Finn just got back from the groomer's.

[conuly]

They were really speedy today! Unfortunately, they couldn't do anything about his tail - nearly all the fur had to be hacked off after he got several burrs stuck in it, and there's no fixing it now :(

Last time I took him to the groomer they very conscientiously removed his leash from him, and he very carefully pawed it back to his mouth to gnaw on. He's a problem solver! This time they put it in a drawer and I gave him a rope chew toy. He's shown no interest in it at home - he has no compulsion to chew and chew and chew except when he's locked up, it seems - but he apparently did chew on it in his cage. Good, smart doggie!

Foot is feeling somewhat better though the walk to and from the vet was hard - it's just a long trip. Slept funny last night, though, and now my neck and shoulder are all sore. It's just one thing after another, I guess.

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Comments

[greghousesgf]

I'm sorry. I don't believe not liking disco makes someone a racist.

[conuly]

And nobody is claiming it does.

However, there is a big difference between personally disliking disco, or rock and roll, or rap, or jazz, and "protesting" these musical forms because they're "black music" (ooooh, the backbeat is devil worship music!)

You've got your causation backwards, is what I'm saying. There are all sorts of reasons to dislike those genres, but a lot of bigots dislike them specifically because they're associated with groups they dislike.

That Disco Demolition Night was associated with racial bigotry and homophobia is not a particularly outre view: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

[greghousesgf]

fair enough. anyway, if you got rid of any entertainment that involved anyone who belonged to a minority about all you'd have left would be Gilligan's Island.