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No, I disagree with this. Some people are welcome to feel this way, but I don’t. Yes, some people are assholes. No, all people are not assholes. Just like the ex is an asshole and I am not. It does not make someone an asshole because they lived when...
by PrivateIce
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on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 06:31 PM PST
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I received a WhatsApp message the other day asking me to sign a petition demanding the Obama Foundation cancel the scholarship of a student for posting the above commentary on a photo of students demonstrating with Israeli and IDF flags. The people...
by thewavethatiam
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on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 09:28 PM PST
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The top story for Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House, in the 5:00 p.m. A block, was the story of a woman from Texas by the name of Abigail Jo Shry. An apparent Trump fan, she called into the chambers of Tanya Chutkan, the judge overseeing Trump’s...
by novapsyche
206 comments
on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 06:38 PM PDT
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Attended a Science Fiction Writers Convention recently (Pemmi-con). The conventions bring technical people and scientist together to talk with SF writers on a variety of topics to stimulate thoughts of the future. As you can guess AI was a big topic....
by umbra
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on Mon Aug 07, 2023 at 07:36 PM PDT
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Sometimes, in our culture, it seems the individual is all that matters. Life is about me: my career, my wealth and status, my history. We talk about intersectionality, the many identities that make up one person. What about intersectionality among...
by AliceT4
18 comments
on Fri Nov 25, 2022 at 02:45 PM PST
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)� reports that last year saw the single largest number of antisemitic incidents—assaults, harassment, and vandalism—in the U.S. in the almost half-century they’...
by Ian Reifowitz
230 comments
on Fri Dec 09, 2022 at 08:30 AM PST
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In the most recent incident of conservatives attacking books that depict diversity and inclusion, a county in South Carolina is demanding all LGBTQ-positive books be removed from the library’s children’s and juvenile sections. The Greenville County GOP...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Mon Sep 19, 2022 at 03:55 PM PDT
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I came out as gay in the mid 80s, and then after gaining more security with myself as Bisexual in the later 80s. It was in the time of Reagan and heavy into HIV/AIDS when I came out. I participated in pride marches and was out, appearing in a two-part...
by CameronProf
19 comments
on Mon Jun 06, 2022 at 08:57 PM PDT
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Three Take-Aways Climate change’s synergistic crises don’t allow us enough time to respond normally. The GQP & allies flood the world with lies, fear and bigotry to prevent progress. The Democratic coalition must fight with greater urgency, unity,...
by CorpFlunky
16 comments
on Fri May 06, 2022 at 12:43 PM PDT
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Just as with the pincer attack conservatives have launched against both race directly (instead of sotto voce) and liberalism at the same time—now they do the same with female personhood, via attacks on abortion (criminalizing sexuality after the fact)...
by novapsyche
12 comments
on Sat Apr 16, 2022 at 08:46 AM PDT
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Moonknight 🌙 (March 30th, 2K22) Moon Knight follows a man named Steven Grant, a normal citizen who works at an Egyptian history museum—however, audiences are quick to find out that he may not be as normal as he seems, much to his surprise as...
by Kaizar
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on Wed Mar 30, 2022 at 11:33 AM PDT
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Transferring from a full-time private Islamic school with only about 20 children in my grade to a public school with over 300 students was definitely a culture shock for me. But what I felt more was ...
by Aysha Qamar
35 comments
on Mon Jan 17, 2022 at 02:00 PM PST
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The United States, like other western industrial countries, has always had people promoting violent prejudices, political paranoia, vicious conformity to gender and family structures, and ...
by semiller48
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on Thu Dec 23, 2021 at 06:48 AM PST
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Last week, I was visiting with two of my very young nieces, Bella and Tiffany (not their real names), seven and five (very nearly six), respectively. Tiffany tugged at my shirt sleeve as she told me that Santa had visited their school just that...
by novapsyche
60 comments
on Thu Dec 23, 2021 at 07:00 AM PST
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'71% of Democrats wouldn't go on a date with someone with opposing views.' That's a problem because? Dating is tough. Having to navigate dating someone who has different political views is�even tougher. Let’s be real:�If we’re allowed to be “choosy” about�what it is about our partner’s ...
by Aysha Qamar
362 comments
on Sat Dec 25, 2021 at 01:00 PM PST
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Good news from the CDC. There has been a rise in the number of teens in the US that identify as part of the GLBTQI+ community. Between 2015 and 2019, the percentage of 15- to 17-year-olds who said they identified as "non-heterosexual" rose from 8.3% to...
by CameronProf
15 comments
on Thu Jun 17, 2021 at 11:45 AM PDT
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A little over two years ago, Tennessee’s own John Lambert, 23 at the time, was charged with being a fraud and pretending he was a veteran lawyer. Like most modern day frauds, Lambert was working his darndest for the Republican cause, organizing...
by Walter Einenkel
233 comments
on Tue May 11, 2021 at 01:05 PM PDT
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One of my first memories of experiencing racism firsthand is from my childhood. I remember sitting in a middle school class with a substitute going down a list of names to take attendance. As she read through the list of names she paused and said she...
by Aysha Qamar
359 comments
on Tue Mar 23, 2021 at 07:53 AM PDT
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As the year continues, Republican officials just keep stooping lower and lower. Using the time meant to be “devoted to county issues,” local Republican officials in Florida attempted to shame and mock a journalist by creating a resolution in her...
by Aysha Qamar
180 comments
on Mon Feb 15, 2021 at 02:30 PM PST
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Pause that Netflix binge and make space at the top of your movie list because Mogul Mowgli is a must-see. Breaking barriers while touching on a number of themes including illness, spirituality, ...
by Aysha Qamar
6 comments
on Sun Nov 08, 2020 at 06:00 PM PST
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