When the Henson Company dumped Chick-Fil-A in support of gay marriage, it turned up the heat on the debate over gay rights in America. Culture war lines were drawn around chicken sandwiches while gay kiss-ins, Christian Chick-Fil-A appreciation days, and horrible public relations drew huge attention.
Not all Americans are taking sides for or against Chick-Fil-A, though. For some, the food is just too good to bring politics into it. To wit, three drag queens have created the musical montage seen below in support of Chick-Fil-A’s chicken sandwiches and waffle fries.
Of course, the video was uploaded well before the current Chick-Fil-A controversy blew up, so the opinions of the singers may have changed since the company’s official stance was taken. Even so, enjoy this cross-dressing trio’s parody of Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On.”
There have been a lot of stories in the press lately relating to schools and social media incidents with their students, such as the high school student who was expelled for saying the “F” word. Now, a similar story has been making the viral waves of a high school girl who will not graduate with her friends due to a photo of her in a bikini that was posted on Facebook.
In the Philippines, a Catholic high school made the decision to bar one of their students (name not released due to her being a minor) who posted a photo on Facebook of her in a bikini holding a cigarette and a bottle of liquor at a family outing. The reason that the school (St. Theresa’s College) made this decision was because it was against their teachings. According to St. Theresa’s student handbook, a section does state “posing and uploading pictures on the Internet that entail ample body exposure” does violate the school’s conduct.
With this decision, the student may still be allowed to graduate; however, she will not be allowed to participate in the commencement ceremony with her fellow classmates. Because of this photo, four other girls who were involved also fell victim to the same decision.
This decision made by St. Theresa’s ended up in court after the girl’s mother ruled to have this fully negated. Another statement was made in court that the school had verbally labeled the girls as: disgusting, cheap, and drunkards. (Source: ZDNet).
There has been various reaction from the Twitter community about this story:
What is your opinion on this story? Do you think she should be allowed to graduate with her fellow classmates, or is this punishment what she really deserves? Please leave your reaction below in our comments section.
Geraldo Rivera has been the brunt of a lot of jokes and strong criticism over remarks he made last week on the Fox News show Fox & Friends. If you’ve been living under a rock, here’s the gist: Paraphrased, Rivera said that slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin’s hoodie was as much to blame for his death as the shooter, George Zimmerman. He later backed up that statement with a tweet. He also went on a diatribe instructing parents of black & latino kids to keep their kids from wearing hoodies, as everyone knows the type of message they send.
If you want to watch the whole segment yourself, check it out below:
Even if you think that Geraldo meant well with those comments, you can probably see why they caused such a stir. The “hoodie” has been on the lips of everyone from cable news broadcasters to the parents of Trayvon Martin themselves. The concept that this whole thing can be blamed on a hoodie has been fodder for comedians and has prompted some serious expressionsin various state legislatures. Today, a U.S. congressman was removed from the House floor for donning a hoodie.
Now, after all of that, some mad genius has altered Geraldo’s Wikipedia page image to display one of the newsman wearing…you guessed it, a hoodie.
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His Wikipedia entry has also been edited to include the “hoodie” incident, but it plays it all pretty straight:
On March 23, 2012, Rivera made controversial comments regarding Trayvon Martin’s hoodie and how the hoodie was connected to the shooting death of Martin.[30] Since the comments, of which even Rivera’s son Gabriel was “ashamed” [31], the barrage of dissent against him on various websites (including Twitter) and even his own radio show has not stopped.[citation needed] Some support has been expressed for him, however[citation needed].
He apologized for any offense that he caused with the comments. Some, however, have taken the apology as disingenuous, if even as any kind of apology whatsoever [32]. Among those who did not accept the apology was a longtime friend of Rivera, Russell Simmons[33].
Given his “apology,” you can see why some people haven’t quite accepted it:
I apologize to anyone offended by what one prominent black conservative called my ‘very practical and potentially life-saving campaign urging black and Hispanic parents not to let their children go around wearing hoodies…By putting responsibility on what kids wear instead of how people react to them I have obscured the main point that someone shot and killed an unarmed teenager.
Okay, it’s hard to argue that this little WIkipedia gag is anything other than funny. But what do you think about Rivera’s comments? Let us know in our comments below.