of shadow on all this joy. Don’t misunderstand, my heart swelled with happiness each time a new state was called for Obama last night. And telling my young son that Barack Obama had been elected president of the United States of America was a proud moment indeed. But the glee is contained by the passage of amendments that build discrimination right into our state constitutions. Desperately, I want to believe that change starts now. Obama’s victory is certainly a monumental signpost for our nation’s progress, and I look forward to his presidency. But in many we’re still a people held back by our biases.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours#comment-15071 Rebecca Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:39:27 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=1890#comment-15071 "I also felt something a bit darker, a bit more shameful: The bitter, smug satisfaction of REVENGE." I think it's fine to feel that. They've been putting us through hell for the last 8 years. Does it makes me a bad person for laughing at Palin's extremely sad face during McCain's concession speech? Because I totally was. In fact, every time one of the channels show her, I feel GREAT! It's like Christmas and my Birthday all wrapped up in one. “I also felt something a bit darker, a bit more shameful: The bitter, smug satisfaction of REVENGE.”

I think it’s fine to feel that. They’ve been putting us through hell for the last 8 years.

Does it makes me a bad person for laughing at Palin’s extremely sad face during McCain’s concession speech? Because I totally was. In fact, every time one of the channels show her, I feel GREAT! It’s like Christmas and my Birthday all wrapped up in one.

]]> By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours#comment-15070 Matthew Perpetua Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:24:58 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=1890#comment-15070 Ha, only a few minutes before I saw this in the comments-to-be-accepted queue, I put the video of that song with that very quote in the tumblr feed. On a wavelength! But yeah, R.E.M. and TV on the Radio definitely wrote the songs that tapped into this moment. They saw it coming. R.E.M. are more the moments leading up to the moment, and TV on the Radio's "Golden Age" being the moment itself. Ha, only a few minutes before I saw this in the comments-to-be-accepted queue, I put the video of that song with that very quote in the tumblr feed. On a wavelength!

But yeah, R.E.M. and TV on the Radio definitely wrote the songs that tapped into this moment. They saw it coming. R.E.M. are more the moments leading up to the moment, and TV on the Radio’s “Golden Age” being the moment itself.

]]> By: David http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/11/the-future-is-ours#comment-15069 David Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:21:45 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=1890#comment-15069 Well-put. There's also this: The age of miracles The age of sound Well there's a Golden Age Comin' round, comin' round, comin' round Well-put.

There’s also this:

The age of miracles
The age of sound
Well there’s a Golden Age
Comin’ round, comin’ round, comin’ round

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