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The clenched fist of truthThink Progress provides a transcript of that fascist video of Dana Loesch barking at us about the libbruls. Do watch it in addition, because mere words on the screen can’t convey the menacing venom of her delivery. The way she emphasizes “they” over and over again for instance is chilling.
… Read the restThey use their media to assassinate real news. They use their schools to teach children that their president is another Hitler. They use their movie stars and singers and award shows to repeat their narrative over and over again. And then they use their ex-president to endorse the resistance. All to make them march, make them protest, make them scream racism and sexism and xenophobia and homophobia and smash windows,
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By Thomas R. DeGregori, April 22, 2017 The iconic Cowboy, not the real one, is being used to demonize immigrants.
By Thomas R. DeGregori, April 20, 2017 We are all products of a continuous process of what we obtain from elsewhere from trade or other contacts or what immigrants bring us.
By Thomas R. DeGregori, April 19, 2017 My Real America recognizes the various heritages that have allowed us to shape our country including the Vaquero heritage that created the modern Cowboy.
By Leo Igwe, March 29, 2017 The standards of science in Africa, what is regarded as science or scientific in Africa, should not be different from what applies in other parts of the world.
By Anonymous, February 2, 2017 Take the urge to make punching Nazis a categorical, universal good, for reasons undefined, and couple it with the ability to be equivocal about who is and is not a Nazi, or fascist, or sympathizer, and you basically have a recipe for “punch whoever the fuck I want”. Consider the use of that rubric in the hands of folks who are hungry for violence, or fantasy, or power, or who are just too damn confused about what they want in order to defy groupthink.
By Leo Igwe, January 15, 2017 The Sultan of Sokoto should stop using the name of Allah to sanction gender inequity and injustice. He should desist from employing the idiom of Allah to legitimize his misogynistic viewpoints and then use such oppressive Islamic formation to undermine a bill that would empower women, and guarantee liberty and justice for all.
By R. Joseph Hoffmann, November 21, 2016 In a time when critical thinking was never more talked about and less practiced, sensations like this make the careful separation of fact and fiction that much more difficult for those of us who prefer fact.
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Alabama senator says slavery was good for black people
The bible says slavery is ok and the Southern slave plantations were fabulous for the slaves says State Senator Charles Davidson.… Read the rest
Saudi cleric tells women to wear one-eye niqab
Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive.… Read the rest
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