I write the occasional entry on maintaining the distinctions between words. You can find them under the tag http://trinker.dreamwidth.org/tag/you%27re+grammer+sux+eggs or http ( Read more... )

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...must be spring. Or a month ending in "-nth".

This round, with an added dash of comparing Rapture-believers to gays and black people, and suggesting that mockery of the former is equivalent to using slurs to refer to the latter.

Um.

Moving on,
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So Satoshi Kanazawa managed to grab headlines again with an egregiously offensive bit of pseudo-science. (I don't know if it's possible anymore for evolutionary psychology to represent any credible positions, as everytime I turn around it's being used to bolster bigotry as biological inevitability.) I'm not going to link to the article, as ( Read more... )

Seen in other places online ( Read more... )

Recently, I saw another repetition of the "oh, those racist white southerners!" trope ( Read more... )

'If a Black person calls you on saying something offensive, say, "I'm sorry ( Read more... )

kittydesade and
adsartha have created a new community, wiresandlights to gather information about union-busting and other topics of class-warfare in the U.S., inspired by the recent protests in Wisconsin, and other related issues nationwide. They're looking for help, too - especially someone for the West Coast/Western states, although more help in other regions is welcome.

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Just noticed a little juxtaposition, and as is often the case with these things, I noticed how many other places it applies ( Read more... )

It's hard to imagine anybody not enjoying "Up." Really, it's the most perfect examples of true all-ages entertainment since Rocky and Bullwinkle. Put it on your queue. Watch the first 8 minutes. If you aren't hooked at that point, you don't need to watch the rest. But chances are you will be.
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