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		<title>By: Rita</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-146</link>
		<dc:creator>Rita</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For Raja --&gt; Thanks for your constructive critique ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For Raja &#8211;&gt; Thanks for your constructive critique <img src='http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: r.s.</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-145</link>
		<dc:creator>r.s.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the &quot;incestuous idiots&quot; in the &quot;yellow house&quot; was actually a reference to meem, although i hate to spell it out cos it blows the fun of this piece now that we are analyzing and dissecting it.. this piece is a rant.. an angry rant.. it&#039;s what we all want to say when we are tired.. it&#039;s not an argument.. it&#039;s not even the &#039;opinion&quot; of one person.. it&#039;s one person who&#039;s lashing out.. and lashing out is a perfectly acceptable way of expressing oneself.. this is a literary piece not a journalistic piece.. i am a gay activist myself and i&#039;ve been active for many years (on and off) and it stung me to read it at first, but then i thought: yes, yes, indeed, fuck it all. 

it&#039;s obviously a way of saying: i&#039;m exhausted, and we haven&#039;t done enough. that&#039;s the message i get from the piece.: we&#039;re tired and we haven&#039;t done enough. for some people, it&#039;s a motivation to do more.. for others, it&#039;s a fashit kholoq.

i am quite sure the columnist or the editors don&#039;t mean it literally. otherwise, would they be publishing bekhsoos at all?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the &#8220;incestuous idiots&#8221; in the &#8220;yellow house&#8221; was actually a reference to meem, although i hate to spell it out cos it blows the fun of this piece now that we are analyzing and dissecting it.. this piece is a rant.. an angry rant.. it&#8217;s what we all want to say when we are tired.. it&#8217;s not an argument.. it&#8217;s not even the &#8216;opinion&#8221; of one person.. it&#8217;s one person who&#8217;s lashing out.. and lashing out is a perfectly acceptable way of expressing oneself.. this is a literary piece not a journalistic piece.. i am a gay activist myself and i&#8217;ve been active for many years (on and off) and it stung me to read it at first, but then i thought: yes, yes, indeed, fuck it all. </p>
<p>it&#8217;s obviously a way of saying: i&#8217;m exhausted, and we haven&#8217;t done enough. that&#8217;s the message i get from the piece.: we&#8217;re tired and we haven&#8217;t done enough. for some people, it&#8217;s a motivation to do more.. for others, it&#8217;s a fashit kholoq.</p>
<p>i am quite sure the columnist or the editors don&#8217;t mean it literally. otherwise, would they be publishing bekhsoos at all?</p>
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		<title>By: Shaniqua</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-143</link>
		<dc:creator>Shaniqua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“Fuck fag hags. Get yourself a boyfriend already.”

hahahaha i fucking loved this article. and i so did all my friends. thank u for posting it. and those who want to be negative about it... learn how to smile :) 

awesome article. ***** &lt;--- five stars from me!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Fuck fag hags. Get yourself a boyfriend already.”</p>
<p>hahahaha i fucking loved this article. and i so did all my friends. thank u for posting it. and those who want to be negative about it&#8230; learn how to smile <img src='http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>awesome article. ***** &lt;&#8212; five stars from me!</p>
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		<title>By: shax</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-141</link>
		<dc:creator>shax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You mischaracterize Rita.... anyone should/can have the right to critique anything. Just because it comes from a Meem website doesn&#039;t invalidate it. That said, it wasn&#039;t really a critique, it was a pot shot, which is unfortunate for those of us who are trying to engage in intelligent critique that goes beyond &quot;you suck&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You mischaracterize Rita&#8230;. anyone should/can have the right to critique anything. Just because it comes from a Meem website doesn&#8217;t invalidate it. That said, it wasn&#8217;t really a critique, it was a pot shot, which is unfortunate for those of us who are trying to engage in intelligent critique that goes beyond &#8220;you suck&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Pazuzu</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-140</link>
		<dc:creator>Pazuzu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will read the comments before leaving another comment on that but on the article itself I have to say:

I agree with lots and lots of points in the article.... but I don&#039;t see the point of telling everyone &quot;fuck you&quot;, i don&#039;t like the way the gay movement is being managed, I don&#039;t like &quot;gay friendly&quot; places that much and to say the truth, I don&#039;t particularly like gay people in general, are not that different than heterosexual people. I care about gay rights. And yes we tend to get so self-sufficient that we forget that our activism is not really inclusive... what&#039;s the point of writing such an aggressive article? I mean when I want to leave a comment I am greeted with the following sentence &quot;LEAVE COMMENT - SPEAK YOUR MIND, BUT BE RESPECTFUL!&quot;
Do you think this article was &quot;respectful&quot;? or does it only apply to those who leave comments not those who write the articles?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will read the comments before leaving another comment on that but on the article itself I have to say:</p>
<p>I agree with lots and lots of points in the article&#8230;. but I don&#8217;t see the point of telling everyone &#8220;fuck you&#8221;, i don&#8217;t like the way the gay movement is being managed, I don&#8217;t like &#8220;gay friendly&#8221; places that much and to say the truth, I don&#8217;t particularly like gay people in general, are not that different than heterosexual people. I care about gay rights. And yes we tend to get so self-sufficient that we forget that our activism is not really inclusive&#8230; what&#8217;s the point of writing such an aggressive article? I mean when I want to leave a comment I am greeted with the following sentence &#8220;LEAVE COMMENT &#8211; SPEAK YOUR MIND, BUT BE RESPECTFUL!&#8221;<br />
Do you think this article was &#8220;respectful&#8221;? or does it only apply to those who leave comments not those who write the articles?</p>
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		<title>By: Raja</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-139</link>
		<dc:creator>Raja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rita, at this point, you&#039;re just blabbing on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rita, at this point, you&#8217;re just blabbing on.</p>
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		<title>By: Rita</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-137</link>
		<dc:creator>Rita</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Why have we gotten to a point where we differentiate between a yellow house and a purple house?&quot;

I see no purple house mentioned in the piece ;)

&quot;Why are we scared to listen to our critics? When did things get to the point where we can’t disagree without attacking each other?&quot;

The problem is that it *sounds like* the criticism is coming straight out of the &quot;purple house&quot; because of the place where it is posted. If this was posted on a neutral blog, no one would be upset. It&#039;s the CONTEXT.

*sighs at the futility of this debate*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Why have we gotten to a point where we differentiate between a yellow house and a purple house?&#8221;</p>
<p>I see no purple house mentioned in the piece <img src='http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>&#8220;Why are we scared to listen to our critics? When did things get to the point where we can’t disagree without attacking each other?&#8221;</p>
<p>The problem is that it *sounds like* the criticism is coming straight out of the &#8220;purple house&#8221; because of the place where it is posted. If this was posted on a neutral blog, no one would be upset. It&#8217;s the CONTEXT.</p>
<p>*sighs at the futility of this debate*</p>
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		<title>By: shax</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-136</link>
		<dc:creator>shax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The article is nothing more than what it is: a display of frustration and anger. Anger is a valid emotion in this context (it would be weird to me to discover that activists aren&#039;t angry). What it is not is constructive. And that&#039;s not a bad thing, it doesn&#039;t have to be, this article just isn&#039;t. I agree with Raja on the vital importance of constructive criticism, but I don&#039;t think the point of this article was to allow for self-reflection and/or self-critique, that is not the type of space that it offers. I saw it as fulfilling a very different function.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The article is nothing more than what it is: a display of frustration and anger. Anger is a valid emotion in this context (it would be weird to me to discover that activists aren&#8217;t angry). What it is not is constructive. And that&#8217;s not a bad thing, it doesn&#8217;t have to be, this article just isn&#8217;t. I agree with Raja on the vital importance of constructive criticism, but I don&#8217;t think the point of this article was to allow for self-reflection and/or self-critique, that is not the type of space that it offers. I saw it as fulfilling a very different function.</p>
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		<title>By: Snoopy</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-135</link>
		<dc:creator>Snoopy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I fucking love this artical..fuck it..its so fucking good!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I fucking love this artical..fuck it..its so fucking good!</p>
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		<title>By: Raja</title>
		<link>http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2009/09/initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-134</link>
		<dc:creator>Raja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hasan, just because it has the word fuck does not mean it is not constructive.

It points out issues. It doesn&#039;t provide solutions, but it does bring up valid points.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hasan, just because it has the word fuck does not mean it is not constructive.</p>
<p>It points out issues. It doesn&#8217;t provide solutions, but it does bring up valid points.</p>
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