trogon (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} trogon) wrote,@ 2008-10-18 19:27:00 |
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I am a real American.
I am a real American.
I'm a lesbian, newly and happily married to my wife though we've been together for almost 8 years.
I'm an atheist.
I have a PhD in astronomy.
I live in California.
I eat sushi, enjoy the occasional latte, and read the New York Times.
And I am every bit as much a real American as Joe the Plumber, either the real Republican shill or the non-existant construct, or as my late and much-missed grandmother, who lived most of her life on a farm or in a tiny town in rural South Dakota and who always went to church except when she was caring for my grandfather in his last years.
And I am getting really, really tired of Republicans saying that because of my choice of newspapers, or my religious beliefs, or my taste in coffee, that somehow I am not a real American. They don't get to define that word.
I am a real American.
I'm a lesbian, newly and happily married to my wife though we've been together for almost 8 years.
I'm an atheist.
I have a PhD in astronomy.
I live in California.
I eat sushi, enjoy the occasional latte, and read the New York Times.
And I am every bit as much a real American as Joe the Plumber, either the real Republican shill or the non-existant construct, or as my late and much-missed grandmother, who lived most of her life on a farm or in a tiny town in rural South Dakota and who always went to church except when she was caring for my grandfather in his last years.
And I am getting really, really tired of Republicans saying that because of my choice of newspapers, or my religious beliefs, or my taste in coffee, that somehow I am not a real American. They don't get to define that word.
