Regular readers will know I am pretty much against generalisations – “all generalisations are false” being one of my favourite aphorisms - other than those that are supportable by the obvious empirical evidence, such as “The Republican Party have selected a bunch of vicious right wingers and idiots for people to choose from in 2012 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘racism’
Radical American Muslims are not terribly prevalent. Or competent, for that matter. And nor is the burka. So what?
Posted: February 16, 2012 in Political musings, Popular Culture et al, ReligionTags: Ainger awards, burka, burqua, Charles Kurzman, David Kossoff, Der Ewige Jude, Homeland Security, immigration, Islam in the United States, Islamic terrorism, Jews, Muslim, politics, public speaking, racism, refugees, Republican Party, Terrorism, The Wandering Jew, United States
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As Catholic leaders accuse Gingrich and Santorum of “ugly racial stereotyping”, a few words on the TRUTH about American welfare.
Posted: January 27, 2012 in Political musings, Popular Culture et al, ReligionTags: America, American elections, Catholics attack Republican candidates, Gingrich, Obama, politics, racism, Santorum, sex, teenage pregnancy, US Presidential Election, US welfare statistics
As a bunch of prominent Roman Catholics call on their fellow conservatives in the Republican candidate ranks to stop criticising welfare payments in a racist manner, a quick wander around the internet reveals the truth about who gets what from the American welfare pie. The Myth: People on welfare are usually black, teenage mothers who [...]
When the mother-lode of Western democracy debates the nature of freedom, we should all pay attention.
Posted: January 13, 2012 in Political musings, Popular Culture et al, ReligionTags: Alan Beith, Cranmer, democracy, freedom of speech, government, His Grace, insults, Old Holborn, poltics, racial vilification, racism, Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, United Kingdom
As British blogger Cranmer (aka His Grace) discusses here http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-must-be-free-to-insult-our-neighbour.html, Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 outlaws ‘threatening, abusive or insulting’ words or behaviour if they are likely to cause ‘harassment, alarm or distress’. The matter is also discussed by civil freedoms campaigner Old Holborn here: http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2012/01/pay-attention-your-last-chance.html Whatever you think of His Grace’s [...]
