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The Problem with Monuments
Today is the traditional Columbus Day holiday, which in many places is now being celebrated as Indigenous People’s Day or Native American Day, among other names. For years, Christopher Columbus was celebrated as the person who “discovered” America. The reality … Continue reading
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Tagged African-Americans, America, anti-Semitic, art, Atlantic, Baghdad, Bahamas, beliefs, Berlin Wall, Budapest, Central America, Charles Lindbergh, Christopher Columbus, citizens, civil war, coach, colonization, Columbus Day, Confederate leaders, Congress, diseases, enslavement, Eurocentric, fascist, flaws, founding fathers, future genrations, George Floyd, George Washington, government, heroes, history, holiday, honoring, human, Hungarian Revolution, ideals, Indigenous People's Day, insurrection, Iraqi history, Joe Paterno, leaders, legacy, majority, minority, modern standards, monuments, morals, nation, Native American Day, Native Americans, nature, NCAA, North America, pedestals, police brutality, politics, power, Presidents, protests, representation, revolution, Saddam Hussein, settlement, sexual abuse, slaveowners, slavery, South America, Stalin, statues, taxation, Thomas Jefferson, union, United States, voting, white male landowners, women
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On Statues, Flags, and Heritage
Statues that honor secessionists who rebelled against our country are coming down in cities around the country and it is well past time for it. The soldiers honored with these statues were men who fought to defend slavery. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Hitler, African-American, alligators, ancestors, Battle of Bad Axe, Black Hawk War, bluegrass, Cajun culture, California, Charlottesville, civil rights, civil war, collard greens, Confederacy, Confederate battle flag, country music, Dan White, Democratic national convention, Dixieland jazz, freedom, gold rush, great-great-grandfather, Harper Lee, Harry Truman, Indian, Irish heritage, Jew, Logan Strother, Michiganders, minority, Native American, Native Americans, Oliver Cromwell, oppressed, peanuts, pecan pie, pride, queer, racist, Republican party, Robert. E. Lee, secessionists, slavery, South, Southern heritage, Southern hospitality, Spanish moss, Spencer Piston, states' rights, statues, Stonewall Jackson, Strom Thurmond, sweet tea, symbols, Tennessee Williams, Thomas Ogorzale, Unite the Right, Washington Post, white, white power, William Faulkner, Wisconsin legislature, Wisconsinites
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Wisconsin Justice
Inexperienced, unqualified, bigoted, highly partisan, and beholden to rich supporters. This is Wisconsin justice in 2016. As a gay man, as a citizen of this once-great state, as a person whose family has lived here since 1827, I am so far beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, AIDS, anti-Democrat, anti-women, Camille Paglia, conservative Governor Scott Walker, Constitutuion, contraception, corporate shill, discrimination, faggot, gay, gay rights, Holocaust, homophobic, Joanne Kloppenburg, jurist, Justice Patrick Crook, lesbian, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, non-partisan, pedophiles, personhood, precedent, queer, rape, Rebecca Bradley, right-wing, sexual abuse, slavery, suicide, victim blaming, Willie Horton, Wisconsin Club for Growth, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Wisconsin Justice, Wisconsin Right to Life, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Some Thoughts on Tony Robinson
Last night I stood in the middle of a street and cried for a young man I never knew. The tears were for Tony Robinson, a 19-year old unarmed African-American who was shot and killed by police officer Matt Kenny … Continue reading
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Tagged abolition, African-American, Broom Street Theater, class, friend, Jim Crow laws, love, Madison Wisconsin, Matt Kenny, Milwaukee, officer-involved shooting, President, race, racism, retribution, slavery, Tony Robinson, vigil, Voting Rights Act, Williamson Street, Willy Street
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A Single Bluebird 