tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13370067.post6575967475931389332..comments2023-10-11T03:38:00.248-07:00Comments on But, I Babble: <b><i>Bafflegab!</i></b>: Two gay-related itemsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343706168408882337noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13370067.post-45369949485997708302010-06-14T09:35:10.248-07:002010-06-14T09:35:10.248-07:00True! That has to be the ultimate minority group!!...True! That has to be the <i>ultimate</i> minority group!!!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343706168408882337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13370067.post-75477928865728016412010-06-14T08:19:38.886-07:002010-06-14T08:19:38.886-07:00I refer to Tsoti's post above, particularly th...I refer to Tsoti's post above, particularly the first sentence in the second paragraph: "Not unlike so many other minority groups that come to America....." Wouldn't gay, left-handed South Africans also fall into a minority group?Tsotsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801953643193951938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13370067.post-18040497676382396042010-06-13T14:15:18.079-07:002010-06-13T14:15:18.079-07:00It's called dual citizenship, sweetheart: UK a...It's called dual citizenship, sweetheart: UK and SA!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343706168408882337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13370067.post-10206436692337511682010-06-09T09:28:28.973-07:002010-06-09T09:28:28.973-07:00I did notice both last sentences: didn't miss ...I did notice both last sentences: didn't miss a thing. Left handed you are... Not sure how one can call oneself a South African when one has blatantly rejected South African citizenship by becoming the citizen of another country. <br />I'm confused... <br /><br />No too difficult, I know. The passing years have taken their toll.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13582128144662025373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13370067.post-74779958536646195862010-06-08T10:21:06.461-07:002010-06-08T10:21:06.461-07:00Well, it looks like you may have missed what I was...Well, it looks like you may have missed what I was, erm, hinting at when I said "I'm South African." The post was in two parts, both gay-related. Both had comparisons between being gay and something else - left-handedness and coming from sub-Saharan Africa. Notice the last sentence of each piece of this post. <i>Jislaaik, my kind!</i>Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343706168408882337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13370067.post-16834516178633575542010-05-31T12:48:06.900-07:002010-05-31T12:48:06.900-07:00I find the fact that you refer to yourself as a So...I find the fact that you refer to yourself as a South African very interesting indeed. You have spent the last thirty years living in America, yet you still see yourself as a South African. A naturalized American citizen who was born in South Africa is something quite different. The proudest day of my life was the day I became a citizen. It was humbling to say the least. I ceased to be a South African on that day some twenty years ago and became a citizen of America: warts and all. I may have been born in South Africa, but I am no longer a South African. I'm a proud African-American.<br /><br />Not unlike so many other minority groups that come to America who never assimilate, stick together, never learn to speak English, never learn about its history, never become proper, American citizens. One thing they all do know, though, is where to go to “get their checks.” This much about America they know. Entitlement is alive and well and you don't even need to be a citizen. In some instances, you don't even need to be living in the country legally. Ain't America great, or what?Tsotsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801953643193951938noreply@blogger.com