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Are we really starting the freakout over "Haitian Voodoo" already?
That was fast. Those were the only words that came to mind when I saw Ann Coulter's weekly column pop up in my Twitter feed. I was a big Coulter fan in college--with some readers of my weekly column in the school newspaper calling me "Little Ann Coulter"--but she's a one-issue woman now. She admits it, even declaring that she wouldn't care if Trump personally performed abortions in the Oval Office as long as he built the wall. When I was in college, she was writing hefty intellectual treatises like "Godless," in which the highbrow moral and philosophical arguments were easier to digest because of Coulter's raucous humor. It was an important book for me as a student who was raised in a devoted Irish Catholic family, now trying to survive on a Godless campus. My philosophy 101 professor even had us write essays answering the question, "Does God exist?" Knowing it was a setup to make religious students--not only Christians, but Jews and Muslims--look like idiots, I took up the challenge, using Coulteresque tactics. Although my professor was clearly an atheist himself, he was so impressed with my freshman 101 attempt at making the case for God he called me "an independent thinker" and gave me an A.
By Ashley Herzog4 years ago in The Swamp
A Society That Allows Slavery
Utilitarianism is a moral theory that argues that the right thing to do will always be the action that creates “the most good for the most amount of people.” But while this does seem like a solid moral basis, we find that it often suggests we commit actions that we might find quite reprehensible, such as slavery.
By Sahir Dhalla4 years ago in The Swamp
Democracy Has Failed Us
For most of our lives, we have been told that democracy is the best governmental system. Any other system that has even dared to go up against the “freedom” that democracy offers has been villainized and attacked relentlessly until it crumbles. And when it crumbles, we are told that it crumbled because of the system it was, not because of the outside forces that wouldn’t allow it to exist.
By Sahir Dhalla4 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Kamala Harris..
There were 15,0000 people who are not US Citizens expecting law enforcement officers who are charged with protecting the border, to go get them Burger King. This country is not "You can have it your way." These people are a danger to Americans, they could easily be cartel members, terrorists, carrying COVID and your response is to attack the officers appointed to secure the border. If 15,000 people were walking down the street where you live who were not US Citizens, who are not required to vaccinated, who wanted you to personally cater to them I am guessing you would call the Secret Service and demand they be prevented from living on your front porch. Maybe we need to move them to your house. If you will not deal with the situation to protect the citizens of this country they can move in with you and your family. You can sponsor 15,000 people who are trying to invade our country, provide for all their needs- clothing, food, medicine, child care, housing and have people who you have no way to know what they are going to do be your personal responsibility. That is what you are asking the American public to do. To take care of and coddle 15,000 people who could be carrying a disease you are forcing us to be vaccinated against, essentially trapped while you refuse to do anything but telegovern.
By Justice for All4 years ago in The Swamp
Corporations are not your friend. (Despite what they post on social media.)
Our new woke corporate overlords love to talk about human rights, and voting rights, and rights this and rights that, but for some reason their words ring hollow. Perhaps it’s because it feels like they are pandering to an activist class in the United States that is completely blind to the plight of the world, which by the way is not getting better about any rights. (Australia certainly doesn’t have a right to protest as seen below.)
By Farah Thompson4 years ago in The Swamp
A new democracy
A new democracy. The future of democratic governance A suggestion to start a debate Whilst the basic outline, suggested here, has been drawn up in Britain, it could be transferred to any and every nation on Earth. May be change the names given to institutions such as “parliament.” but the basic concepts will still apply.
By Peter Rose4 years ago in The Swamp
"BELONGING"
Here we are again, folx - reunited once more! Combating racial and cultural inequities in whatever manner we are able, attempting to craft a more just and illuminated world for future generations to thrive in. I am grateful to be on this journey with you; I'm equally grateful that you are continuing to seek further learning in this regard, and seek to take in more of Matthew Reynolds' prose on EDIA, Justice & Liberation...
By Orion Bradshaw4 years ago in The Swamp
How We're Being Failed (part 2)
In part one I talked about how law enforcement is failing us, now I’ll talk about how our government is failing us. There are so many things in our government that is broken, and this has been getting worse for decades. The question is how? How are the people who are supposed to look after our country, who are supposed to make laws to help everyone, not just the wealthy, have the heart (or lack of) to let things get so bad and unfair for the working class?
By Robert Kegel4 years ago in The Swamp
The Chinese Empire Is Doomed To Go The Way of The American Empire
On the 30th of August 2021, Major General Donahue became the last serving American soldier to leave Afghanistan. The image which has now gone viral several times over around the world, is being seen rightly or wrongly as the symbol of the irreversible decline of the American empire, the moment at which, the United States ceded its position as the world's police man to the People's Republic of China.
By Adebayo Adeniran4 years ago in The Swamp
Covid - One Man’s Opinion
Sure, let’s jump in. COVID Vaccines. If you look up ‘divisive’ in the dictionary there’s a big ol’ picture of Pfizer (there probably isn’t, actually, but you get the point). And not just divisive but passionately so. The closest I can equate this with in my life is the AIDS crisis of the ‘80s. I know people who have lost friends over the whole situation.
By Lloyd Farley4 years ago in The Swamp
