August 2012
“We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.”
—Neil Newhouse, a Romney campaign pollster (via officialssay)
When you travel to “the States” (am I saying that correctly?), there is one cultural boundary you do not want to cross with the native white people there. Avoid using the word “racist” around them at all costs. They are extremely offended by this slur and in some rare occasions, it has been said that the word “racist” will trigger a medical phenomenon called “white tears”, which is exclusive to their kind.
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BREAKING: California Assembly approves bill banning ex-gay therapy for minors →
ontopmag.com
The California Assembly has approved a bill banning the use of “conversion therapy” or similar practices to try to change a minor’s sexual orientation.
The bill had already been approved by the Senate and now is in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown, who has not said whether he’ll sign the bill into law.
In applauding the bill’s passage, Clarissa Filgioun, board president of gay rights advocate Equality California, called such therapies “dangerous.”
“These dangerous, unscientific practices have caused too many young people to take their own lives or suffer lifelong harm after being told, falsely, that who they are and who they love is wrong, sick or the result of personal or moral failure,” she said.
If this bill passes, it will be the first of its kind in the country. Please, Gov. Brown, do the right thing. And stay tuned here for updates.
“Ruling class groups keep themselves separate so that the masses cannot know who they are and how they really live. Most importantly, separation allows them to live the fantasy that there is no connection between their opulent lifestyles and the misery these lifestyles produce. They live in states of denial and deflect attention away from the imperialist violence enacted in their name globally to protect their class interests. However, they have no difficulty asserting the fascist thought and action needed to protect their wealth when they feel threatened. It is this link that makes their ruthless allegiance to a class hierarchy where they are on top a danger to us all.”
—bell hooks, Where We Stand: Class Matters, p. 78-79 (via planetsconverse)
“One American study of transgender adults found that approximately 50% of respondents were survivors of violence or abuse, and another found that 25% of transgender respondents had experienced hate-motivated physical/sexual assault or attempted assault. In a recent survey of transgender people and loved ones in [British Columbia] (n=179), 26% reported needing anti-violence services at some point in their life. In examining reports of hate crimes against transgender people, researchers found that 98% of all “transgender” violence was perpetrated specifically against people in the male-to-female spectrum; of the 38 murders of transgender people reported internationally in 2003, 70% were women of color.”
—[x] (via autumn-and-eve)
CNN confirms @DavidShuster tweet. RNC attendee removed after throwing nuts at black CNN camerawoman →
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com
RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’This is the party whose nominee has 0% support among Black Americans.
