Just when I think Americans aren't as stupid as I think they are, they do something that makes a Big Ol' Snob like me stand by in astonishment

The title of this post is harsh, I suppose, but what else can you say aboutthis? I wish the headline had read "Conservatives say that kids should be able to call other kids 'faggots.'" I mean, that's what they really want. I can't believe some people are actually against telling kids it's not all right to taunt other kids. But in a country of "moral values," this is what we get. Of course, there's also the guy who's pissed off about SpongeBob SquarePants and his sissy friend Patrick. This is what we should care about in this country. I suppose you could look at it two ways: 1) We're so secure in our wealth and power and safety that we waste our time worrying about little crap like this; or 2) We're slowly circling the drain as a country and this is what dying societies do, worry about crap like this instead of trying to reverse the slide. I wonder which we are.