For some reason, in spite of the fact that we have Donald “I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life” Trump as our President, we seem to be experiencing a wave of anti-Semitic acts across the country. Last week, over 170 gravestones were toppled at an historic Jewish cemetery […]
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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
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, Charleston, Civil War, Confederate flag, 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
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 […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged apartheid, Charleston, Christians under attack, Confederate flag, Dylann Storm Roof, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Lindsey Graham, racism, Rick Sant, RIck Santorum, Robert Reich, South Carolina, the View, Walter Scott, white supremacist 17 Comments