tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25082628.post6040330158292006446..comments2024-03-24T13:51:58.601-05:00Comments on Desert's Child: Some jokes are never OKKatie Sherrodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09159503802660122104noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25082628.post-49786724943807124192009-06-15T21:20:16.894-05:002009-06-15T21:20:16.894-05:00Has anybody noticed that sexism - subtle and not s...Has anybody noticed that sexism - subtle and not so subtle - is on the rise? Is there some kind of unwritten law of 'balance of prejudice' in the cosmos? Do bigots feel free now to come after women because there's a Black family in the White House? What are we to make of the shooting at the Holocaust Museum? And, the murder in a church of Dr. Tiller? It just makes me sick to my stomach. All of it.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25082628.post-10944958530321193462009-06-13T11:17:32.136-05:002009-06-13T11:17:32.136-05:00I agree that Letterman's jokes were "out ...I agree that Letterman's jokes were "out of bounds." However, I sense that the Governor's attempts to keep the controversy going are more about politics than about family. The Palin children were more often, I think, at campaign events than the Obama's children. If the Governor and her husband wanted to shield the children from publicity, a good first step would have been to leave them at home.Daniel Weirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430381764138066595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25082628.post-12964390915917267492009-06-13T10:56:17.314-05:002009-06-13T10:56:17.314-05:00David Letterman and his ilk contributed to my deci...David Letterman and his ilk contributed to my decision a few years back to live TV-free.<br />Thanks for speaking against his harmful and shameless non-humor.Pat Klemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206542501782835734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25082628.post-10778559475962559722009-06-12T09:17:10.459-05:002009-06-12T09:17:10.459-05:00Amen. With all of the recent hate crimes, one wou...Amen. With all of the recent hate crimes, one would think that folks would remember that words have consequences. To say, "I was only joking," is a cynical attempt to place blame elsewhere. Thank you for this post.Lauralewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899810561123775484noreply@blogger.com