Jesus Christ what TERRIBLE people.
Holy shit. So these two cousins in Louisiana, Hue and Cindy Vo, were co-valedictorians in their graduating class and they got to make a speech. They talked about their memories of high school, their friends, etc. Then because her parents don’t speak very good English, Cindy added a line in their native Vietnamese as a thank you/tribute to her parents. The line, roughly translated: “Vietnam will rise up and kill Louisianans” “always be your own person.”
The reaction to this shocking act of hate speech: Louisiana officials are considering a rule mandating English-only commencement speeches in all public schools. English only. Because the valedictorian said one fucking line in Vietnamese to honor her parents. How fucked up is that?
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You know, this is going to sound really ignorant and obnoxious … but fuck Louisiana. Seriously. Fuck it. I used to give Louisiana the benefit of the doubt but … well, yeah … fuck Louisiana. Senator Mary Landrieu? Fuck Louisiana. She’s a “Democrat” but any poverty rights activist will tell you she’s pretty much useless and a back-stabbing anti-progressive bitch. Watch how clueless she was after Hurricane Katrina when Anderson Cooper had her on CNN — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsuRCXiYGO4
A friend of mine did some consulting for Kathleen Blanco in 2003 when she ran for Governor against Bobby Jindal. The lesson he learned from that campaign? People in Louisiana are more racists than sexist … they may not like the idea of a woman Governor because there “might be a terrorist attack,” but goddamn it, they’d rather have that than an Indian Governor.
Maybe it’s my guilty Catholic upbringing that makes me think Louisiana is a different state from all those other backwards Southern states … but, well, yeah … fuck Louisiana. That’s all I gotta say.
Sigh … I shouldn’t do this when I’m drunk.
Jeez Paul… Tell us what you really think!
never drink and blog!