A federal judge today blocked many of the key provisions of the Arizona Immigration law. Score one for the Constitution and rationality.
Aside from the aspects of this law that institutionalized racism (giving BS lip service to, "We won't racially...
In this shocking, unedited video, Andrew Breitbart proudly announces to an audience that he was on crack cocaine during the birth of his children, is in rehab, has sexual problems, is a narcissist and in the...
The first years of Obama's presidency may be remembered for many things but one of the inescapable results has been a renaissance of racism.
We have become far too familiar with the racism spewing from those on the right including...
I came across a site that contained a test Harvard created for a study which tries to measure your conscious and even subconscious biases. The have bias tests for race like black and white, ethnicity, religiosity, gender preference,...
As a follow-up to Hate in America, did anyone see the DKos diary on the group in Texas called Repent Amarillo?
http://www.texasobserver.org/dateline/he-who-casts-the-first-stone
What’s next for Repent? They’ve posted a “Warfare Map” on the group’s Web site. The map includes establishments like...
A Federal Grand Jury has been investigating Sheriff Joe Arpaio for abuse of power in Maricopa County, Arizona since January 7th, 2010.
The investigation is in regards to Sheriff Joe’s actions against those in Maricopa County that disagree and/or criticize...
The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 926 active hate groups in the U.S. in 2008—that’s a 54% rise since 2000. And those are only groups, lone wolves—no one knows how many. Statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation report...
WHAT IS HATE SPEECH?
Hate speech is the kind of speech used to denigrate an individual or a group of people because of something about them, such as their race, ethnicity, gender, age, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ideology, social...
As everyone probably knows by now, the great Tea Party Convention is in full swing this weekend in Nashville.
A whopping 600 teabaggers are gathered to hear their leaders, and are especially excited to hear Sarah Palin.
The convention kicked off...
While the subject of hate is complex, hate itself can be divided into two general categories: rational and irrational. Unjust acts inspire rational hate. Who but the most spiritual or the most philosophic of us could argue that hatred...
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