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Culture, History

The Problem with Monuments

Maybe we should agree that it is simply okay for us to remove the monuments which we deem as not aligning with our current agreed upon values, such as statues of Columbus, and then erect monuments which honor our beliefs and morals at this time. Future generations can decide if our choices were right for…

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Culture

Real cancelation

Think about all the women that got pushed out of jobs because they were being sexually harassed. Or the gay guy that got fired because someone saw him in public w/his partner. Or the Black guy that never got a job in the first place. That was the real "cancel culture." — Jud Lounsbury (@JudLounsbury)…

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Culture, Language, Trump

Bad Thoughts, Bad Words, Bad Deeds

The ones who fawn over Trump need to be reflected upon.  If the media didn’t bleep such profanity on television news they would get backlash from offended people. But those same people are not similarly offended that the profane utterances are from Trump himself!  That is the type of people the rest of us need to contend with, and try to not laugh and gag over at the same time.

Via Donald Trump’s Profane Language Should Be National Topic @ CAFFEINATED POLITICS

Culture, Gov. Walker, Presidential race 2016, Race

On racial tension, Walker sees ignorance as bliss

“In other words, acknowledging systemic problems like the documented wave of police killings of unarmed black men, or the racial wealth gap, or disparities in sentencing and incarceration, creates “discord.” During the GOP debate, he similarly dodged a question about the Black Lives Matter movement, which even Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly called “the biggest civil rights issue of our…

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Culture, Social Media

Indeterminable

I don’t know how popular that “true gender mix” test is, but it can’t possibly give you an answer to that question. Quite aside from whether there is such a thing as your true gender mix, if you know it’s a true-gender-mix test, your answers will be tainted by whatever it is you want to be. And just from the fine print in that “70% Female” result, you can see that the test is designed to lure males into identifying as female. Female apparently means “kind and understanding.” If you strain to be seen as 100% male — if that’s what you want to be — you’re going to be told in the end that you’re a dick.

Via Althouse: Facebook quizzes that can’t possibly test for the thing you’re invited to exclaim about yourself.

Culture, Gov. Walker, Immigration

Delavan

“Coming from the town of Plainfield, Iowa, with fewer than 500 people, Walker has said he saw Delavan as the “big city” when his family moved there in 1977…. The area’s Latino population has grow[n] exponentially since around that time. Only 7% in 1980, it climbed to 11% in 1990, then 21% in 2000 and…

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Courts, Culture, Law, Liberty

6.26.15

I headed to the entry way of our home upon hearing the news this morning about the ruling from the Supreme Court about my right to marry the person I love. Days ago my partner James, who is the neighborhood vexillologist, pulled from his collection the colorful gay pride flag and had it neatly folded on a trunk, ready for the day the ruling would come down. I picked it up and walked briskly outside knowing that this ruling, will without a doubt, be the most profound action the court will ever have on my life….

Via Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Personal, Profound, Magnificent @  CAFFEINATED POLITICS.

Culture, GOP, Gov. Walker, Law, Liberty, Presidential race 2016

Walker Upset with High Court

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Gov. Scott Walker on Friday called the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing gay marriage across the country “a grave mistake.”

Walker issued a lengthy statement on Facebook backing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow states to define marriage and calling the ruling “judicial activisim.”

Via Scott Walker: Supreme Court gay marriage ruling ‘a grave mistake’ @ Madison com.