This discussion of Obama’s lack of popularity in the South, and the role that race plays, touches on two points that are commonly overlooked in our public discourse. The first, which can’t be repeated enough, is that racism is not an all or nothing proposition. The subtle (and even many not so subtle) influences of [...]
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I Refuse To Take Your Tea Party Seriously
February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Politics
I am so sick of hearing about this allegedly awesome tea party. Time Magazine has just published a longish article on the subject of Why The Tea Party Matters, thus demonstrating that a) the general consensus is the tea party does not matter; b) to the extent it may matter, it takes three long internet page-jumps to [...]
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