At least Oakland is trying to showcase their community policing program, and made very clear that they’re supposed to follow protocol for everything, big or small.
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Word. Whoooole lotta people on “our” side who would be good, hateful Republicans if not for the accident of their sexuality.
TERFs are full of shit. These lesbians are “getting fed up” because they are transphobic. If you’re not familiar with the TERF blogosphere, it’s mindboggingly horrible how they speak about transpeople. Same exact arguments a conservative would use, but couched in quasi-progressive language it becomes that much more…
In which some LGB folks prove that, were they not queer, they would hate on LGB people.
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Bullshi.
This is complete and utter bullshit.
SO THESE CATS JUST ‘HAPPENED’ TO COME ON STAGE AT THAT MOMENT AT THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC SUMMIT THIS YEAR? I’VE SEEN THAT SAME CAT IN A PICTURE TAKEN OUTSIDE THE PENTAGON JUST 3 WEEKS AGO!!!1!! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!1!!
Enforcing reasonable limits on free speech is what civilised societies do, both in the US and the UK. You can absolutely dispute where nations choose to draw those legal lines, but arguing that any and all restraints on expression are fascist is not practical, helpful or accurate.
According to the Equality Act of 2010, businesses in the UK are forbidden from refusing service on the basis of religion, belief, race or sexual orientation. Period. Citizens have a right to equal treatment, whether they’re gay, transgender, black, Jewish or Muslim. It’s not ok for businesses to treat folks like…
Elie Weisel, author of the legendary Holocaust autobiography, Night, once reprimanded a letter writer by saying, essentially, “ I do not give you permission to compare your suffering to mine. Our suffering is relative, and fills our own cups up equally.” Which I think is the essential lesson here. Our lives and our…
While it is true that Caitlyn Jenner transitioned with privileges that far too few trans* enjoy, I think responses like Mr. Smith’s make it pretty clear that transitioning is still an act of bravery.
It can both be true that Caitlyn Jenner is not deserving of the Woman of the Year, and that this guy is an asshole for calling her a man.
Which is exactly why I HAVEN’T participated in the ‘French flag overlay’ on my Facebook profile picture, or retweeted or shared or otherwise participated in click-bait stories doing the rounds on social media. I did participate in the minutes’ silence this morning though. I was moved to tears when I read that account…
Thrown in jail? For racial discrimination? Hell yes.
Just coming to say the same same thing, except about inhumane humanity.