Accused enemy speaks: Don't take my rights or airplane food

OK, so my ACLU buddies, my lesbian pals and my fellow fags, my pagan brothers and sisters and many others are enemies of Jerry Falwell's America, and we invoked the wrath of God to such an extent that He had to kill more than 6,000 people. \nAnd you're worried about extremists in Afghanistan? You're worried about flying in an airplane? \nDespite the obvious testimony of Sept. 11, before you worried about air rage and getting stuck on the runway. If you're worried about flying, worry about getting stuck in a line up of suspicious characters -- you know, people who tried to board an aircraft with a manicure set. Worry about the fact that airlines have announced they will no longer serve meals in coach -- what meals? I don't begrudge them saving money, and I hate the pretzels -- thank God the CEO of Delta is only paid 35 million dollars a year (his Golden Parachute is worth twice that). \nI'm worried that a song list was reported to have circulated among Clear Channel radio stations -- it targeted songs that might be offensive or inappropriate at this time. I can't stand John Lennon, but I can't imagine that "Imagine" made the list. \nWorry that your fellow citizens report that their civil liberties are tradable commodities -- security in exchange for what? The right to bear arms? Free Speech? Privacy? No one is saying that we'll accomplish the dirtiness to be done without some dirtiness but does that require carte blanche to a\ncentral authority? \n Apparently, that authority will be Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania. I don't remember voting for him, but the president remembers Pennsylvania quite well.\nI worry that I felt real anger at Bigfoot when the guy in full Hilfiger Sports Wear jumped out of the car to fuel next to me while his wife, swaddled head to foot in what looked like Jo-Ann Percale, peered out through a convict strip around the eyes. Oh, right -- I couldn't have controlled myself if I'd seen her womanly glory, whatever. I worry that my tenuous interest in Islam is pretty well slammed shut, but hey, I'm a fag! They have something in common with ole Falwell after all.\nWhy don't you worry that our nation is only rallied with the Gospel hour of George Bush? The increasingly Biblical rhetoric is only playing into the hands of the culture clash zeitgeist. I'm glad of the president's faith, but he pledged to be everyone's president, didn't he? I don't expect him to invoke Allah or Yahweh or The Goddess or Madame Blavatsky. I expect him to invoke our action, that's his job.\nWorry that columnists and commentators who raise questions or objections to proposed action or reaction in this indeterminate war are being pilloried, their patriotism questioned and their livelihoods threatened. I don't get paid for this, so I don't give a rat's patoot -- you can shove the "Love It Or Leave It" slogan where the sun don't shine. You should worry if the sight of blood and the feelings of despair have allowed insensibility to rip up the Constitution, and anytime such words as "American" or "patriot" are proposed for definition.\nI made a promise to myself when AIDS came along -- I wouldn't lie about it, and I would let it change my life. I made a promise to myself when my brother came home from Vietnam -- that I wouldn't disdain loyal opposition. Brothers and Sisters, it's time for keeping some promises you've made to yourselves -- but just remember -- you're either with us or you're a terrorist, you dirty civil liberty loving tree hugging homo promoting wrath-attracting piece of trash. I love you all.