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How About We Don't Be Fascists
Hello Rebel, and welcome back to my life. So, a lot of real life stuff has been going on, and I needed a couple of more weeks off to get back to regular video making. What’s happened while I’ve been away?
By Garrett Robinson8 years ago in The Swamp
Feminism Is NOT Cancer
In today's political realm, we are faced with mudslinging in all different directions. It sometimes seems impossible to hold an intelligent, open-minded conversation about anything in American politics or international affairs between two people of differing ideologies.
By Alice Sloane8 years ago in The Swamp
Political Perspectives
I wrote my feelings about the friendship between Barack Obama and George Bush in 2014 after being fed up with conservatives lambasting President Obama and praising former President Bush. I had a hard time as the lone liberal and minority in a very white, conservative small town. I wanted to tear out my luscious curls on a daily basis.
By Olivia Rose8 years ago in The Swamp
The Legacy of the Confederacy Part III
In 1915, the film Birth of Nation wowed audiences with its groundbreaking cinematic techniques. Critics today regard the movie as the first blockbuster, and even President Woodrow Wilson hosted a screening at the White House. The film’s three-hour run time depicts a fantasy version of the Civil War and Reconstruction that persists in the imaginations of many white people to this day.
By Robert Wells8 years ago in The Swamp
The Great Convolution: Who Really Caused the Worst Act of War on US Soil?
September 11, 2001 will always exist as one of the deadliest days in this troubled nation's abborent history. Any American-based person who was old enough remember exactly what they were doing at the time on that fateful Tuesday morning. The who, what, where, when, or how-based elements of truth were not immediately clear. The obvious reality, however, unfolded in apocolyptic fashion as the American way of life, as it was experienced before would never be the same.
By Victor Trammell8 years ago in The Swamp
Bothers in Arms
by CORIANDER NEUMANEIMANAYMANEEMAMANN, Alternate Reality News Service Urban Issues Writer Miguel Santamaclausa had not intended to reenact an iconic moment of bravery in the middle of Beijing's Tianlomien Square on a side street in Padooka, North Illinois. Like the famed chicken, he just wanted to get to the other side, no questions asked. ("My motivation's none of your business, pal!") But, there he was, staring down the turret of an Abrahams tank as his ice cream slowly melted down his fingers.
By Ira Nayman8 years ago in The Swamp
Political Correctness
Political Correctness. In today's hotbed of divisive political views, bigotry, and hate, this term has come up a lot but, what is political correctness? How does it divide our society? What do we need to be careful of?
By Tyra Lindsay8 years ago in The Swamp
Have People Really Had Enough Of Experts?
Michael Gove is often misquoted as having said that “people have had enough of experts”, although some commentators have dug out the actual quote and presented it in its original context, which makes a nice change:
By Katy Preen8 years ago in The Swamp
The Modern Society is Truly Appalling
Society has started a downfall since the beginning of the millennium. So many new rules people made that makes no human innocent. Assume the wrong gender? You're a terrible person. Wear a dot on your forehead? That's "cultural appropriation," and you are going to hell. All of these annoying, unnecessary rules are ruining society. BLM, feminism, and all these other groups have their good side and their terrible side. The two impacting points that are destroying part of our society is racism and sexism.
By Adam T.8 years ago in The Swamp
Rise
Colin Kaepernick is an American football player and former Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers. During a preseason game in 2016, he sat down during the playing of our country’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
By Darryl C. Richie8 years ago in The Swamp
Is Trump At It Again?. Top Story - September 2017.
In my previous article here on Vocal dealing with Trump, I talked about why he didn’t seem to fit the job in my opinion. As time has gone on, it seems like I’m becoming right.
By Jared Rimer8 years ago in The Swamp
How to Become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
It is probably no secret that most MP’s have once dreamed of being Prime Minister. But for someone to get the keys to number 10 Downing Street they have to go down a long hard road.
By Nick Carter8 years ago in The Swamp