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Posts Tagged ‘political correctness’
You can’t have this poster in your school
It depicts a Latina woman, therefore is anti-Trump, and politics isn’t allowed. Read story here and here. [...]
Is fascism taking root in the US?
Historians have been divided over whether to describe Trumpism as fascism. Excerpted text from essay by Rachel Shabi author of Not the Enemy: Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands. Reaching for the term “fascist” isn’t about applying the ultimate insult, so much as preparing for t[...]
WHO SAID THAT? A short story in quotes
Avi Ibrahim Balser FACEBOOK The teacher said, “Let’s begin by reviewing some American History. Who said ‘Give me Liberty , or give me Death’?” She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Akio, a bright foreign exchange student from Japan , who had his hand up: R[...]
Letter to a Republican Friend
I Still Want to Talk. Let me be clear. I have never been a member of either political party except where I was required by law to declare an allegiance and then I have registered as a Republican or as a Democrat depending on the person I was supporting. While on most issues I lean […][...]
Hypocrisy: Jeff Sessions Admonishes Sally Yates To “Stand Up To The Executive Branch.”
Way back at her confirmation hearing as deputy attorney general on March 24, 2015. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who informed Attny Sally Yates that a time might come when she would have to stand up to the executive branch. Monday night, acting Attorney General Yates was relieved of her duties b[...]
Sometimes The Right is Right
Political Correctness on CNN[...]
OVER ON FACEBOOK, State Senator Reuven Carlyle Made a Mistake
Trying to brag about the UW as a world class academic school, Reuven tried to compare the academic standing of #1 ranked NCAA football team, The Alabama Crimson Tide, to the academic standing our own UW Huskies with a football team at #4. Reuven picked the wrong campus … UA Tuscaloosa is the[...]
How many Black athletes would kneel for the game?
Im sorry, but not standing for the Star Bangled Banner is something kids do at high school assemblies to protest injustice they learn about in their social studies classes. While I do applaud and admire Colin Kapernick, San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, who has taking a stance against “the op[...]
Emperor’s New Clothes: The Ain’t Art Scene
I love the ORIGINAL Seattle Art Museum, the ORIGINAL SAM. The collection of “Asian” art is a wonderful statement of both the divers art of what is not Europe but of the taste of Dr. Fuller. I am, therefore. offended by the way the folks who run the Seattle “”Art” Mu[...]