tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post5010626165391142277..comments2024-03-05T23:31:44.106-08:00Comments on Gay Family Values: Generation UtopiaGFVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950236433262366445noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-83346856596348209872010-08-04T09:01:44.999-07:002010-08-04T09:01:44.999-07:00The discussion on media is interesting and probabl...The discussion on media is interesting and probably can go on for a long time. The nature of the press, the printing press, and the Web can take up a seminar.<br /><br />By the time the rich bought up the media, i.e. newspapers, networks, etc, the technology has already matured. The revolution started way earlier, in the nascent days when anyone with a printing press can turn out pages and pages of seminal ideas, like Voltaire, Thomas Paine, Ben Franklin, and initiated social changes that destroyed the old order. When the rich captured these channels, the common masses found other ways, such as the Web. Huffington Post is already on the road to being captured by the power elite. True revolutionary thinking comes from the least likely places...like Gay Family Values.<br /><br />The road is long...measured in generations and centuries, but the journey is worth every step.Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16700398252723780578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-24970743122526350112010-08-02T15:49:24.046-07:002010-08-02T15:49:24.046-07:00Wonderful post Brian!
I remember those words from...Wonderful post Brian!<br /><br />I remember those words from the aftermath of Iowa's marriage equality win as if it was yesterday - it was so potent coming from the Senator's mouth, and his entire speech was excellent.<br /><br />I've heard of a theory that society goes through a general cycle that can span many decades, and maybe we are arriving at the same point in the grand cycle as the poignant 1960's.Sean Chapinhttp://www.youtube.com/seanchapin1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-33836559399466158022010-08-02T12:51:00.715-07:002010-08-02T12:51:00.715-07:00Re the generational differences I'm reminded o...Re the generational differences I'm reminded of a comment by of the Modern Family character Jay Ptitchett about his father. "he died doing what he loved best, denying service to a hippie". Hopefully the Senators daughter is a good example. Peace and Love, BobRobert Counihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07235391883586810851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-26131784086991042082010-08-01T20:43:35.768-07:002010-08-01T20:43:35.768-07:00I believe & hope my generation can really live...I believe & hope my generation can really live up to that. I feel like we owe it to all those who've had to live in fear & oppression in the past, and to all those who aren't yet born to make the world a better place for them. Meanwhile, people like you are continually helping people from different generations to bring that utopia closer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-63483985400226813242010-08-01T15:46:11.164-07:002010-08-01T15:46:11.164-07:00Thanks Cowboy..but back then the newspapers were o...Thanks Cowboy..but back then the newspapers were owned by rich people who had an agenda. The masses only saw what those people wanted them to see. Now..ANYONE can start a blog on the net. The Huffington Post gets millions of hits a day and they tell stories you NEVER see on the mainstream media. I REALLY like having gay news sites as well. My FAVE is Joemygod.com!! He is HYSTERICAL!!!!Jim Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387924451130690320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-32643019353249900422010-07-31T14:00:57.562-07:002010-07-31T14:00:57.562-07:00I like your comparison, Jim. It has been said that...I like your comparison, Jim. It has been said that the printing press was the cause for the political changes that led to the modern era. It may be that history will point to the World Wide Web as the cause for the new future...without borders, without labels. Gutenberg and Berners-Lee.Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16700398252723780578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-60784399232389420382010-07-31T10:14:05.681-07:002010-07-31T10:14:05.681-07:00The big difference this time is that we have the i...The big difference this time is that we have the internet. People are sharing ideas instantaneously - no political borders. The biggest shift in advancement prior was the printing press. Sharing knowledge and ideas pushed the industrial revolution.<br />But now..WOW!!! Your blog is a perfect example!! People from all over the world are reading and sharing thoughts on a blog written but a normal regular guy who just happens to be gay and have a family. This was not even possible 15 years ago!<br />Let's sit back and watch the show.... :)Jim Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387924451130690320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-7393636579768423022010-07-30T10:54:03.724-07:002010-07-30T10:54:03.724-07:00I had to laugh when I saw the GaGa vid. She is a c...I had to laugh when I saw the GaGa vid. She is a cultural whirlwind, and I love her. That's kind of funny, since I don't really do anything 'gay'. I dunno about other's but I'd love to live in a post-racial, post-sexist, post-sexuality world. I think labels are limiting and destructive, and only encourage stereotypes.<br /><br />I really don't think it's a good idea to from labels, identities, and even pseudo-ethnicities from the mere fact of sexuality. Again, I think it limits rather than liberates. Why can't we just be fellow humans?<br /><br />千里之行開始了一步,並沒有留下什麼時候有過學習。Ted Rodrigueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444981787696788777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-7240144794967940812010-07-30T05:19:16.228-07:002010-07-30T05:19:16.228-07:001972? You're just a babe!
Your Friend, m.1972? You're just a babe!<br />Your Friend, m.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049586061176648341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-88926590297089804842010-07-30T00:05:35.091-07:002010-07-30T00:05:35.091-07:00Great post. Collectively we know where we are goin...Great post. Collectively we know where we are going, but individually we have no idea... like ants. Just keep working, basically... like the lyrics in that Sounds from the Ground song "Lean on me."<br /><br />I. Freakin. Love. You. for posting Bad Romance <3 :P<br /><br />lol<br /><br />That woman has changed my life so much it's not even funny. She brought me to my bf and out of the closet pretty much. I love her and everything she stands for. <br /><br />(waits for judgment) <br />lol<br /><br />I don't agree w/ that girl's statement though, @least in GA a percentage of young people def still do care. Alright, ending comment...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559573618667452664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-9088997872907305242010-07-29T20:55:37.753-07:002010-07-29T20:55:37.753-07:00Great post, Bryan. It's filled with the kind o...Great post, Bryan. It's filled with the kind of deep thoughtful reflections that I've come to love from your writing.<br /><br />The Flower Generation left its legacy in ways that nobody foresaw, and we are still on the journey of liberation that they started. Our life may be only a step in the journey of a thousand miles, but it is the result of many steps of earlier generations, not only that of the Flower Children, but also the Pioneers, and others. What we leave behind will be just one step closer to Utopia for those who come after us. As President Obama said, for a more perfect Union.<br /><br />Other countries, in Europe and Canada, already went ahead on that journey. There are places in the world where it is already possible for sexuality to be a non-issue. Gay men and women can be leaders of their community without their sexuality becoming headline news.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your journey, and the music videos.Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16700398252723780578noreply@blogger.com