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Author Archives: Callen Harty
On Dying and Living
Let’s start with the basics. You need death to come into your life to know about mortality. Once you accept your own mortality, then you understand you are dying. And with the knowledge of your own movement toward your final … Continue reading
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Tagged ability, adventures, alcoholism, alive, anxious, assured, being, bills, brother, cancer, car wrecks, childhood sexual abuse, choice, colon cancer, create, creation, crochet, death, deathbed, depression, dollars, Dr. Garland, dust, emotions, energy, escape, everlasting, existence, experience, father, fear, fearless, feel, gift, grandparents, grave, hate, heart attack, Heaven, here and now, human, illnesses, immortal, joy, life, light, living, llife, love, memories, meningitis, mentor, millionaire, miracle, moment, mortality, mother, mumps, negative, nutrients, old, plane, postive, realization, regrets, reincarnated, scared, scarlet fever, sleep, suicide, survivor, television, things, think, thriving, time, toddler, tomorrow, transforms, universe, vacation, Vietnam, wealth, weekend, wheelchairs, will to live
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The Time to Act is Now
On Wednesday, an electronic traffic sign in Orlando, Florida was tampered with and the electronic message was changed to read “Kill All Gays.” This is America today. This is what Florida Governor (and soon-to-be Presidential candidate) Ron DeSantis and other … Continue reading
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Tagged African American community, agenda, allies, America, anti-LGBT laws, city councils, civil rights, closet, Congress, conservative, county governments, death, equal rights, fascist, fight, Florida, gays, haters, immigrants, laws, liberty, minority communities, Orlando, power, Pride events, progress, radical right-wingers, rights, Ron DeSantis, school boards, statehouses, Supreme Court, Tampa, violence, woen
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The New Wild West
Wow, Texas. Such progress. A bill just passed out of committee in Texas because two of seven Republicans either have a conscience or decided that right after another mass shooting in their state they didn’t want to risk losing votes … Continue reading
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Tagged assault style weapons, dystopian landscape, firearms, fredom, Governor Abbott, gun control, happiness, hunting rifles, Legislature, Liberty University, life cycles, mass shooting, NRA, pistol, protection, protective order, Republicans, right to bear arms, rights, Second Amendment, Senate, Texas, thoughts and prayers, veto, votes
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All Decorum is Gone
This is bullshit, Tennessee, and everyone knows it. Your actions on Thursday exposed the fact that there is no such thing as decorum anymore. You did not expel Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the legislature because they broke the … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, African Americans, backlash, black, bribery, citizenship, decorum, Donald Trump, draconian laws, equal protection, exuplsions, gerrymandered, Gloria Johnson, guns, inappropriate sexual interactions, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Legislature, liberal, maintaining power, misogyny, Nashville, political retribution, politicians, portest, power, racism, right-wing neo-fascist agenda, Ron DeSantis, Sarah Huckabee, Second Amendment, self-interest, statehouse, Tennessee, Tennessee Three, threats to democracy, white, woman
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The Little Bloody Schoolhouse
The earliest recorded school shooting in American history was at the University of Virginia in November of 1840. A law professor was shot and killed by a student. The first incident in which more than one person was killed by … Continue reading
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Tagged call, Charles Whitman, clock tower, cowards, gunfire, guns, Harord City, hellscape, March, petition, sanity, school, school shooting, shootings, sniper, South Pasadena, students, teachers, thoughts and prayers, University of Texas, University of Virginia, vote, write
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Trans Position
Every day, every single day, a different right-wing politician introduces yet another bill in yet another state (or federally) that will in some way take away the rights or dignity of transgender people and make life harder for a group … Continue reading
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Tagged abusers, allyship, authentic, Christ, Christian, Dignity, drag, drag queens, electorate, empathy, legislation, love, minorities, peace, politician, pride, rhetoric, right-wing, rights, sons, trans, transgender, tyranny
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Club Q
(edited to reflect new information; 11/21/22) Once again, my people have been attacked. Several members of the queer community were shot and killed at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado late Saturday night. On Sunday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, news … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Jack Gaither, Christians, closet, Club Q, Colorado, Colorado Springs, common sense gun laws, Constitution, Dignity, equality, fear, gay, Harvey Milk, hate, hatred, leaders, LGBT, Matthew Shepard, out, politicians, Pulse Nightclub, queer, rights, safe spaces, transgender, United States, violence
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In Defense of Joe Biden (and America)
Joe Biden is not the most exciting, dynamic politician we have ever seen, but his heart is in the right place. He believes in the Constitution and he believes in the promise of America, even though he rightfully acknowledges that … Continue reading
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The Self-Made Conservative Warrior
Tim Michels, the Republican candidate for governor after winning the primary last night, has had some of the most obnoxious and irritating ads of the campaign season (unless you’re a far right-wing ideologue who loves far right-wing talking points and … Continue reading
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Microsoft Microaggression
Lately I have been working on editing some essays, which I do in Microsoft Word. It is set to give me spelling and grammar hints, which I often ignore because the grammar hints are many times wrong. The Microsoft Editor … Continue reading
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