Back in the time before the time before the time before now, we used to have a chant. It would name some courageous, creative, fighter for justice and then urge that we Live Like Her, Live Like Him. In that time, in the next time, in the next time, up until now, would any serious committed activist for racial, gender,[Read More...]
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The Politics of Kneeling: A Tribute to Colin Kaepernick
My sister Emma Redmond is my guest this week. We started off the first hour by discussing the rise of involuntary celibates, commonly known as incels. We talked about their belief system and world view, as well as their insular community online. Emma and I addressed incels intense misogyny and vilification of the “Stacys” and “Beckys” of the world. Later we touched on Jordan Peterson and our theory that he is an incel that made it out of the community. We also talked about the disturbing trend of suicide within the incel community.
Killed off characters, sacrificial advertising and Lana cancels Israel + this day in history w/rage against the video awards and our song of the day by Ty Segall on your Morning Monarchy for September 7, 2018.
Tucker Carlson, says it's a 'real problem' when the most successful people in a society scorn the very society that made them successful. The executives at Nike deny that Kaepernick's kneeling during the anthem is scorn for the United States. [...]
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) Like clockwork, conservatives are burning Nike products they purchased with their own hard earned money in order to protest what they view as disrespect toward their fragile symbols of American patriotism. They’ve done it with NFL jerseys during athletes’ widespread kneeling during the national anthem and with Keurig machines after the coffee maker company pulled its ads […]
(ZHE) — Since announcing their new advertising campaign will be led by Colin Kaepernick, the social media backlash has dominated the virtue-signaling efforts we presume they hoped for. With images of Nike apparel and footwear being burned and real sacrifice being discussed, it appears investors are growing disillusioned as NFL fans as Nike shares are down over 3% in the pre-market. […]
(CD) — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a league-wide protest that has spanned two seasons since he first kneeled down before a game to protest racial violence and police killings in 2016, was awarded Amnesty International’s highest honor on Saturday. Presented at a ceremony in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Saturday, the secretary general of the human […]
