When, if ever, does natural law justify vigilantism?
If the FBI doesn't investigate and properly help prosecute the egregious widespread voting fraud in Ohio in the 2004 presidential election, would citizens be justified by natural law or something else...
View ArticleToby Keith must atone
A few days ago I saw Toby Keith on the Colbert Report. I had been cool to him since his feud with the Dixie Chicks in 2003, but didn't feel he was anything more than a rabid Republican blowhard trying...
View ArticleClearwater headlines are wack.
"Here's how Gov. Sarah Palin's Clearwater visit unfolded" "Palin goes on the attack in Clearwater" "Palin Wows 'Em In Clearwater" "Palin rally brings 20000 to Clearwater" I'm starting to feel fearful.
View ArticleA Distant Mirror: The Dangers of Veiled Rhetoric
Over the past week and a half, the message of the McCain/ Palin campaign has sharply turned from issue-oriented to questioning the patriotism and character of Barack Obama. It seems with each waking...
View ArticleZimmerman's Physical Fact Challenge
There are many things about the story presented by George Zimmerman to explain his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin that simply don't add up. For me the worst part is his claim of where he was and...
View Article"Hoodie Politics: Trayvon Martin and Racist Violence in Post-Racial America,"...
(Author’s Note: This news analysis by author and educator Dr. Henry A. Giroux, currently the lead story at the Truth-Out blog, is being reprinted in its entirety with the written permission* of Dr....
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Top Comments (04-02-2012): The Culture of Cruelty
TOP COMMENTS The first order of business is a Big Welcome and Thanks for popping into Top Comments tonight to share these great comments, the Picture Quilt and Top Mojo from yesterday. Top Comments...
View ArticleClearing Trayvon Martin’s Name. What the New Evidence Actually Says
I am frustrated by the recent media representation of Trayvon Martin shooting. All I hear about is how Zimmerman was beaten and how Trayvon Martin had marijuana in his system. I will address these two...
View ArticleThe American Culture of Violence: On Vigilantism, James E. Holmes, and Louis...
This morning, on my Facebook page, there were a number of people calling for just shooting James E. Holmes without a trial, because he was caught with the gun in his hand and there were dozens of...
View ArticleRetaliation attacks on Muslims by various cowards.
That's right. The Atlantic Wire has a summary here (4/19/13), describing the following incidents:1. A Bengladeshi software engineer was attacked at an Applebee's in the Bronx by three or four men...
View ArticleWhy is Fang Zhouzi the evilest individual on the Internet
Fang Zhouzi, a convicted libeler, had posted death threats against a judge on his website, publicized his opponents'phone number and address, supplied the Court with a fake address, among other things....
View ArticleAre Vigilantes The Real Threat To Our Kids?
There’s been a lot said about the George Zimmerman trial and most people know where they stand on the case so rehashing all that here would be pointless. An issue related to the Zimmerman trial that...
View ArticleSaturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. CCCXCI: Stealing From A Thief Edition
Towards the end of the 2nd scene of Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold, the prologue in the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, this dialogue occurs among Wotan, the king of the gods, and Loge, the...
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Getting Away with Murder - Unintended Consequences of Florida's...
"Stand Your Ground [law in Florida] essentially makes it legal to shoot one's way out of any situation that feels threatening..."We are going ahead with our coverage of Stand Your Ground laws.United...
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Report on Stand Your Ground Laws Highlights Racial Disparities
This diary is part one of a primer series for those who are beginning to think seriously about "Stand Your Ground" laws. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that a Senate hearing on so-called "stand...
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Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones on Despotism, "There is more freedom in...
You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes. -Mother Jones```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Wednesday July...
View Article"She said, 'Don’t shoot me, I’m pregnant…' and I shot her anyway"
Even if you have never had something stolen or your house broken into, many of can imagine the anger and fear you would feel, the sense of invasion. Our home is our castle, a safe haven from the crazy...
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Ferguson police beat a man and then charged him with 'destruction of...
Ferguson, Missouri police once wrongly arrested a man, beat him, then charged him with destruction of property. What property? His blood got on the uniforms of the four officers involved in his...
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Gun Culture and Xenophobia: Don't Get Caught in the Middle
Researchers Descended Upon by Second Amendment Border Vigilantes
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Mob Justice can be pretty ugly
I'm not a Batman fan. I've never been a Batman fan, not completely. Batman has always struck me as a product of necessity, but not one we'd need in a world where justice was served properly. He can...
View ArticleWisconsin Lawmaker Calls for Citizen Executioners
In a press release Monday, Wisconsin State Representative Bob Gannon (R-Slinger) called upon Wisconsin citizens to execute one another via firearm.Not a joke, not an off-the-cuff remark, but a formal...
View ArticleHow Much More Can We Stand Of This?
… way too much acrimony between people and nowhere near enough willingness to sit down, shut up and listen to the adults in the room - and that’s just on this site alone, no less what the rest of what...
View ArticleBaton Rouge/Dallas vigilantism: The violence that violence produces
Yet another instance of violence “despicable” violence in the US and yet another round of handwringing but if we are honest this can’t really be a surprise to anyone. We live in a violent nation,...
View ArticleNew North Dakota bill would allow drivers to hit protestors with their cars
North Dakota lawmaker Republican Keith Kempenich believes he has a solution to massive protests. Allow regular citizens the legal right to run over protestors!A bill sponsored by state Rep. Keith...
View ArticleThe myth of ‘a good guy with a gun’ relies upon people believing the worst...
As the country deals with continuing controversies over gun-related violence, racial divisions tied to police actions, and bigotry against members of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities,...
View ArticleWe warned you. We warned the country. Hillary warned all of us. It's past...
Love my grandsons. The three of them are constant gifts I am utterly thankful for. That doesnt mean there have not been times when I quietly yearned for a granddaughter. Even had a secret name picked...
View ArticleWelcome to the Christofascist Red States of America.
So, here we are. With vigilantism officially sanctioned by the second most populous state in the country. This is just the beginning. But think about it: are they gonna do a pregnancy test for...
View ArticleGet the Car Keys
We are increasingly a nation at the mercy of the few. Minority rule has been crafted by those whose will to power knows no bounds. They have lied, cheated, gerrymandered, bribed and tricked...
View ArticleThe GOP Now Stands For Trolls, Vigilantes & Death
The Rittenhouse verdict sent a shudder through America as terrorists and vigilantes celebrated: one rightwinger called for wholesale slaughter of Democrats saying on Telegram, “The left won’t stop...
View ArticlePre-Meditated Self Defense Shootings?
There will probably be more vigilantes following in Kyle’s footsteps.
View ArticleLibertarians, Barack Obama, and Poor Ahmaud Arbery.
The three white men who were convicted of killing 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery two years ago in Brunswick, Georgia, were sentenced to life in prison today. I remember Libertarians going...
View ArticleNo, vigilante militias are not authorized by the Constitution, and Congress...
Over the past three decades, so-called “citizen militias” have managed to gradually insinuate themselves within the American mainstream, alongside the extremist “Patriot” movement from which they...
View ArticleAbbott's vow to pardon Daniel Perry shows 'the GOP is now the party of...
Editor’s Note: This story’s headline has been changed. Daniel Perry shot and killed Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster after accelerating his car into a protest in Austin, Texas, in the summer...
View ArticleWhy are so many people failing Jordan Neely?
I’d been taking notes this week on the several instances now of various crimes committed against homeless persons in the last six months or so. (I don’t claim to have a complete compendium–I was just...
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