Category Archives: Culture
Virtue and the Moral Fall of Civilization
Civilizations fall rapidly due to an inescapable catastrophe. Water sources dry up. A powerful empire invades. Civilizations fall slowly due to a moral catastrophe. A moral catastrophe is not a failure of arms or food. It’s a failure of the … Continue reading
Social Justice Activists Treat Each Other Like Crap
Some SJW’s express discomfort at being pigeonholed by the social justice activist community into the sub-species of social justice pigeon hole into which they allowed themselves (if we’re honest) to be stuffed. Put another way, people who thought that “coming out” … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Progressives, Snowflakes
Tagged Culture, Hate, Progressives, Social Justice
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Conservatives of color frustrated by ‘white supremacist’ label after Charlottesville
You don’t have to be white to be accused of being a white supremacist, as some of those caught up in the rush to denounce racists and fascists in the wake of Charlottesville can attest. Take Shiva Ayyadurai and Daniel Alejandro Medina. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged Daniel Alejandro Medina, Free Speech Boston, People of Color, Shiva Ayyadurai, White Supremacy
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Family wants local district to pay for private school tuition
I think they should ask Colin Kaepernick to pay for it. The State Board of Education has sent an appeal from a Boscawen family seeking a private school tuition reimbursement from their local school district back to the state Department … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, Merrimack Valley High School, national anthem, Samuel Alicea
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Civil War re-enactors and the complexity of the Confederate statue debate
Speaking this weekend in Hillsboro at the 19th century-themed Living History Event, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant refused to criticize the statue memorializing Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Yet the general also refused to tolerate racism during Reconstruction, when bigots tried … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Culture
Tagged Civil War, Confederacy, Reenactors, Statues
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Antifa ‘trying to tear down America’
“Once you start rewriting history of African-Americans in this country, you have to start rewriting history of discrimination against many, many other groups,” Dershowitz, who is an opinion contributor to The Hill, said Tuesday on “Fox & Friends.” “Look, we’re both … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Culture, Progressives
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, America, Antifa, The Hill
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Shannon McGinley and Gabrielle Jette Tackle the Transgender Issue
Guest hosts Shannon McGinley and Gabrielle Jette of Cornerstone Policy Research opened up this morning’s show by talking about yesterday’s solar eclipse. They then tackled the transgender issue, speaking about a proposed change in Medicaid funding, rising suicide rates and more. | More… | GAL
Ed Naile: Oh, What A Tangled Community Organizer Web We Have Woven
Kristin Szakos is the Charlottesville City Councilman who came up with the peachy idea of taking down the Confederate statue – in her town. Yippie, we got our community organized all right – or should I say, alt-left. | More… … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, GraniteGrok
Tagged Charlottesville, Confederate, Ed Naile, Kristin Szakos, Statue
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Maine Gov. LePage: Removing Confederate statues like losing 9/11 memorial
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Taking down statues of Confederate figures is “just like” removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks, Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday, adding that the white nationalist and far-left protesters in Charlottesville over the weekend … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 