April 2011
197 posts
crowdmyheart asked: in response to your last reblog: (http://www.ihatethemedia.com/a-simple-way-to-stop-westboro-baptist-church-funeral-protesters) I have to say I was disappointed with your reaction to this story. I think we can all agree that the rhetoric of WBC is evil and their actions are despicable, but that absolutely does not make it okay for their constitutional rights to be violated. As terrible and morally...
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Mississippi town figures out simple, effective way... →
lostgrrrls:
This is absolutely incredible- an actual solution to shutting them down, one city at a time. As much as I respect the hordes people who will show up to create a safe zone around these funerals, a better solution is definitely to find a way to stop them from getting to the funeral in the first place.
First, one of the WBC guys got his ass kicked at a gas station a few days prior… I...
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Your Son Was Killed in Afghanistan →
“On April 23rd, 2011, I had to tell two parents that their son died in a war that I do not believe in. The combination of my distrust in published American foreign policy objectives and my lack of agreeing with military intervention abroad instilled in me an overwhelming sense of role strain as I battled between professional representative of the Armed Forces and compassionate human...
ACTION ALERT! Please sign this petition to demand... →
timekiller-s:
solemnhypnotik:
Oi. I have been following this story as much as I can.
Supposedly, the McDonald’s employee who filmed the entire scene was fired. But that is definitely not enough.
McDonald’s needs to issue an apology, educate its staff on what to do in situations like this and clean house for those who take part in discriminatory actions towards its customers.
I’ve...
Kentucky Church Unanimously Votes To Stop Signing... →
thatreallytanguy:
stfuconservatives:
Members of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church, located in Louisville, KY, unanimously voted to stop signing marriage licenses for heterosexual couples until same-sex couples are afforded equal marriage rights. The decision comes at the same time that a CNN poll shows that a majority of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriages, the fourth poll to...
The Exploitation of the Worker →
“This fetishism of profit that stems from capitalism’s emphasis on selfishness is defended by generalizations that attribute the social statuses assigned at birth to workers as “survival of the fittest.” True, market competition weeds out all those who are incapable of adapting to the system, but true market competition in capitalism – and this is something that is often overlooked –...
The Devaluation of Undergraduate Education →
“If the case of a weakened respect of an undergraduate degree by the corporate world is juxtaposed to the growing mediocrity in high school over the years, one may find that grade inflation and social promotion are the culprits of a two-part attack on the institution of education.” (Continued at Lawsonry)
How Religion Perpetuates Sexual Orientation... →
“Discrimination based on sexual orientation is a byproduct of stereotypes, often generated based on what people perceive the group to be rather than who (or what) they actually are. Religion can play a huge factor in this, especially if a religious person has never before met someone who is homosexual…” (Continued at Lawsonry)
Patriotism of the Tea Party
The patriotism of the Tea Party is outstanding when juxtaposed to other pro-America political groups. It’s no secret that when fellow Tea Partiers are around, individual activists become more involved and outspoken, as their presence alone can elicit the ease of group membership accessibility (Smith & Mackie, 2007, p. 190). Of course, membership is not exclusive to just those activists who...
Anonymous asked: Dear Sir/Ma’am/other:
I have just come upon this video, filmed by a McDonald’s employee.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec0_1303444048
It shows a woman being beaten up by a couple of girls after she entered the women’s restroom and was identified as transgender.
One black male employee makes an effort to move them away from...
I have just come upon this video, filmed by a McDonald’s employee.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec0_1303444048
It shows a woman being beaten up by a couple of girls after she entered the women’s restroom and was identified as transgender.
One black male employee makes an effort to move them away from...
HRC Forgets about the "T" and "Q" in LGBTQ
I wonder if HRC is trying to achieve advertisement and donation objectives by using cisgendered people, thinking that using faces of the familiar they will be able to advertise to everyone.
Do you think they may have some sort of hidden agenda of wealth accumulation, and maybe the actual monies spent on social progress is a latent but purposely funded objective?
lawsonry:
Hello, Lauren!
In...
I've been seeing discussion on using the words...
This is a fantastic analysis of the contemporary applicability of “male” and “female.” Bravo!
fuckyeahmenfolk:
Perhaps it’s the pedant in me, but I feel like they have a meaning that is separate from gender. It’s difficult because “male” can at once refer to a certain set of reproductive organs as well as a “man” (regardless of sexual organs). In issues like this it’s...
When people think the goal of pointing out...
newwavefeminism:
stfufauxminists:
NO. NO. IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FEE FEES. IT’S ABOUT ENDING FUCKING OPPRESSION.
No one wants you to feel guilty - they want you to feel informed. They want you to feel incensed that others don’t have the same rights and privileges as you, not indignant that someone of a marginalized group had the audacity to say it to you and it made you feel a twinge of...
Look at the bottom three items on this list →
Once you’re done, I’d like to read your thoughts.
Cops Bust Homeless Woman for Sending Child to... →
This is a perfect example of the “red tape” that happens in a bureaucracy. It’s one of the sadder, more evident shortcomings of such a system.
Laptops in classrooms, less books = more trees
= higher demand for exploited labor from impoverished factory workers from all around the world (mostly Chinese families). How about instead we look at it like this:
American factories = American jobs = American laptops = pride in service and manufacturing restored in the worker; distribute laptops to schools = less books = less trees.
I am the last person to philosophize about humanity in order...
Did You Know?
Alex, your figures are attractive, but researchers have tried to validate the data collected in studies that claim a correlation between handgun ownership and a reduction in violent crime rates and have found no significant impact to national crime rates when the independent variables were adjusted to reflect more than just Florida’s correlation between the aforementioned variables.
If you...
“A compound including a comparative or superlative adjective is not hyphenated.”
– Why I need help with my grammar.
“It is useless merely to talk about self-criticism. As painful as it may be, one...”
– Wilhelm Reich, 1947.
“Take some kittens, some soft little pussycats, and put them in a box,” says...”
– Vittorio Arrigoni, Gaza, January 8 2011 (via dietgingerale)
Excerpt from "No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change... →
Keeping a woman “barefoot and pregnant” is the epitome of destroying her power as an individual. That’s why the words have so often been uttered in the same breath. When a woman is perpetually pregnant, she can’t enter the paid workforce, and that leaves her barefoot (i.e., without her own financial means). Conversely, when a woman is prevented from earning money, she...
WE ALL HAVE A STORY: President Obama's 'Private... →
This is the Obama that people voted for. It’s very important to see past all the media and rhetoric that news corporations put on presidential speeches and how he has to face the public as POTUS, looking at him as a person and realizing that he does have a progressively purposeful agenda and IS doing all he can with what he’s got to fight for what is right in this country.
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“Same-sex mariages sound so new, but when Columbus landed in the Americas, some...”
– Sociologist James Henslin, 2010. Sociology: A down-to-earth approach (10th Edition). Upper Saddle River: Allyn & Bacon.
Johns Hopkins University has a graduate program... →
“The Program on Social Inequality (PSI) focuses particular attention on the role of social institutions in generating and mitigating inequality. Institutional coverage includes, but is not limited to, the family, the school, the workplace, the community, labor markets, and health institutions. The family, for example, provides the context for human development in nearly all societies. It can...
“Psychology majors: why are so many cases involving child molestation linked to...”
thatreallytanguy-deactivated201 asked: I love your blog. Your intelligence is both inspiring and intimidating. =) I'm up for anything you've got!
STFU Fauxminists!: The Male Privilege Checklist →
Well I’m glad the whole world revolves around you and only you.
jointheintoxication:
I’m sorry, but this whole Male Privilege thing really gets to me sometime.
My odds of being hired for a job, when competing against female applicants, are probably skewed in my favor. The more prestigious the job, the larger the odds are skewed. But I’m a fashion designer, so not really an issue
I can...
Handy Homo Prevention Tips For Concerned Parents... →
The Landover Baptist Church is not real - it was created in sarcastic protest of the Westboro Baptist Church.
thatreallytanguy:
abreedinggroundforhate-deactiva:
Cannot believe this article exists
What. the actual. FUCK.
Sadly, I’m pretty sure someone out there is trying to feed their child an artichoke filled with tuna fish as I post this, in order to evoke their son’s longing for some...
Food not Bombs: Feeding the homeless will land you... →
According to Sami Rebuttal →
I would much rather pay for someone to get a medical procedure done (yes, that includes abortion) than pay for the ammo, weapons, personnel, and logistics to kill other people.
But that’s just me. My personal opinion aside, let’s look at the idea of government.
Government is created by the people and for the people, which means for the people’s welfare. Welfare, in every sense...
Feminism is totally overrated.
accordingtosami:
Feminists are just making shit up and complaining about nothing, right? It’s not like first-world women are in actual danger anymore…
I'm the same as I was when I was six years-old.:... →
I too went to catholic school. I would be interested to hear more.
starblanketriverchild:
[CW: Mention of sexual abuse and harassment]
Wow, the atheist question is now bringing me back to all of these years in Catholic school. Oh! I remember the time I had a nervous breakdown in class after explaining how my PTSD could be triggered by having to watch fake videos of abortions…
Correlation does not imply causation →
This is a very important theme in Sociology. It’s not that this isn’t taught in schools, it’s that it’s a lot easier to make inferences and impressions based off of readily accessible information versus having to actually think about something.
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depressingfacts:
analyzedatheist:
rageamerica:
Mind = Blown
A notion that was first taught to me by my...
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How Religion Perpetuates Sexual Orientation... →
“The negative behavior that is most often expressed toward homosexuality as a group stems from the subtle differences (in this case, sexual orientation) that make the group “special” when contrasted against “normal” society.”
“When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it...”
– Mikhail Bakunin (via azelie)
“Now the man is considered strong enough and knowledgeable enough to engage in...”
– Notes on the Sambia Tribe, by Professor Michael Moffatt, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1999. See here.
How America is Turning to Fascism
It’s rather discouraging for one to submit a heart-felt critique of capitalism and be labeled as a socialist, a Marxist, a fascist, etc. It’s equally disturbing that I can use “et cetera” there, as if all political systems other than capitalism can be grouped into some arena of dictatorial mass-murder creators painted in red flags and scary movies. Anyone who believes that capitalism is the only...
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A Short History on the Two-Party (R/D) System
The two-party political system in the United States began during the Washington administration. Disputes between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were becoming so intense, that “…each turned to his supporters within the Congress, and factional alliances between leaders of the executive and legislative branches developed” (Bibby and Schaffner 2008, 21). When the followers of Jefferson...
Should there be a third party in the United...
I absolutely believe the U.S. needs a strong, third party political system. The most important reason is because in this new millennium we are seeing the retiring of the Baby Boomers, and a new introduction of Generation Y and Z to the American population. No longer are we getting our information from the radio and scuttlebutt, but we have a limitless amount of knowledge available at our...
Should there be a third party in the United...
I absolutely believe the U.S. needs a strong, third party political system. The most important reason is because in this new millennium we are seeing the retiring of the Baby Boomers, and a new introduction of Generation Y and Z to the American population. No longer are we getting our information from the radio and scuttlebutt, but we have a limitless amount of knowledge available at our...
How Would I Make America a Better Country?
accordingtosami:
lawsonry:
Here’s a new thing I would like to start.
I’d like everyone to reblog this and post an answer to the following question:
“How would you make America a better country?”
Here’s my ideas:
Integrate comprehensive sexual health education into our school systems.
Eliminate corporate personhood for corporations - they are by the people - not people.
Create a...
False Reporting about Abortion and Depression
The American Psychological Association has determined that there is no risk to a woman’s long term mental health from induced abortion.
http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/abortion/mental-health.pdf
stfuantichoicers:
[Note: Previous responses have been redacted for length.]
myrealescape:
stfuantichoicers:
*Sigh* Yes, legal first-trimester abortion is safer than pregnancy, labor, and...
