Category: Social Issues
Boys Will Be Boys on the Border
The Angry Nerdist Way
The Young and the Feckless
The Suicidal Tendencies of Star Wars
Ten Theoretical Tough Guys
Stop the Film, Stop the Bleeding
It Is Not the End of the World As We Know It, But I Don’t Feel Fine.
When Racism Is Okay
Comparison Shopping
The Trump Card
Rand Versus Orientation
If you want to make people you disagree with look bad, just tie them to Ayn Rand. Sometimes, this is pretty easy to do, such as folks who support big business over the poor. Other times, it is a bit more…um…muddled. The author argues: Traditionally, sexual desire has been characterized … Continue Reading Rand Versus Orientation
CNN and Meaningless Statistics That White People Love
CNN is the go to for white conservative people trying to “discredit” supposed “narratives”. They know their liberal friends won’t accept the Fox News information. But CNN supposedly represents the liberal mainstream media. This is pretty laughable if you actually watch CNN. They bend over backwards to be neutral on … Continue Reading CNN and Meaningless Statistics That White People Love
It’s Never Enough
Last night I watched as black person after black person stood up to condemn the rioting in Baltimore. They stated clearly they thought this was wrong, that these young people throwing rocks and concrete and wounding cops were thugs and trouble making opportunists out to create mayhem. They noted they … Continue Reading It’s Never Enough
Choking On the Truth
Over at Comics Alliance, Rue Walker has a piece up called The Poison’s Within Us All: Mistreatment and Harassment in Geek Spaces. It is a very good piece, that is starting to ask questions that have been on my mind of late in regards to how we handle outrages. If I … Continue Reading Choking On the Truth
Threats Are Not Protest
So, in the wake of the Indiana Religious Freedom law, a reporter went out and started to ask local businesses if they would still serve gay people. One small Pizza joint totally bit, saying they would not serve gays. The internet explodes with this confirmation of what some of us worried … Continue Reading Threats Are Not Protest
White Actors Need Roles Too!
I am unsure what Nellie Andreeva is saying here. Okay. That is a lie. The short version is: There are to many non-white faced on TV these days. I am sure she would dispute this, claim I am misunderstanding her point. But, as is the case with any sea change, the pendulum … Continue Reading White Actors Need Roles Too!
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