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How to Solve Cancel Culture (a Modest Proposal)
We have entered a new age of puritanism, one in which the threat of being held accountable for one's words and actions hangs over us all like the sword of Damocles. It seems nowadays that no sooner has a famous person been exposed as a bigot or a sexual predator, than the censorious McCarthyist left has chosen not to listen to the music they have made, or read the books they have written. Never has free speech, and the right to say whatever we want, whenever we want, with no consequences been in such peril.
By Michael Atkins-Prescott4 years ago in The Swamp
Super Bowl LVI: Inglewood—Fantasy vs. Reality. Top Story - February 2022.
As someone doesn’t watch American football regularly, but almost always catches the occasional playoff game and usually the Super Bowl, I was pretty excited to learn that Super Bowl LVI would be coming to the newly built SoFi stadium in Inglewood. I’ve always wanted to attend the Super Bowl at least once out of sheer curiosity. Plus, it looks fun! The biggest party of the year, right?
By Kimberli Alisa Wong4 years ago in The Swamp
Opinion Papers
Disclaimer: What you are about to read is a highly sarcastic and satirical take on what I hear while listening to conservative talk radio. These are my opinions and I am in no way claiming them as “fact.”
By The Green Shoes4 years ago in The Swamp
On "Maus". Top Story - February 2022.
Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week, THEN you could see what it is, friends!
By Conor Matthews4 years ago in The Swamp
Illusions Of Freedom And How Governments Keep Us From Freedom
Is this you? Do you ever feel like "your hands are tied?" When you think about freedom, what does it really mean to any of us in the year 2022?
By Jason Ray Morton 4 years ago in The Swamp
Playing Devil's Advocate #2
Fox News’ Peter Doocy labelled ‘a stupid son of a b****’ by Joe Biden - The Independent - UK (and in case you're wondering, The President called him "A Stupid Son-of-a-Bitch." Bitch. It's a word.
By Kerry Williams4 years ago in The Swamp
Why Harriet Tubman Deserves To Be On The Twenty Dollar Bill
Since 1928, Andrew Jackson’s face has been displayed on the 20 dollar bill. It’s no surprise however, for the only people who’ve been given the honor to be placed on paper money have been white men, the only citizens of the United States not considered minorities.
By Emily Clare Burgess4 years ago in The Swamp
How America is divided
America is so divided because of three issues that have never been really resolved, first the issue of race, second the issue of social class, and third and the most divisive is that of political affiliation.
By Anna cruz4 years ago in The Swamp
Martin Luther King
On January 17 millions of Americans will stay home from work in honor of Martin Luther King. Even those who are not fortunate enough to get the day off will no doubt be reminded of him as they scroll through their various social media feeds. You will see friends, family, (Especially.) politicians, and even businesses quoting or referencing him, commending his accomplishment and claiming to eximplify some aspect of him. Television shows and podcasts will discuss him at nausea. Almost all of these conversations will be focused in one of two areas, his work on civil rights and voting rights. Now let me be the first to say that he deserves all the recognition he gets in these areas, no question. However I want to ask a question a teacher once posed to my class in gig school, did Martin Luther King want to help the poor? Most of us would answer yes, in fact that was how we all answered in my freshman year of high school too. It seemed obvious, all of us having heard of the March on Washington and his I Have a Dream Speech, his work on the Birmingham Campaign, so we all assumed that he wanted to do something for the poor. With all of us on the same page my teacher asked another question, what did he do for them or was he trying to do for them? Being high school freshmen this may surprise you that none of us could come up with compelling answer. The sad truth is though that most adults, heck many people reading this probably can’t tell you what he was really trying to do for the economically challenged. My teacher though had an answer, The Poor Peopls’s Campaign and a guaranteed income.
By JR Stine4 years ago in The Swamp
I’m So Confused
In the year 2022, I just heard the Republican’s Upper House Minority Leader rant about how obvious racist policies are to ensure the integrity of the country. I’m a father of three & mentor to others, and I can’t honestly tell those I lead that this country is truly inclusive to nonwhite citizens. What I hope for is the spread of truth. Sad to say America’s truth is an ugly one! Kindness is the easiest act, to me, once you are self-aware. I truly do my best to learn every day, create every day, love every day, & reflect every single day! It’s hard to walk a path of enlightenment and not see beauty in everything! Then you’ll work to nurture that beauty! So, kindness is a given in my lifestyle. I strive to embody these principles and hope my children supersede my ambition. Something I cannot do is lie to anyone I lead, love, or respect. Here are a few reasons it’s hard to be of “African descent” & blindly believe there’s inclusion in the hearts of politicians in America. We can march, sing, destroy cities, and write poems until the cows come home! As long as money controls politics here, black people as a whole are in danger!
By Richard Lee Scruggs III4 years ago in The Swamp
Things Like That Don’t Happen in Scotland
On 13th March 1996, Thomas Hamilton, a former shopkeeper, armed with four handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition walked into Dunblane Primary School and shot at a class of five and six-year-olds.
By Malky McEwan4 years ago in The Swamp
We're Hurtling Toward Another Trump Presidency in 2024
The way things are going, I'll be shell-shocked if Democrats are able to hold their majorities in either the House or the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections, and it looks as though 2024 is going to be a Republican coronation ceremony rather than an election. This becomes more likely the worse Democrats do in the midterms, in a cyclical bit of self-fulfilling political destiny.
By Alexander Ziperovich4 years ago in The Swamp