Tag Archives: bigotry

American Exceptionalism Scares Me

The other day I saw something that said that Callista Gingrich, the third wife of Newt Gingrich, promotes the idea of American Exceptionalism.  Honestly, the idea of promoting a particular nation or ethnicity over another is a bit scary to me.  It becomes especially disconcerting when the person promoting it has bleached blonde hair, sparkly [...]

Dear Birthers

Perhaps you do not understand the Constitution or perhaps you just don’t care. Personally, I think you are racist and/or ignorant. No matter what the reason is for your insistence that Obama is not a US Citizen, you need to shut up and get informed.  There is no good excuse for your stupidity at this [...]

Congratulations on Your Ignorance

A 13 year old boy from Pennsylvania is suing a private school for discrimination after it refused to admit him because of his HIV status. This case is drawing comparisons to the Ryan White case from the 1980′s. And while many people realize that this is a case of discrimination, other folks seem to think [...]

Hate Doesn’t Pay Well

It probably doesn’t surprise anyone who knows me well, or at all, that I am not a big fan of immigration laws. Some people only know of my disdain for ones like Alabama’s HB 56, which was recently put into effect. Some even know that I also dislike other immigration laws, including the ones that [...]

I Have Never Game

I have stated many times that I do not like the idea of forcing welfare and other government assistance recipients to take drug tests, but that doesn’t usually matter because I end up hearing from politicians, pundits, and regular-every-day-people that welfare recipients are screwing over the system and are always on drugs or doing something [...]