The Truth About Ducks + Duckheads

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A couple of days ago, I wrote about how much words of encouragement mean to me. Today, I’m diving into the flipside of online comments and commenters—what I like to call “The Ducks and The Duckheads.”

When it comes to strangers on the internet, I have a theory: If it squawks like a duck, it’s probably just another dickhead who feels entitled to bully and harass anyone and everyone. Well, this homo don’t play that.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m fine with both dicks and ducks. But I’m no fan of dickheads. Or their incessant, unnecessary squawking. As a creative who shares my work online, I have been squawked at one too many times recently. So all my fuck budget for the crude and the rude has been spent. I have no time or patience left for their nonsense.

So a friendly reminder: BE KIND…OR REWIND (ELSEWHERE).

At least 80% of folks I hear from seem to have not only common sense but common courtesy and decency. The other 20%…can kindly go tf away.

I refuse to interact with (or tolerate) folks who:

• TELL ME HOW HOW OR WHAT TO DO

• THINK THEY’RE MY BOSS OR DADDY

• WANT TO DEBATE FACTS AND HISTORY

• ARE GENERALLY DISAGREEABLE

While I’m always open to constructive criticism, questions, recommendations, and special requests, I am not down with destructive criticism, know-it-all negativity, or O.P.P.D. (Other People’s Personality Disorders). I’m busy working on my own issues and problems. Just like everybody else.

To those focused on spreading love and light in this chaotic, sometimes overwhelming world: THANK YOU…for rocking my world and warming my heart!

To those focused on being a disruptive PITA (Pain In The Ass): ZUCK OFF.

Please don’t take my kindness as weakness. I’m nice…until I’m not. And even I don’t like me when I’m not nice. But anyone who fucks around will find out. No ifs, ands, or dickheads.

Thanks for reading!
Clint

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BIRTHDAYS

• D H. LAWRENCE (1885)
  Writer + Artist
  Lawrence’s collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. Some of the issues Lawrence explores are sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. A heavily censored abridgement of his book Lady Chatterley’s Lover was published in the united states by Alfred A. Knopf in 1928. Paperback editions were published posthumously by Signet Books and Penguin Books In 1946. Lawrence’s fascination with the theme of homosexuality, overtly manifested in women in love, could be related to his own sexual orientation.

• JEWELLE GOMEZ (1948)
  Writer + Cultural Worker
  After living in new york city for 22 years, working in public television, theater, as well as philanthropy, Gomez relocated to the west coast. Her writing—fiction, poetry, essays and cultural criticism—has appeared in a wide variety of outlets, both feminist and mainstream. Her work often intersects and addresses multiple ethnicities as well as the ideals of lesbian/feminism and issues. She is currently playwright in residence at New Conservatory Theatre Center. (official website)

EVENTS

• W. C. Gandy Publishes St. Louis Blues, his most famous composition. (1914)

• The first self-service supermarket, Clarence Saunders’s Piggly Wiggly, opens in Memphis, Tennessee. (1916)

• The Queen's Messenger, the first-ever television drama, begins broadcasting on Schenectady, New York Station WGY (now W2XAD). (1928)

• KQED in San Francisco broadcasts The Rejected, the first made-for-television documentary about homosexuality on american television. The documentary was made for under $100 and features experts speaking about homosexuality from their various fields’ perspectives. Each expert dispels a negative stereotype in her or his segment, giving positive and normalizing view of homosexuality. The program is well received by viewers and critics. The Rejected was produced for KQED by John W. Reavis. It was later syndicated to national educational television (NEW) stations across the country. (1961)

• The Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS. (1967)

• Little House On The Prairie premieres on NBC. (1974)

• A California appeals court upholds lewd conduct convictions of two men arrested for “kissing in public” in a parked car at a freeway rest stop. Both are ordered to register as sex offenders. (1976)

• Our House premieres on NBC. (1986)

• The film adaptation of And The Band Played On Premieres on HBO. Based on the 1987 book by Randy Shilts, it chronicles the discovery and spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) with a special emphasis on government indifference and political infighting, specifically in the United States, to what was then perceived as a specifically gay disease. Shilts’ premise is that AIDS was allowed to happen: while the disease is caused by a biological agent, incompetence and apathy toward those initially affected allowed its spread to become much worse. The film stars Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Ian Mckellen, Lily Tomlin, and Richard Gere. it was dedicated to notable people with AIDS and survivors of the epidemic. (1993)

• 9/11 = Two passenger planes hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists crash into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, causing the collapse of both and the deaths of 2,606 people. (2001)

• 9/11 = Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon, killing 125 people. (2001)

• 9/11 = Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes the plane to crash in a Pennsylvania field, killing all 44 people on board. (2001)

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