Just a few political ramblings
I realize this is the holiday season. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to shake the awfulness I feel from something I saw shared on TikTok a couple of weeks ago. Eddie Huang of Huang’s World sat down for an interview with jared taylor, who identifies as a ‘white nationalist’, for … [Read more…]
[Warning: this will be a very tough read for many. If you feel it doesn’t apply to you, then move on.] I’ve been disappointed with the silence of my white friends for way too long. I can post a picture of a Pop-Tart box and it will receive over 100 ‘likes’. But when I post … [Read more…]
There are many decent republicans in this country. There are also many decent republicans in my life who I would call ‘my friend’. Unfortunately, only a rare few have expressed any amount of horror, dismay, or outrage at the indecency of their political party. Not that I’d expect to hear anything from the likes of … [Read more…]
While searching for an image to accompany this article on ‘the political middle ground’, I came across many images that portrayed a person or object as caught in the middle between a opposing Democrat and republican forces. At other times in our country’s history I might even agree that those images were accurate in their … [Read more…]
My reply: Little did I know that less than 60 seconds later, I would find myself suspended from Twitter for violating their Terms of Service with “Targeted Harassment and Abuse”. Two weeks later, I would find out that it was a permanent suspension. To this day I have yet to receive an email from an … [Read more…]
No. Ignited in large part by last year’s murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, America was forced into a moment of reckoning for its continued mistreatment of African-Americans in policing and throughout the criminal justice system. Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations sprang up across the country to demand justice for their murders as … [Read more…]