January 2011
12 posts
Corrupt Politics: Random Observation Time →
When a “pro-life” advocate advocates for anti-choice yet believes a woman who suffers rape should have the option to terminate a pregnancy, what does that really mean? It means that the anti-choice advocate is not at all concerned with the personhood of a cluster of cells or a fetus. It means the anti-choice advocate is concerned only with the moral interpretation behind women having sex. If you...
“I don’t believe in failure, because simply by saying you’ve failed, you’ve...”
– Sarah Dessen (Keeping the Moon)
Genderbitch Lite: Now With More Rambling!:... →
Just a few things…
research-and-destroy:
If you’re brown and you shoot a politician, it’s terrorism and ‘the problem with these people’; if you’re white, it’s ‘strange’. If you’re brown and you wipe your nose in public, it’s because you’re ‘dirty’; if you’re white it’s because you ‘have a cold’. If you’re brown and you’re at university, you got there through affirmative action; if you’re white...
“— July 2008: A gunman named Jim David Adkisson, agitated at how “liberals” are...”
– Eighteen examples of right-wing domestic terrorism detailed by freelance journalist and author David Neiwert (via Digby)
I remember many of these. But of course each one happened in its own convenient vacuum. No need for society to turn a critical eye to itself, no siree.
(via tenderstatue)
Can...
Let's Get This Straight →
robot-heart-politics:
azspot:
There is, demonstrably, no leftist equivalent to Sarah Palin, former veep candidate and presumed future presidential candidate, who uses gun imagery (rifle sights) and language (“Don’t Retreat, RELOAD”) to exhort her followers to action. There is no leftist equivalent to the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), a group which was created from the mailing list...
STFU, Conservatives: What Conservatives Forget... →
dammitjean:
steviemcfly:
Conservatives, particularly of the pseudo-libertarian Tea Party brand that has gained so much popularity in the time following Obama’s election, have called repeatedly for a more strict interpretation of the Constitution. We’re not adhering to it at all, they…
New Year Resolutions
A bit late, since the first day is almost over, but here are 12 resolutions that I have vowed to keep this year. I got Denny’s help for these… especially the smile one ._.
1) Complete a video game
2) Create my Mom’s website for her ridiculously ridiculous job.
3) Wear my contacts every day
4) …Maintain better hygiene…yeah…
5) Reveal a secret to the world
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