Post by Nutcase on Mar 4, 2009 18:01:38 GMT -5
I submitted the following exchange for consideration on the main page, but it's so deliciously vile that I couldn't help but post it here as well.
Those of you who suffered through my "psychology vs. the Bible" death-match post will perhaps remember Lydia Sherman as the sharp-tongued "lady against feminism" partially responsible for the 20 000 word bitch-fest I deconstructed.
She's also a clothes-horse.
Okay, so I'm sure all of you remember that fake Mariah Carey quote that circulated a few years ago, where she allegedly claimed to envy starving kids because they're, like, so skinny.
Well, here's something just as stupid - but this time, it's for real:
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Those of you who suffered through my "psychology vs. the Bible" death-match post will perhaps remember Lydia Sherman as the sharp-tongued "lady against feminism" partially responsible for the 20 000 word bitch-fest I deconstructed.
She's also a clothes-horse.
Okay, so I'm sure all of you remember that fake Mariah Carey quote that circulated a few years ago, where she allegedly claimed to envy starving kids because they're, like, so skinny.
Well, here's something just as stupid - but this time, it's for real:
[The following exchange appeared on the Home Living Helper blog, run by Lydia Sherman.]
[Carla, a commenter, says]: “I’m sure you have been watching scenes from Katrina victims. I kept hoping I would see some lady fleeing the hurricane in clothes which looked presentable. Instead, the images I was presented were almost uniformly an ugly tee-shirt combined with these big shorts. Can you imagine having only those clothes on your back and nothing else? When will the women of our country wake up? No wonder marriages are falling apart.”
[Lydia, the blog owner, responds]: “What does the phrase ‘die with dignity’ mean to us? We have let the modernists liberal define this for us, making it completely contrary to real dignity. I’ve heard people say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that outfit.” As a people, we used to be concerned with the impression and the influence we left others at our passing. I’m not suggesting we get all dressed up for a hurricane, but if those clothes which provide dignity and coverings are the only thing in our closets and the only thing available to us, we won’t be caught in a storm with the big shorts, saggy tee shirts and flip-flops. Tragedies always bring scenes of ripped and dirty clothing, but I think it is very telling about our morals and values when we allow our women to trapse about in nothing but garments that would have been underwear a hundred years ago.”
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