June, 2020 archive
Slippage 0
I’m a Southern boy.
I grew up under Jim Crow, went to segregated schools, and used segregated facilities for functions that are common to all human beings.
I know from my own experience that the N-word doesn’t “just slip out.”
It’s either part of how you think, or it isn’t.
Yes, It Can Happen Here
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Thom is not optimistic.
Monumental Reasoning 0
The Roanoke Times’s editorial board channels Isaac Newton’s third law of motion. A snippet (emphasis added):
For some Virginians, this is a disorienting moment, to the say the least. State Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield County, and a candidate for governor next year, took to Facebook to say: “Let’s be honest, there is an overt effort here to erase all white history.” This would be laughable if she didn’t mean it so seriously.
Taking down a statue is not “erasing” history. It’s re-appraising whether we’re honoring the right people from our history.
Stray Question 0
Really now, just who are the “sheeple” in this scenario?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Share your politeness in private moments.
Another man in the restroom suffered what is being called a “non-life threatening” injury and was transported to the Watauga Medical Center.
The Rotting Orchard 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Steven Buckley writes of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. This passage left out at me:
Follow the link for the complete article.
Profane Processional 0
And AL.com’s political cartoonist, J. D. Crowe, asks and answers a question (follow the link for his cartoon):
This Isn’t Kosher 0
This fellow is in a bit of a pickle.
I’m sure he feels the doors Clausen in. No doubt he will complain that he got a raw dill.
“Where’s Waldo?” 0
At Above the Law, Elizabeth Dye notes that Donald Trump seems confused about a lot of things as to where he maintains his legal domicile.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
(snip)
(Riverside Police spokesman Officer Ryan–ed.) Railsback said the firearm was being handled by the woman’s husband, who is also the father of the girl, when it went off in the second floor of the home. The round went through the floor and hit the pair, who were on the first floor.