A lot of my male heroes have been assholes. Dr. Seuss, they say, was a philandering bigot. John Lennon, by all accounts, was abusive. J. D. Salinger and Charlie Chaplin preyed on young women. And, as we know, Thomas Jefferson actually bought and sold human beings, at least one of whom he had sexual relations […]
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Facing sexual assault allegations, Al Franken forces Democrats to confront the fact that sexual abuse isn’t a partisan issue
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged 2006, Al Franken, Beverly Young-Nelson, black lives matter, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, cognitive dissonance, Cosby Show, Donald Trump, friend zone, J.D. Salinger, John Edwards, kissing, Leeann Tweeden, Michale Jackson, pedophilia, Roger Stone, Roman Polanski, Roy Moore, Sean Hannity, sexism, sexual harassment, sexual predator, slavery, Thriller, toxic masculinity, USO, Women's March on Washington, Woody Allen, Zelig 89 Comments
Having attempted unsuccessfully to convince us that his sympathies don’t lie with Nazis, Trump returns to racist form
Yesterday, we saw a focused, scripted Donald Trump attempt to put our minds at ease and convince us that, despite what it might have looked like in the days following the attack on Charlottesville, he really shares our believe that white supremacists are repugnant. Well, as that particular speech didn’t yield the results that our […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alt Right, alt-left, birther, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, George Washington, Heather Heyer, lies, Nazi, post-fact, post-truth, racism, racist dog whistle, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Terry McAuliffe, The Central Park Five, white nationalism, white power, white supremacist 45 Comments
The vision of our founding fathers, threatened by Christians, defended by Satanists
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled a week ago that the state must remove a 6-foot tall granite monument of the Ten Commandments from its capitol saying that it violated Oklahoma’s constitutional ban against the use of either public funds or property to benefit a single religion. Wile I suspect this case could have made it […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged a wall of separation, Baphomet, Christians under attack, freedom of religion, guerilla theater, Hobby Lobby, Lucien Graves, Mary Fallin, Megyn Kelly, Oklahoma, Rick Scott, Satanic Temple, Satanism, separation of church and state, Ten Commandments, Yes Men 26 Comments