controversies
It seems every time one racially-charged incident ends, a gender or religious controversy takes its place; Ruminate on the issues dividing our nation and world.
Have Liberals in Europe Gone too Far
According to my sources, the Slovenian government has taken the position and is flatly denying any involvement to oust Zdenka Badovinac All signs to the contrary when on a cold morning in late December last year, Badovinac walked out of the office she had occupied for 27 years. The departure of Badovinac, who had been curator and director of the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana since 1993, left colleagues in the European cultural sector shocked, but not surprised.
"DEAR GOD...WHEN WILL YOU SEND THE PROMISED $1400?
President Joe Biden is forging ahead with his plan to provide $1.9 trillion in additional coronavirus pandemic relief. One bit of aid for individuals — $1,400 stimulus checks — could be subject to further negotiation.
The 2020 Mi’k maq Lobster Dispute & Indigenous Food Sovereignty
During the 2020 Mi’kmaq Lobster Dispute in Nova Scotia Canada, we saw an altercation between angry non-Indigenous fisherman and the self-regulated Indigenous fisherman of Nova Scotia. This dispute over sharing the local resources started centuries ago when Europeans first told the local Indigenous peoples that they had to restrain their hunting and fishing. In 1999, the Mi’kmaq won the right to self-regulate fishing (Slaughter, 2021), which frustrated the local non-Indigenous fishermen who were subject to Canadian overfishing restrictions. It is important to note that Indian self-government was abolished by the Canadian government, and traditionally it was Indigenous Elders that would tell an overzealous hunter or fisherman to knock it off. Traditional Indigenous hunting and fishing goes way back before modern Canadian regulations and Indigenous people do not feel that they have to answer to European-imposed restrictions.
Monique SabrinaPublished 3 years ago in The SwampDesperate Times Call For Desperate Measures
Today's realities are filled with desperate times. Desperate times for millions the world over. For they are the ones who can't escape the oppressive realities of their existence. Their meager means have afforded them no luxuries or respite from the daily struggle to survive has only continued. The taskmasters of societies are continually subjugating more into a realm of reality far removed from their hopes and dreams. Their weathered faces, tattered clothes, and sunken eyes are all too familiar images that are splashed across TV screens are sights that show just how exposed our failures are in bringing any kind of balance into our society.
Dr. WilliamsPublished 3 years ago in The Swamp“Pay” Attention
On January 6, 2021, insurgents stormed the Capital. This is not new news. This is a fact. But what we are now learning about in the aftermath, is of the groups and the people that we may personally know or know of that were behind it. And how it was funded. This did not happen over night and most of these rioters did not have the means to leave their jobs mid-week, get an airline ticket last minute, pay for food and lodging, all on their own. Do you honestly think this money didn’t originate somewhere first?
Meg LagaresPublished 3 years ago in The SwampBe Careful What You Fish For.
I see that the fishermen (shouldn't that be fisherpeople these days?) are moaning that they can't make any money selling their fish in Europe now.
No Laughing Matter: Taking Populism Seriously
The January 6th storming of the White House marked a turning point in the American political sphere. All of the US’s most prescient crises came into full relief and the inadequacy of our own government to protect itself from an attempted coup, one that began at the top with Donald Trump and trickled down through his allies to his followers, became startingly apparent. Irony seemed to rule the day. Complacency from the police seemed to confirm the police system’s complicity with America’s right populist movement, yet this clashed with the insurrectionist’s disparaging cries against the police when they started to respond to their rioting with force. In a moment of extreme dissonance, there appeared to be brief contact between the right and the BLM protests that they actively vilified and from which they gleaned (accurately) that the police were on their side. This inconsistency revealed to Trump supporters what the left has been saying all this time—the police serve the state and not the people.
Darrin GonzalesPublished 3 years ago in The SwampFree Speech Protections Do Not Mean You Can't Be Banned from Social Media Accounts
I've been seeing a lot of people posting on social media about alleged violations of their First Amendment rights. "You can't force me to wear a mask. It's a violation of my first amendment rights!"
False Prophets desired election to be overturned so their fake predictions would come to pass
In the aftermath of the Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, there are Trump supporters who have been left bewildered. CNN interviewed several members of Qanon who said they expected a different outcome and were not sure what was next for them. There is also uncertainty within the Evangelical community because a number of trusted leaders assured their followers that Divine revelation assured them Donald Trump would have four more years in the White House. Now it has been revealed that some of these spiritual leaders and their followers wanted the election overturned so they could say the prophesies were correct.
Cheryl E PrestonPublished 3 years ago in The SwampWhere Do We Go From Here?
The last four years have been one hell of a ride. We have all watched, some of us in disbelief, as the President continuously lied until the lies became truth. But he didn’t do it alone. As George Orwell famously said, “A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices”.
My Response to the Killing of George Floyd
I was angery and I was sick with worry about what was going on in the country around the time that George Floyd was killed. I had emersed myself into social media at the detriment of my sanity. I did not want to see the video for fear of my own rage. I was afraid of what I would do, of what I would feel. A couple of weeks later I was reading a testimony of a bystander and there was a link. A little blue “here” link at the end of the sentence and I pushed it, and all of a sudden I was watching the murder of George Floyd. I know the word was that he was a criminal or that he was a bad person. I tried to rationalize it in my head to take race out of it, but now I am watching the brashness of the officer and the cries for help. and now I am angery. I am in rage, and I don’t know what to do. The following is what flowed out of me after watching that video.
Alfonso JaimesPublished 3 years ago in The SwampNHS Vaccination Cards
Written By: Leon Zadok - January 21, 2021 After months of hiding away and dodging one another in an attempt to avoid contagion, the coronavirus vaccine will, undoubtedly, bring much peace of mind to many. Now we see the light at the end of the tunnel.
SNROCINUTAFPublished 3 years ago in The Swamp