Over a thousand terroristic insurrectionists stormed the Capitol a year ago today.
Across the country, over a thousand public figures and elected officials charged with upholding the national interest and defending the Constitution were involved in seeking to undermine both.
This they did by participating in the insurrection, spreading lies…
I’m going to assume that this isn’t what they meant when they spoke of American exceptionalism.
Nonetheless, here we are.
As a progressive Southerner, I’ve always seen secession as a cause meant for racist losers.
Because, historically, that’s what it’s been: good ol’ boys riding around with Confederate flag bumper stickers that say things like, “The South Will Rise Again.”
Or, “If I’d known this, I would have picked my…
Stop calling it a culture war. That’s not what this is.
And nothing about it is civil, either.
This is a race war, at least in the minds of MAGA nation.
How else can we understand the recent statement by Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Cracker Barrel) that only people with…
It’s become almost a hobby for some — to make light of racism and other forms of bias, unless they manifest in the most extreme ways possible.
Anything short of an out-and-out hate crime gets dismissed as mere words, which, unlike the proverbial sticks and stones, can’t hurt anyone unless…
You can always tell who the liberals are in a political battle.
They’ll be the ones responding defensively or seeking to counter the other side with facts and data as if life were a debate, the winner of which is the one with the best evidence.
Because for some reason…
The modern Republican Party hates education.
A bold statement, I know, but it’s becoming more evident all the time.
Oh sure, they oppose Critical Race Theory and all forms of anti-racist curriculum, comprehensive sex education, and the Common Core standards proposed during the Obama Administration.
But I’m not talking about…
Forget Critical Race Theory for a minute — at this point, I’d settle for halfway decent history education and maybe a few required classes in basic logic.
Seriously, sometimes you have to start at the beginning, with that whole “learning to walk before you can run” thing.
Here are some…
Some people will say anything to deny the problem of racism in policing.
These are people who would have found ways to defend Bull Connor in Birmingham too, or Jim Clark and his goons in Selma six decades ago.
One thing about their denials has changed though — they’ve become…
Free speech doesn’t mean consequence-free speech.
Please write that down, will ya?
Like, maybe on your hand, on a Post-it-Note, on your Facebook wall, your Instagram bio, or perhaps a lovely forehead or neck tattoo? Just write it down somewhere.
Seriously.
Because it’s something about which a lot of y’all…
