Tag: violence
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Waiting For Black Jesus
So much to unpack in this image. So terribly, terribly much. First off, Jonathan Bachman deserves a Pulitzer for this. I understand right place, right time, perfect timing on the shutter, but this is an iconic photo. Iesha Evans stands like a perfect statue of peace, eyes closed against the oncoming wave, arms crossed in…
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Terrorists Strike on American Soil
Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for making a hoax bomb. That’s the official reason for his arrest. But that’s not why he was arrested. The why of why he was arrested is a little more complicated, but it boils down pretty succinctly to bigotry, xenophobia, and terrorism. Let’s get a few things straight, this wasn’t a…
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Is it safe to come out now?
Back just before the election (October 26th, to be exact), one of my favorite political cartoonists, Matt Bors, published this cartoon: Matt was running a Kickstarter to raise money for an upcoming book at the time, and one of the donors, someone he considered a friend, retracted his $250 donation and cut off contact over…
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Knowing the unknowable
A friend of a friend on Facebook said “It’s an unexplainable and senseless act of violence” in regards to yet another massacre. I really detest that sentiment. My response was this: No, it is explainable. We just don’t have the explanation in front of us. Saying that it’s unexplainable means we’re washing our hands of…