Tag Archives: Charleston

The right would rather mock Obama for his tears than respond to the content of what he was saying about our problem with guns in this country

By Mark | January 5, 2016

Today, while announcing the gun control reforms he intends to pass by way of executive order, President Obama became emotional. He got to the point in his speech where he referenced the first-graders who were killed a few years ago in Newtown, Connecticut, and, because he’s a decent man, and a caring father, he began […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Andrea Tantaros, background checks, crying, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, empathy, fake crying, gun control, gun violence, guns, Newtown, NRA, Obama, Zaevion Dobson | 10 Comments

Promising to remove the Confederate flag is good first step after over 50 years, but let’s not be so quick to praise the people of South Carolina

By Mark | June 22, 2015

It looks like the Confederate flag, which has flown over the state capitol in South Carolina since 1962, a year after Alabama Governor George Wallace raised it on the grounds of the state legislature in Alabama to signify his dedication to the principles of segregation, may finally be coming down. Nikki Haley, South Carolina’s Republican […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1861, Alabama, Battle of Bull Run, Civil War, Confederate flag, Dylann Roof, Dylann Storm Roof, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, George Wallace, Lindsey Graham, Nikki Haley, P.G.T. Beauregard, racism, South Carolina, Strom Thurmond | 16 Comments

Last night’s racially motivated killings in Charleston

By Mark | June 18, 2015

It was reported last night that six women and three men had been shot to death at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina. The victims, who were all black, had been attending a bible study meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, when a young white man entered and took a seat among […]