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False Equivalence
I posted this on Facebook yesterday. After the riots and terror perpetrated by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, a significant percentage of the right-leaning media bent over backward to shift focus, and claim that the Black Lives … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Media, Quick post, Rant, Social Justice
Tagged Black Lives Matter, false equivalence, FoxNews, media, Nazis, race, race relations, racism, White defensiveness, White supremacists
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A Skewed Perspective
When we look at another person of approximately equal height, we often perceive them to be a bit taller than we are. We’re often looking at their height as peaking at the top of their head, and our eyes will be … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Social Justice
Tagged bias, fear, progress, race, race relations, racism
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One down, 207 to go…
Donald Trump has been President of the United States for one week now. Just typing that feels strange. Like a different reality. I’ve been re-watching episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine lately, and I’ve recently gotten to one of … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Civil Rights, Economics, Elected yet unelectable, foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, immigration, Infrastructure, Politics, Science, Social Justice
Tagged abortion, bigotry, Christianity, climate change, culture, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, dishonesty, domestic policy, Donald Trump, environment, facts, fear, Feminism, foreign policy, GOP, government, ignorance, Islam, Kellyanne Conway, misogyny, news, oppression, propaganda, race relations, racism, refugees, religion, religious extremism, religious liberty, Republican, Republican Party, republicans, science denial, Sean Spicer, sexism, Standing Rock, Steve Bannon, systemic oppression, walls, Women, women's rights
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Raiding the henhouse
Two years ago, I discussed the appointment of various climate change deniers to posts as heads of Senate committees in charge of science-based institutions. Those institutions are tasked with addressing (among other things) climate change. That was a perfect example of … Continue reading
Posted in foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged anti-government, Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, cabinet posts, climate change, dishonesty, Donald Trump, Federal government, governance, governing, government, hypocrisy, Jeff Sessions, politics, racism, Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry, science denial, Scott Pruitt
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Edging toward Godwin
This is a quick rant expounding on a thought I posted to Facebook yesterday. I’ve talked repeatedly about fear, and how Trump stokes people’s worries and concerns, and distracts from real problems. Unfortunately, it bears repeating. And repeating. And repeating… … Continue reading
Posted in foreign policy, Governance, immigration, Law Enforcement, Politics, Quick post, Rant
Tagged authoritarianism, civil liberties, civil rights, dishonesty, distraction, Donald Trump, fear, Godwin's Law, hatred, Hitler, lies, politics, racism
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