http://statenews.com Tulips lined sidewalks, a pine canopy swayed protectively overhead and the whispers of the Red Cedar River crawled in my ears as I skipped pleasantly to class, happy to be alive — until I saw it. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:38 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47449 The phrase “‘bigoted’ Sarah Palin fans” tells me that you still have some growing to do. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:52:51 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47449 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47452 Fred, Are you fake? Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:50:18 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47452 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47474 Fred, That line caught my eye, too. A rather immature, needless cheap shot and pretty ironic in a column about unity. And that’s from someone who wouldn’t vote for Sarah Palin, or any Republican, or any Democrat, in a million years (meaning no, my response isn’t politically motivated). Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:56:19 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47474 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47482 Yep, you guys nailed it, Fred and Todd. The emptiness of the author’s platitudes laid bare with that one turn of phrase. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:27:36 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47482 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47513 The overgeneralization of any stereotype will never lend to the unity of the human race, and by using a phrase “granola-eating feminists”, you are perpetuating a nagging stereotype that feminists have been trying to shake for so long. We want people to recognize that feminists come in all forms; they can even be men (shocking!). Furthermore, it upsets me a little that this statement was fabricated by YOU, a WOMAN! Are you not a feminist? If so, how can you go from describing sidewalk art saying, “I love loud radical feminists,” as a heartfelt expression one second and then divert to the ignorant stereotype that all feminists are hippies the next? On another note, you describe how people on opposing sides of the stem cell research debate can come together and make “concerted efforts toward finding alternative means for cures”. Is this really concerted, when one whole side of the debate is effectively ignored? Finding “alternative cures” I’m guessing in this context means not using human embryos. That’s not working together, that’s one side completely abandoning their beliefs while the other side gets to protect the sanctity of human life or some garbage. Debate over!…? Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:38 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47513