Don Disappoints
And the good Governor speaks. Through his ass, that is. This morning, I can’t believe I voted for this guy.
Parents should talk with their children about the consequences of their actions and about “how their image affects their ability to succeed in life,” Siegelman said.
“Parents ought to be there talking to their kids and saying, `You know what kind of fool you look like with an earring? If God had wanted you to wear earrings, He’d have made you a girl.’”
I think mostly I’m disappointed in this whole affair. One the one hand I’m disappointed in our Governor, whom I took to be a bit more progressive, or at least more savvy. More importantly, it seems to me that there are much larger issues for us to be worried about, such as quality of education or equal access to said quality education. Now, the Hoover school system is reportedly a good one, don’t get me wrong, but I think we could be focusing our energies in more constructive areas.
And we could be a bit more honest about this situation… simply put, if a boy wants to wear an earring, he should not be denied access to his school. I think that is a bit extreme. [Now, certainly there may be some sort of exception, gang symbolology, playground hazards - but those should be enforced across gender lines.]
As for the Governor, I understand that election year is coming up, and he has some stiff competition, and that his platform during the last campaign [depending on where you stood it was either "I'm not Fob James (the previous governor)," or the Education Lottery (which was voted down soon after he took office] is totally moot if not damaging baggage, and so he’s warming up to the conservative crowd and all that. Sure. It makes sense in a conservative state to do that. But there are better ways of doing it, that’s all.
I think I could go on and on about this crap. “If God had wanted you to wear earrings, He’d have made you a girl.” Shit, by that logic, if God had wanted girls to wear earrings, He’d have put holes in their ears for them. Give me a break, Don.
