At age 63, I’ve never before seen such media venom being directed toward any individual as is being spewed toward this boy. I’m not talking about what appears on Twitter, nor what people say whom reporters interview; I’m talking about the conduct of the reporters themselves, much of which has been utterly irresponsible. Continue reading Nick Sandmann
Category Archives: National media
Free speech issues, etc.
Twitter …
African issues, etc.
I really want to see Shaun King pay a snitch $100K.
To his credit, it looks like he just may:
Houston wins praise for handling of girl’s drive-by shooting
“I shoulda had somebody crack your head open.”
I was abused at McDonald’s.
On the one hand, I’ve kept silent about this for four years, lest my coming forward constitute retaliation; I don’t believe in retaliation. On the other hand, with almost daily news reports about fast food workers abusing customers and the police being called, I would be remiss if I don’t share my story also.
I have screen shots of my diary from the days in question. I also have the original pertinent e-mails from McDonald’s.
Bottom line: Will you, or will you not, get on with life?
Continue reading “I shoulda had somebody crack your head open.”
No humane death penalty, and other news
The Ph.D. and her pettiness
As long as you’re complaining
— about ANY THING —
you’re not doing what you can.
As remarked recently, I am almost never verbally insulted for being homeless.
The insults that do come are events at the clothes window, in the shower room at the shelter.
“Don’t blame college kids for intolerance. Blame us.”
Don’t blame college kids for intolerance. Blame us.
One gets the impression from Matt Bai’s article that closed-mindedness is something new.
I think first of a quotation from Jeff Snyder, from 1993:
Continue reading “Don’t blame college kids for intolerance. Blame us.”
Fareed Zakaria
BK keeps the TV tuned to CNN.
On Sundays, Fareed Zakaria’s GPS comes on when I’m there in the mornings before church, and is rebroadcast when I’m there in the afternoons after church.
His voice makes me feel anxious. Continue reading Fareed Zakaria
