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In reply to the discussion: Our Dumb Democracy: Why the United States of Stupid Still Reins Supreme [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)29. Art, education, debate, news? Where?
It's there. You have to look for it in the vast wasteland.
And the positive roles of minorities play a huge role in changing attitudes toward them and equality.
Religion doesn't deliver any of this.... even if it expresses it.
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xchrom
Jan 2013
OP
No coincidence that we're all called "products" of the school system either
The2ndWheel
Jan 2013
#11
TV is more inclusive than religions, but both are rooted in fantasy and this nation has
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#17
Including minorities in a fantasy is better than excluding them, but doesn't alter the
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#27
Nice post, xchrom. Love this excerpt: “Stop Illeagles.” Yup, gotta hate it when eagles get ill.
pampango
Jan 2013
#3
The sign says what it says because it is angry white men who are proposing to create
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#34