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Thinking about discourse about experiences with the homeless, drug use in public spaces, kink in public spaces and the like.
And I think a good mantra to protect against conservative ideology is: The primary cause of my misery and hardships are not the people around me on any given day.
Global Influence of CPAC: Trumpian Politics in Argentina
Global Ideologies: CPAC’s Influence Beyond Borders From afar, Alejo de Gennaro could easily have blended in at a Trump rally in the United States. Sporting a vibrant MAGA hat and beaming with enthusiasm, he absorbed the fervent speeches that lambasted socialism and condemned the rise of wokeness. However, a closer look at Mr. Gennaro’s hat unveiled a significant difference: it boldly proclaimed,…
I know I sound naive (and liberal) when I say this, but how an ideology can accept inequality is beyond me.
The Florida governor is refusing to accept millions in federal funding that would help his constituents. Why?
The Republican governor and presidential candidate [Ron DeSantis] has blocked his state from getting energy-efficiency incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, the signature Biden-administration policy that passed in 2022, Politico noted last week. DeSantis vetoed a request by the GOP-dominated state legislature to establish a $5 million rebate program—a program that is essential to accessing $341 million more.
Republican governors are choosing policies that make the lives of their citizens worse in order to make a point. Rejecting environmental policies like those in the IRA is particularly poignant in Florida, where the effects of climate change are already being felt more often and more acutely than in many other parts of the country—as the recent destruction brought by Hurricane Idalia reminds.
The result of these choices is … a de facto split between red states and blue states into two distinctly different countries, with widely divergent outcomes:
The gross domestic product per person and the median household income are now both more than 25 percent greater in the blue section than in the red, according to [the analyst Michael] Podhorzer’s calculations. The share of kids in poverty is more than 20 percent lower in the blue section than red, and the share of working households with incomes below the poverty line is nearly 40 percent lower. Health outcomes are diverging too. Gun deaths are almost twice as high per capita in the red places as in the blue, as is the maternal mortality rate. The COVID vaccination rate is about 20 percent higher in the blue section, and the per capita COVID death rate is about 20 percent higher in the red.
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Cyntoia Brown and the conservative State Government That Failed Her.
In my apartment, a headline suddenly flashed on the screen. This headline came up with the name of Cyntoia Brown in it.
At that moment I immediately thought of the several years I had stayed being updated on the story. I have known about Cyntoia’s case since 2010.
I thought of last month of Dec. 2018 in particular, when I heard that many activists were pushing for Republican Bill Haslam to help Cyntoia before his term was over. A feeling of hopelessness immediately washed over me.
Growing up in a deeply Republican state, I knew that a conservative would never have enough empathy to see the cruelty that was forced on Cyntoia Brown, a woman of color that was forced into sexual slavery as a young girl, in that whole situation. Fast forwarding back to today, Mon. January 7th, I saw the headline state that Cyntoia was being released.
I immediately felt pride and joy at seeing this. I was proud of the fact that so many activists I admired had fought valiantly in defense of Cyntoia’s humanity. I couldn’t have felt more enthusiastic, that is until I saw the rest of the news story. Cyntoia would only be granted clemency. This means that Cyntoia would be seen as a criminal for her own act of self-defense.
This is a despairing reality that women of color must face when living in areas with right-wing political cultures. When seeing the right’s constant use of phrases such as “self-defense” and “stand your ground” as paramount to their way of life, Cyntoia’s case is one of many where the standards shift for women of color.
Furthermore, upon seeing the statement from Bill Haslam I felt even more... disgusted at Cyntoia’s treatment. Haslam is claiming that Cyntoia’s release was because of “her extraordinary growth and rehabilitation”. Meaning he only saw Cyntoia as worthy of being set free because she was studying, and attending school while in prison. Not because Cyntoia was being forced into sexual slavery and raped by a man who was in his 40′s when she was a teen.
It is disappointing, but not entirely surprising, to see that Cyntoia is seen as a criminal in the eyes of conservatives. Cyntoia was the victim of several tragic crimes.
At this point, I don’t expect conservatives to endorse anything that would benefit women, and particularly women of color. I still can’t help but feel drained and exhausted at conservative efforts to suppress the few freedoms and joys woc have.
Cyntoia was an underage girl when she was victimized, shamed, and dehumanized. Unfortunately, many women of color have suffered injustices through the criminal system mostly through conservative efforts.
I will celebrate the fact that Cyntoia will finally be able to enjoy the comforts of her own home again. Cyntoia will have an education, and she will be working again. I have also found hope in the fact that years of working to free Cyntoia was eventually successful.
I still think it is important to point out the role conservative ideology played in furthering Cyntoia’s tragedy into a heartbreaking nightmare.
Red vs Blue States - Recovery?
Red vs Blue States – Recovery?
Red vs Blue states in jobs recovery. Even when we have a barely progressive herd in Congress, the nation gets to deal with states often controlled by incompetents and other flavors of reactionary. We have a long hard struggle ahead to get this nation back on anything approaching an even keel. Including equal opportunities. Here’s a link to the article sourcing these graphs. Thanks, Barry Ritholtz.
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Divisiveness in Society
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There is so much division within our society. Reading comments and heated arguments on various social media outlets I can see that things are declining. I would venture to guess pretty rapidly too. The recent mass shooting in Las Vegas has again brought the arguments about additional gun control laws to the forefront. Instead of being…
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