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Another biblical irony: Evangelicals invented the “cancel culture” they claim to hate

Another biblical irony: Evangelicals invented the “cancel culture” they claim to hate

Posted by | May 21, 2021

Every day I see Christians lamenting the “Cancel Culture,” yet claiming whenever they face accountability for their words or their conduct or for the policies or politicians they support, that they are being systematically silenced. This is irony of biblical proportions. The Evangelical Church in America doesn’t hate cancel culture, it invented it. Ask LGBTQ human beings, who have been continually bullied into silence by pastors and youth leaders: who are berated and marginalized and excluded from spiritual community if they speak their truest truth or desire to marry the person they love or want to serve in ministry....

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Pro-Cancel Culture: Right-wing ideology has always tried to ostracize people for the views it despises

Pro-Cancel Culture: Right-wing ideology has always tried to ostracize people for the views it despises

Posted by | May 21, 2021

“It’s official: the Republican party is more devoted to a one-term, twice impeached con man than they are to the truth and protecting our democracy. Truth shouldn’t be political. Those who speak uncomfortable truths should be heard, not pushed to silence. Every step along the way, Republicans have had a chance to steer their party in a better direction. Instead, they chose the politically expedient route. None of this has to do with how best to serve our country or how to benefit our neighbors. It isn’t policy based or even ideologically driven. It is simply a die-hard devotion...

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Today’s Jim Crow America: When a political party abandons democracy to “save” the nation

Today’s Jim Crow America: When a political party abandons democracy to “save” the nation

Posted by | May 18, 2021

As expected, the House Republicans elected Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Trump’s choice for conference chair, to replace Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY). This means that the four top House Republican leaders — Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Stefanik, and Policy Committee Chair Gary Palmer (R-AL) — all voted to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory after the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Stefanik thanked “President Trump for his support,” saying “he is a critical part of our Republican team.” She went on to say that “House Republicans are united in our fight to save our country from...

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From Redcoats to Redhats: Oligarchs prevail when the core function of a democratic republic is suppressed

From Redcoats to Redhats: Oligarchs prevail when the core function of a democratic republic is suppressed

Posted by | May 18, 2021

The Republican party has now introduced over 300 pieces of legislation designed to make it more difficult for American citizens to participate in the process of selecting their representatives, the core function of a democratic republic. They’ve also proposed or passed numerous laws criminalizing protest and dissent, primary American values written into the First Amendment, and given a “get out of jail free” card to people who kill protesters. Today’s Republican party does not believe in democracy or the core idea on which this nation was founded: “That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their...

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Israel has its own “Black Lives Matter” reckoning as Palestinian minority protests against Anti-Arab Racism

Israel has its own “Black Lives Matter” reckoning as Palestinian minority protests against Anti-Arab Racism

Posted by | May 16, 2021

By James L. Gelvin, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also surprising to those who thought the 2020 Abraham Accords and subsequent agreements to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan would place the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians permanently on the backburner. As someone who has been writing and teaching about the Middle East for more than 30 years, I had no such illusions. The reason for this is that...

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CDC announces that masks are no longer required indoors or outside for fully vaccinated people

CDC announces that masks are no longer required indoors or outside for fully vaccinated people

Posted by | May 15, 2021 |

Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear a mask in most situations, indoors and outdoors, federal health officials said in an updated set of recommendations on May 13 that marks a major turning point in the pandemic. The announcement is a shift from earlier federal guidance, which had urged people who are vaccinated to continue wearing a face mask when indoors with anyone not vaccinated or when in large-group settings. With a larger share of Americans vaccinated and a growing stack of studies confirming the vaccines’ effectiveness, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease...

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