I like to have things in my life be intentional and worthwhile. So I’m kind of done with trolls. Not angry, not frustrated, not amused. Just… bored. It’s […]
bigot / discrimination
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It’s time for another round of reasonable-sounding bigotry!
I wasn’t expecting to hear it. Not any more. “Beliefs should be respected,” he said. “Just believing gay people shouldn’t get married doesn’t make me a bigot.” “Believing […]
bigot / homophobia / racism / sexism
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Newsflash: If you have to compare your actions to worse people, you are worse people.
“But I’m not racist! I didn’t do anything as bad as…” And then comes the list of far worse things, which the person I’m talking to would never, […]
bigot / discrimination / racism / structural discrimination
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The Cowardly Way To Address Racism (and other bigotry)
I was recently told on Facebook that if I found a group or person that was actually bigoted1 that that person would stand by me… but until then […]
bigot / sexism
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Wherein a “Joke” is Simultaneously Right and Completely Wrong
I ran across the “funny” cartoon over to the right recently. It’s flat-out wrong while simultaneously almost being right. It’s the same argument that gets floated every year […]
bigot / racism / sexism
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It’s time.
It’s time. We had our initial moment with our white roses, our buttons, and our safety pins. And then, despite a few salvoes here and there, we had […]