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...
Choice under new attack from Operation Rescue, led by Troy Newman, the president of the organization.
Operation Rescue has launched a new anti-choice campaign by offering $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of OB/GYN doctors that perform abortions.
Operation Rescue...
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...
This morning I happened upon an article dated January 21st, 2010 from the East Valley Tribune about a meeting of religious leaders regarding immigration.
The Arizona Interfaith Network is hosting the event, which will begin with a prayer service, followed...
I am bothered by movies, such as "Saw" and "Hostel", that, to me, serve no purpose other than to depict the extremes of human pain and cruelty. I confess to having never watched a film from either of those...
I've mentioned Randi Rhodes a few times on this site. She's probably my favorite progressive broadcaster (Rachel Maddow is nipping at her heels). I like Randi because she reads. She scours the newspapers and agency sites for stories, and...
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...
Rush Limbaugh:
"n Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering."
Glenn Beck:
"So here you have Barack Obama going in and spending the money on embryonic stem cell research. ... Eugenics. In...
Here is an interesting letter I received from AARP this morning:
If you and I don't act now – the future of Social Security and Medicare could be decided for us without a public debate.
As soon as today your...
Well folks, now we have it, a bonafide all white basketball league trying to start playing as early as this summer. The league is being put together by Don "Moose" Lewis as "fundemental basketball" as opposed to the "street ball"...
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We Need to Stop Playing Trump’s Game
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