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Come on. You know the airlines are nickeling and diming us for everything. If you don't pay your $50.00 Lesbian Fee...you're off the plane! ;^)
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Ok, so I was reading Metro on the way to school this morning and saw an article about this where they give a little more info. I suck at the Metro website so I'll just type up the article, it's short anyways.
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This was the same airline which kicked off a man for wearing baggy pants?
Clearly lesbians and scruffy men aren't the kind of custom they want in their plane, so why not get a bad name for themselves as judgemental idiots to attract the 'right' kind of customer.. Sometimes when people have an idea of how things are, they don't notice when their ideas are flawed. Gayers are sexualised just by existing, therefore, when we hold hands, kiss or have a snog fest, it is much more obvious to these small-minded 'family' oriented bigots than any heterosexual shenanigans. I hope enough people see the wrong in this to damage their profits. |
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But yeah, that's pretty much it, I think. If you think about it, who are the public more likely to notice giving each other a "modest kiss," Joe and Jane Hetero, or two gay dudes or two lesbians. They are used to hetero couples showing each other affection in public, because it's something you expect of a "proper family unit," so they don't notice it, or see it as "normal." Hell, kids see it on Disney all the fucking time. But when it comes to queers they still haven't quite gotten Freud's "homosexuals be perverts" crap out of their heads yet (gee, they're slow on the uptake...) and so don't see queers as any other couple sharing a kiss in public. Instead they see...zomg ze deviantz be corrupting ze childrenz! |
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Maybe they just hate celebrities? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_947397.html |
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They also had an issue with a director or an actor because he was supposedly too fat for his seat. I'll have to look that one up.
Southwest is also becoming known as "The Seat Nazi Airline" when it comes to requiring fat people to buy an extra seat (sometimes even when the plane isn't completely full or even without checking to see if they fit first) |
Yeah Kevin Smith was kicked off that same airline because he was too fat. Either they don't like celebrities or they have a list of people they want kicked off the plane so fat people, baggy pant wearing poeple, and lesbians.
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thats right...though its a family airline they appreciate full on camel toe
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First...regarding the gender issue mentioned..do heterosexuals face the same issues and get booted off flight for PDA? Yes..yes they do...a man in California was arrested and convicted after a 3 day trail for PDA with his girlfriend (link to story below..I found several stories like this one) [URL="http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/archive/index.php/t-57274.html"] I have no doubt that one group of people will get more attention in the media than another...lets face it, it's about what will grab peoples attention and sell. I'm of the mind set that there is a time and a place for everything. I sorta live by the...if I wouldn't do it in front of my parents or kids (whether my partner's kids/my foster kids when I have one placed with me etc)..then I don't do it in public places where other peoples parents or kids are. Couples should be able to show affection to one another, it's actually quite healthy for a relationship. It also teaches our children what a healthy relationship looks like....of course once again...there is a time and a place for certain things. For me it's about mutual respect. |
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A big part of what bothered me about this incident was the apparent unfairness. That and the fact that every time I tried to find something about heterosexual public displays of affection or heterosexual overly sexual behavior, I was directed to something with the tag homosexual in it. Pissed me off a tad. |
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"According to an FBI indictment, Persing's face was pressed to Sewell's vaginal area during the September Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Raleigh, N.C. When a flight attendant gave them a second warning, Persing reacted angrily and the couple, both in their early 40s, were arrested when the plane reached its destination." But at least you were able to find something. |
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Hmm I am fairly new to posting ..and haven't gotten the hang of putting links in here I guess. I hit the add link and cut and pasted the link...didn't work I see. I was able to cut and paste and it worked. http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?i...C-RSSFeeds0312 the first one was part of another story and post..the referenced this *points above* link which was the original story on ABC ...perhaps, if I messed it up again, you cut and past that one it will work for you. However, I would be more than happy to send it along to you another way. |
What does it mean exactly when a company or organization says there are a family enviroment, or family this or family that? Do they think we don't have family? Or that we are not part of a family? Or that we don't have our own kids? What are we hatched and seperated at birth to grow and live alone from civilization and have no concept or understanding of family???? I just want to say that's awesome!!!!!!!! Cause I belong to a family , a great family! I have family and I am family( more ways than one) and my family loves me and I love my family so I'll fit right in here, no that we have that squared away, where do I sit! Can I get the family discount?
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so, where do we draw the line? who determines this? In our country it is stated "you're rights end where mine begins" what does this really mean? We each must figure this out for ourselves...and this is what crossed my mind when I read your original post. |
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Also I might be prepared to say that the line for what is inappropriate behavior for homosexuals is in a very different place than it is for heterosexuals. I know so far evidence points to the possibility that this might be the case. |
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Do I think kissing is inappropriate..whether same sex or opposite..hell no? but what else was going on when the kiss occurred? bumping..grinding...hands roaming about? Could something else have caused the issue? perhaps..and then again depending on the flight attendant it could have been their own personal view that caused them to say something. Not sure What we do know is that a disagreement occurred...a scene was made and that flights can not take off or continue being in flight when such disagreements are in effect. I have even been on a plan that landed to eject someone from the flight for causing a disruption (was a person who drank to much and became belligerent). So..maybe it wasn't the kissing that caused the issue but the way it was handled? If they were on the ground and in the waiting area of the same airline would the situation have been handled differently? There is much to think about here |
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In the case of the heterosexual couple, the airline then needs to justify itself, and did when it reported (and it was confirmed) that Quote:
We have nothing of the sort in Hailey's case. Instead, we have very few details or comments by the airline (and the original article was heavily biased in order to make Hailey sound irrational/hysterical if you look at the quotes they used there vs. the ones in the later article, and the airline look "reasonable" and "family-oriented"), we don't know what was said, we don't know what went on, the airline won't tell us what was done that was inappropriate. The lack of details hints, again, to the potential homophobia that occurred. How far does a heterosexual have to go for this to happen? The case you've given us is rather extreme. How far does a homosexual couple have to go for this to happen? I'd gather a "modest kiss" just might do it. If something like in the case of the heterosexual couple went on, something tells me they'd be all too willing to tell us. |
This situation points to an ever deeper problem, in my opinion. Airlines are only one entity that has been exercising full martial law/police state powers since the "patriot act" rolled out.
What I read is that the lesbians reacted angrily to the directions given by the flight attendants. That should be reasonable, but now because of TSA and homeland security, is not. it's against the law to not do exactly what someone in a position of Power says, regardless of how nonsensical or authoritarian or racist it is. Consider what's happening in Arizona- if a police officer thinks you look like you speak Spanish, you have to provide documentation of your citizenship. You can land in a jail if you don't comply immediately. If you want to stand quietly, and bear witness to the police brutality happening at the demonstrations at Wall Street, you can be charged with obstructing justice. We live in bizarre, deadly times. Any young black man could tell you what would happen to him when he gets angry- even if he's justified in doing so. When these things happen I hope it brings more awarenes to the problems of our times. It is sad that the experience of injustice brings people to the fight against it. |
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