Ms. Palin, you wanted to be a celebrity. Now welcome to what celebrities, everywhere, put up with. You’re not special. Get over it.
The problem with always being “pro state’s rights” and “pro individual freedoms” is that sometimes, you blatantly ignore the protections put into place by the United States Constitution, which protects the few “discrete and insular” minorities from willful and wanton discrimination of the majority.
Yes. The majority. The “majority of Americans” that the Tea Party gleefully talk about. The majority that opposes “Obamacare” and supports Arizona’s immigration law.
Protections are put into place because sometimes individuals and states take advantage of their individual freedoms and states’ rights, and do things that are downright illegal.
The federal government is not always bad. It can enforce anti-discrimination measures to protect the rights of the few from the tyranny of the majority.
This now seems “the Washington way” of doing things. If the party in power tells us they have to pass bills in order to find out what’s actually in them, they can also criticize bills (and divide the country with ensuing rhetoric) without actually reading them.
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| — | sarah palin, the least literate ‘political figure’ and the loins that birthed the death panel rumor, is very upset that people have said they did not read the arizona immigration bill. (via stfuteabaggers) |
The retarded-leaning news strikes again!
Morgan Elizabeth Woolard was put on the spot with a question regarding Arizona’s new immigration law. She couldn’t bikini-walk her way out of this one. Folks could seemingly hear her heart physically breaking as she began to answer, likely knowing that it could cost her the crown. It was then that I found myself asking: when did beauty pageants become so partisan?
Hey, Fox. Newsflash: Miss USA is an employee of Donald Trump. He can employ whoever the heck he wants. Get over it.
Also, why can’t you just accept the fact that MAAAAYBE Rima Fakih was just a wee bit more talented… just a wee bit more pretty… just a wee bit more, GOD FORBID, different that selecting her to be Miss USA could bring something positive to the table? OMG. An Arab-American who isn’t a terrorist? Who saw THAT ONE coming?
I’m so over the pretty blonde girl being called a “victim” because she has conservative viewpoints. Get over it.
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Sir Ian McKellen addresses gay rights rally
both my grandfathers already died, so sometimes I pretend Sir Ian McKellen is my grampa.
This man is so fantastic.
Hey woah I just realised this happened in my city :S Why am I never in the city for these things? Goddamn I always miss all the awesome :(.
I want that shirt!
“Some people are gay! Get over it!” This message of tolerance brought to you by Sir Ian McKellen.
Pretty brilliant commentary by high school junior Elizabeth Kapnick regarding the Highland Park girls’ basketball team controversy…
My school is largely composed of upper-middle-class Caucasians, with a significant Latino population. Thus, when Assistant Superintendent Suzan Hebson refers to “safety” as one of the factors that led to the school board’s decision, she is referring to the large number of students who might be at risk traveling to Arizona for the tournament, according to a new law which says that anyone even suspected of being an illegal immigrant can now be asked to show their papers.
Although the tournament is optional, District 113 (my community’s school system) values the inclusion and protection of ALL students. So if the school board had approved the trip, it would have automatically discouraged some students at my school from trying out for the basketball team. Since the varsity tryouts are not held until fall, a large number of Latino students who feel uncomfortable or at risk under the new law might not try out, knowing the team would be going to Arizona. Furthermore, the long-term implications of allowing such a trip might be interpreted as a political statement in favor of the law, a message that would alienate a larger number of students at the school.
The idea that a field trip — albeit one out of state — and the cookies the team sold to get there are everybody’s main concern, rather than the very controversial bill that could indirectly impact the lives of some of their classmates, is deeply disturbing. I know the team sold cookies. I know they are disappointed. But there will be other tournaments, and the stakes are simply too high.
Sure, I agree that canceling the trip isn’t an ideal solution, but it is the lesser of two evils. Our women’s basketball team represents District 113, a district that does not support any action that would ever result in the ineligibility of some of its students to participate on a sports team solely based on their ethnicity. While those who oppose the school board’s decision do not necessarily support SB 1070 (the immigration bill recently adopted by the state of Arizona and currently dividing the nation), their selfish complaints provide support for continued exclusion and maintenance of the status quo.
I wish, moving forward, that the basketball team, my city and my country would respect this decision and look past the supposed team rights being violated, to see the larger picture of the human and national rights at risk.
