I was reading a story about some scumbag wingnut who lost a lawsuit to a couple of Muslim he was harassing, when something caught my eye:
Look at the lower right hand corner, and you will notice that the photo credit is to the John Hugh Gilmore fan club. What kind of wrong turns must you have taken in life that you are a proud member of the John Hugh Gilmore fan club? At what precise point do you think things started to go so badly for you.
? Martin
Fuck you. It’s a great club. We have a meetup every Saturday at Starbucks and convene on Tuesday nights in my mom’s basement to play Civil War themed board games while wearing wetsuits. And you are no longer invited.
Felonius Monk
Is that the entire fan club in the picture?
Ivan X
@? Martin:
Martin, I gotta say, I really consistently enjoy your comments here. (Especially that one you wrote a longn time back about NYC values being the same as what they have always been for 400 years.) Keep commenting.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
That guy’s barber is doing him no favor. Smug mug, also too.
piratedan
I guess the women in the picture weren’t sufficient for his harassment needs….
Eric U.
Imna go out on a limb and say that the fan on the left is a blood relation due to the similarities of their faces. Not that there is anything wrong with being a fan of your relatives.
hovercraft
@? Martin:
I think you got confused about your meeting place, it’s IHOP not that liberal bastion Starbucks.
Our divisions have spread to our eating and drinking choices.
MikeBoyScout
My fee-fees are hurted.
I know neither of this John Hugh Gilmore nor the right wing blogger.
What does a fella need to do to get a “likely no trigger at all (Alzheimer’s??)” warning on this blog.
Jeze! and we call ourselves progressive!
Wag
@Felonius Monk:
No, only 3 out of 4 members. The photographer forgot the selfie stick, and missed out on being in the picture.
Mary G
That is one sad little man.
Suzanne
@? Martin:
Multiple wetsuits per person?
What about dildos?
Villago Delenda Est
When Article VI was written.
BR
Time for everyone to step up and volunteer to help stop facism in our time. Yes, it’s our turn, just as it was the turn of those in the 1930s and 40s. It was hyperbole at one time, but increasingly no longer. We will all look back on this time in one of two ways — “I’m glad I helped stop facism” or “I wish I had done more.”
Suzanne
@efgoldman: From the lexicon:
I can see Gary Aldridge joining this club.
Suzanne
@efgoldman: You said BONE. Heh heh heh.
That may actually be one internet tradition of which it is worth remaining unaware.
Omnes Omnibus
@BR: I know that you mean well, but badgering people here is productive how?
ETA: I respond poorly to your strategy. I may be an outlier, but it bugs me.
BR
@Omnes Omnibus:
Every day I do it I hear from one or two more people who sign up. That’s worth it to me. Don’t worry I’m badgering people in every other possible place I can.
Omnes Omnibus
@BR: Do what you do. This election is a big deal. My annoyance is minor.
?BillinGlendaleCA
OT(since it’s not an open thread): Today(the 19th, still the 19th here on the correct coast) would have been my dad’s(and my aunt’s) 97th b-day, and it’s also 6 years since I gave up the demon rum(and other fermented and distilled spirits).
Mnemosyne
@BR:
I’m waiting for my callback from the campaign with details about canvassing in Nevada the weekend of 10/1.
Davebo
@Omnes Omnibus: The ultimate First World Problem.
divF
@?BillinGlendaleCA: While there is still time, Hurray for the sixth anniversary !
? Martin
@Suzanne: Only for special occasions when JH comes by. His friend can call him JH, but don’t you fucking try it! I DON’T SEE YOU AT STARBUCKS!
Major Major Major Major
@Ivan X: My algorithm says this comment contains anticipation, joy, positivity, and trust.
NotoriousJRT
@West of the Rockies (been a while):
Don’t dis the Flowbee!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@divF: Thanks.
JordanRules
@Davebo: @Davebo: Ha!
It’s damn near satire.
Steeplejack
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
RIP, dad and aunt. And congratulations on your sobriety.
Steeplejack
Damn it, the back-button functionality is broken (Firefox, Win10).
trnc
I assume an overwhelming majority of that fan club overlaps with the Comrade Trump fan club, so there are obviously plenty of afflicted people to go around.
JR in WV
@Steeplejack: Yes, for me too, Linux Ubuntu 14.04 and Firefox. Now Imma trying Chrome.
Tim in SF (iPad)
How can you have a fan club if you don’t have a Wikipedia page?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Thanks, dad passed away almost 35 years ago.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: I checked it’s in the bug thread, it’s also a problem on Chrome on Win10.
Steeplejack
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Tough to lose your dad so young (you and him, presumably). My father died five years ago at age 84, and I still think of him almost every day.
Steeplejack
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Gonna collect myself and await Alain’s promised morning thread. I was away from the computer most of the day and evening (Monday) and am still running into things. I am thankful that the mobile site seems not to have been affected at all (possibly because it hasn’t been updated yet? LQTM*).
* LQTM = “laughing quietly to myself”—not quite LOL.
JAFD
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Today would have been my father’s 103th birthday – he passed on three weeks past his 90th, his heart failed one afternoon after lunch.
He was a mensch.
RIP, and a toast in memory of all our ancestors.