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Month: July 2020

Total 19 Posts

Removing Memorials

Stone Mountain in Georgia contains the largest bas-relief sculpture in the world. It also happens to be the largest Confederate memorial and features Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee on their horses. It was carved by Gutzon Borglum, who also carved Mount Rushmore. And now there’s talk of

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Whiteness

I’m not making this up. Really, I swear it’s true. The according to the National Museum of African American History & Culture: “Whiteness and white racialized identity refer to the way that white people, their customs, culture, and beliefs operate as the standard by which all other groups of are

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COVID Reporting

I’d like you to read the article below and then come back here to continue reading my comments. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hospitals-told-send-coronavirus-data-washington-not-cdc-n1233861 <waiting> OK. Here we go. The CDC has done such a poor job of managing the coronavirus data that they should have had this taken away from them a long time

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Brown vs. Bibles

Hi everyone. I thought I’d share a reply to one of the posts I made recently. “I believe Mike is a victim of reflexive control and has locked himself into supporting a position to the point where he continues to look for alternative ways to continue doing so. This is

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Ad Homenim

I’d like to start off with the important stuff. Someone clever started a “buy-cott” movement to counteract the boycott being organized against Goya Foods. Participation is easy, just buy $10 worth of Goya products and donate it to your local food bank. In one move you get to show your

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Boycott the Truth

Our system of voting works pretty well. For any particular issue, you have three choices. You can either vote for the issue, against the issue or not at all. Anyone who doesn’t vote simply has no voice. Everyone can vote, but only once, and it’s free for everyone. Pretty fair,

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The Talk

I saw a video last week where a black man was in tears because he had to have “the talk” with his son about how not to get killed by the police just because he’s black. The man then said that no white man would ever need to have that

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No More Opinions

I was talking with a friend of mine last week and we disagreed on something. I can’t even remember what it was. She said, “everyone is entitled to their own opinion”. My reply, “I don’t think that’s true anymore”. I then went on to explain about what recently happened to

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Sentient Virus

I know a lot of you here in California are disappointed because many of the beaches are going to be closed for the 4th of July weekend. Public officials are afraid that if people are allowed to go to the beach, the corona virus will spread. But don’t worry, I

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