Compare and Contrast
I've been told that us/them rhetoric is dangerous, simplistic, and divisive. Then again, it's sometimes useful for providing clarity.
Us:
[A] Jerusalem court overturned Lupolianski's decision to ban the fourth annual Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, scheduled to depart Thursday - as originally planned - from Zion Square. The court ordered Lupolianski to pay NIS 30,000 out of his own pocket to Open House, the local gay community center that appealed the ban.
Them:
In most Muslim nations where homosexuality remains as concealed as a bride beneath a burqa. When it peeks through, it isn’t pretty... In Saudi Arabia, 105 men were sentenced in April for acts of "deviant sexual behavior" following their March arrests. Al-Wifaq, a government-affiliated newspaper, claimed they illegally danced together and were "behaving like women" at a gay wedding.
Not to go all Wonkette, but there's an Saddam Hussein - Satan - South Park joke in there somewhere [you get the feeling that your posts have been lacking something in the way of nuance lately? -- ed... na - "as concealed as a bride beneath a burqa" is intrinsically funny... fair point...]
Us:
[A] Jerusalem court overturned Lupolianski's decision to ban the fourth annual Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, scheduled to depart Thursday - as originally planned - from Zion Square. The court ordered Lupolianski to pay NIS 30,000 out of his own pocket to Open House, the local gay community center that appealed the ban.
In most Muslim nations where homosexuality remains as concealed as a bride beneath a burqa. When it peeks through, it isn’t pretty... In Saudi Arabia, 105 men were sentenced in April for acts of "deviant sexual behavior" following their March arrests. Al-Wifaq, a government-affiliated newspaper, claimed they illegally danced together and were "behaving like women" at a gay wedding.
Not to go all Wonkette, but there's an Saddam Hussein - Satan - South Park joke in there somewhere [you get the feeling that your posts have been lacking something in the way of nuance lately? -- ed... na - "as concealed as a bride beneath a burqa" is intrinsically funny... fair point...]
