None of us is free until all of us are free
This is not hard, people. It is not nuanced. The bad guys last weekend were the ones doing the Nazi salute. Literally. Doing. The. Nazi. Salute. Look at the goddamn picture. If you’ve been on the fence about this, if you’re one of the ones saying “well, both sides,” congratulations!
Continue readingFight Nazis or Be One: Those Are Your Two Choices
CONTENT WARNING: domestic violence, child abuse, guns, shooting Liberals, we need to talk. We need to talk about how we talk about mental illness and mass shootings. See, the right has a lot to answer for—lordy, do they ever—but we’ve got some growing to do ourselves. To do that, we
Continue readingLiberals, Mass Shootings, and the Mentally Ill
“Snowflake.” I’ve been called that more than once. Probably you have too if you identify as a liberal or progressive. The implication, of course, is that liberals need to be coddled. That we are weak. That our demand that the disenfranchised be treated with respect is whiny “political correctness.” Conversely, our