Austin, TX

Good morning, I hope you all had a great Halloween and that you are having a good day so far.

I, myself, am grumpy. Why am I grumpy? I’m so glad you asked.

First up, this article in Lindsey’s blog called Pull Up Your Pants. While it’s not Austin related, it’s certainly Texas related. It’s actions like this that make Texans look like a bunch of Neanderthal red-necks.

It seems that the great city of Dallas has nothing better to do with their time than to spout out anti-gay propaganda in an effort to get kids to “pull up their pants”. Now really folks, if the only thing you can think of to entice kids to bend to your fashion rules is to accuse them of being gay, you need to find yourself a new marketing department.

This is the billboard, kindly donated by ClearChannel:

As if that’s not enough, they’ve got a rap song, too:

The song, recorded by rap artist Dooney Da’ Priest, contains lyrics that say, “You walk the streets with your pants way down low/ I don’t know/ looks to me you on the down low. If you stand up straight, bet your pants fall/ Might as well walk around with your pants off/ Pull ‘em up, pull ‘em up, pull ‘em up/ Be a real man/ Stand up/ Is that your underwear, man? Pull your pants up.”

In an interview with FOX news, Dooney Da Priest stated: “Got a lot of partners of mine, they come out of jail, they let me know that means you’re basically easy, you’re lettin another man know that you’re available.”

As one NPR listener said, sarcastically:

It’s cute when homophobia is part of a citywide campaign. Shaming the youth by calling them gay, love that from the government.

The custom of wearing your pants low got it’s start in prisons, where belts are not allowed. Wearing your pants low meant you were “prison-tough”. This campaign aims to show that wearing your pants low is more indicative that you’re a “prison bitch”.

Hey Dallas, I think what you’re doing is on par with a hate crime. The youths of your city should band together and start their own campaign. I’d call it “Sue Your Pants Off”.

Here’s a suggestion, how about fighting real crime and not fashion crimes? If bad fashion were truly a crime, we’d all have done time by now.

Good Day.

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