Barney Frank throws a hissy fit over $1 senior discount on ferry fare to fairy fair

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

I just think you're blowing a joke out of proportion and you're desperate to be part of an oppressed group.

And really it's hilarious how you're comparing your plight to African-Americans.

Give me a f.ucking break.

I'm not desperate to be a part of anything except maybe a group that doesn't get called names as a punch line. Hopefully someday, asking for that basic minimum decency won't be seen as being hysterical and blowing things out of proportion.

And I said nothing at all about plight -- you're reading into that to try to make it sound like I'm being hysterical. John's an a$shole for posting what he posted, but I hardly compared my "plight" to African-Americans, I pointed out that a cute play on words doesn't absolve you of being an a$shole for making fun of a marginalized group.

Nobody said anything about "plight," until you tried to make it sound like I was overreacting, but then again, I'm a hysterical, humorless, victim for hoping that other people can have a modicum of decency, so I guess you're right.