Tag Archives: free speech

Headlines 08.16.12

By Smaktakula In which we opine on the day’s headlines without first reading the stories. *** Amelia Earhart: Better feminist than pilot? ~ Let’s fucking hope so! Study: Rich, poor Americans increasingly likely to live in separate neighborhoods ~ Because in times … Continue reading

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Pork: The Other Hate Meat

By Smaktakula In American society’s quest to regulate speech in the interests of sensitivity and to answer the burning question Why are we so full of hate?, it must constantly reexamine various societal motifs and weed out those which have … Continue reading

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When Great-Grandma Is An Anti-Semite

Helen Thomas apologized for exercising her First Amendment rights, but she’s still out of a job.     Why is an idea deemed heinous when voiced by a single, senile old bag, but excused away when expressed by the leader of a country with nuclear ambitions?   … Continue reading

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Priest’s Holocaust Comparison Deemed Improper

By Smaktakula Whose Holocaust is it anyway? During his Good Friday address from the Vatican, the Pope’s personal preacher likened attacks on the church and the pope to the horrors of the Holocaust.  Paraphrasing a Jewish friend’s letter, Father Raniero … Continue reading

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From Times Online: Libby Purves Castigates Victim Industry In Bullygate Affair

And she does it in no uncertain terms. I’m not sure what it is that makes Bullygate such a compelling story.  Is it Mr. Brown himself that makes the story interesting–his thuggish behavior drawing inevitable comparisons to the affable Tony Blair?  … Continue reading

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From FOX News: CPAC Session On Jihad, Free Speech Attracts Complaints

Because, really–is there any better way to prove to the world that you’re not against free speech than by attempting to publicly shame into silence those who claim you are?    Read how old, white, right-handed, heterosexual Christian men just won’t give Muslims … Continue reading

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From American Thinker: What’s Wrong with Retarded?

I think that the word retarded can be appropriate when describing people with mental handicaps, although I don’t use the term given the negative connotations it engenders with many people.  That said, the appellation, retard, is particularly odious. Smaktakula Here’s … Continue reading

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