Tag / Rush Limbaugh
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The Conspirator-In-Chief
In the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterms, the United States faced an onslaught of right-wing terror. Among these tragic events was the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history, in which eleven were killed and seven were injured in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Within hours, it was clear that the shooter was motivated by…
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Age Never Matters
Commentators have a habit of describing a certain generation of people as sharing common characteristics by placing them in the same generational set. For example, people in their 20s and younger are known as millennials. The commentators called people born between 1946 and 1964 “baby boomers,” and people of a later generation “Generation X.” Critics…
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The Enemy is Bullshit
“President Obama himself has engaged in class warfare trying to separate Americans”. “[The Democrats are] running campaigns against the American people”. These two quotes, the latest to make political news from Texan Senator John Cornyn, illustrate the way that complex issues and policies are rolled into generalized, offensive statements. The political process in the United…
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Feminism Today
Feminism isn’t dead. Though many different groups and the stigma of the word itself have tried to nail its coffin shut for decades, feminism is alive and well. That’s not to say that there aren’t still problems associated with the movement; the fight for gender equality is far from over, both in the U.S. and…
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Criticisms of Steele Go Too Far
The Republican National Committee Chairman, Michael Steele, has come under a lot of scrutiny from not only the media, but the base of the Republican Party. It is evident that he has made his mistakes, but critics are being too tough on him. Yes Steele is in charge of the $2000 given to donors to…