Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Oh no they didn't



This week, one of my teaching assistants told me that when they were showing Manet's "Olympia," a student literally held up a piece of paper in front of his face until they switched Power Point images. Another student emailed me and had a saying about the need to believe that the Devil exists at the bottom of his message. Now I see that there is a new Born-again Christian fashion statement - "ex-masturbator," best quote: "You people are laughing because you people are masturbating." Having survived the Regan era, and of course the dictatorship of Bush the Second, and the Religious Right, I am experiencing Post Traumatic Stress.

4 comments:

Maxarathiel Les'Shyerar said...

Huh? What the deuce? Petite...are this people serious? Is religious fanaticism in America getting this stupid? "Ex Masturbator"...please!!!!

How about "Ex Person", people that used to have a brain and now, thanks to our lord and savior, they don't need it anymore!

Because of things like this, I am proud to say, "Thank God I'm an Atheist!"

Petite Maoiste said...

Yes, me too, as President Obama put it a "non-believer"

Landlady of Fat said...

oh brother. LOL

That's ok - the world will teach them a thing or two.

Ignorance is bliss.

AK said...

These youths are going to explode all over the place one day--the boys have potential to be rapists. I love the language: Enbondage to masturbation--sorry my vibrator calls, and so does my hairy palm..love it!