Comments on: Grok The Vote: That One Thing

By: The Geek Sacred Cow aka my Scott and Jean aka Incoherant Ramblings. « Suicide Ain’t a Viable Career Option

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:22:02 +0000

[...] reasonable arguments against said coupling/issue/whatever, but you cannot process them. It’s like That One Thing. It could be something like “Scott Summers and Jean Grey are supposed to be together and that is [...]

By: My Scott and Jean: The Master List | alert nerd.

My Scott and Jean: The Master List | alert nerd. — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:02:24 +0000

[...] Why Scott and Jean as the term’s namesake? Well, given the history and drama behind their coupling, they seem to provoke a good degree of, ahem, passion in a lot of people. Including Sarah. [...]

By: My “Scott & Jean”: You Can’t Spell “Dark Knight Detective” Without “Dark” and “Detective” « Faust’s Fantastically Fantasmagoric Forum

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:51:03 +0000

[...] the hell have you been, anyway?), your “Scott & Jean” is your geek sacred cow–the one thing that you are so passionate about that you just can not discuss it [...]

By: Petty Bitchery: Trek Trailer Blues | alert nerd.

Petty Bitchery: Trek Trailer Blues | alert nerd. — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:26:53 +0000

[...] of petty bitchery that I thought I had banished from my geekly soul (well, maybe not when it comes Phoenix/Cyclops stuff. But I’m allowed That One Thing, remember). In the end, I am no better than the constant [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:30:01 +0000

I’m glad to continue the conversation, if I haven’t killed it with my lefty propaganda, but this is just padding–this post is now creeping up the list of “most popular” and I’d love to see it overtake some of the posts that declare how big an asshole I am.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:18:30 +0000

I think you mean ‘religious wrong’, Matt: M I RITE?!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:52:42 +0000

Quick addl (and maybe this is where I’ll get in the Villifyingmobile and drive around the block): It’s odd that most of the issues I feel strongly about from a moral perspective are issues that the “religious right” probably feel the exact opposite about.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:46:27 +0000

First off, just want to be clear–I of course didn’t mean to suggest that Sarah didn’t do an AWESOME job of writing the piece or making her meaning clear. I was more ranting on how I feel because I’m cranky and this shit’s getting closer and closer now.

@Caroline: I can only speak for myself, but there’s a handful of issues–gay marriage being one of them, universal health care another, probably a handful more if I really thought–that for me are totally morality based. You can make political/logical arguments probably against and for both, but to me, they’re knee-jerk emotional moral objective good vs. evil things. Is that extremist? Probably.

But yeah, on most political issues, I can reasonably and logically understand both sides, just like I guess on most geek issues I can. I actually can also detach pretty well from both politics and geek bullshit pretty well and see the strategy and tactics involved–I like talking politics in terms of the strategy of the campaign and the good/bad decisions, just like I like talking comics in terms of how DC screwed up this event or that storyline, etc.

@Jeff: I’m still tossing around ideas on how to villify myself in the comments. Maybe I’ll claim I stole votes cause they’re free?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:39:59 +0000

I think these are the most comments we’ve gotten on a post that Matt didn’t vilify himself in.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:34:41 +0000

Yeah, Matt, I agree — the comics issue is open to debate. The other one is definitely wrong. But the way I address the political issue is similar in that I get so angry and frustrated I can’t seem to muster a coherent argument beyond “it’s wrong.” If that makes sense.

On an aesthetic level, the Morrison line is pleasing. On an emotional level it makes me BLAZINGLY ANGRY.