Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 31, 2021
Reflections on International Day Against Racism
The world recently celebrated United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and I wanted...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 31, 2021
The Dangers of Bias: Why “Murder Among the Mormons” Should Worry Us All
Netflix’s recent three-part documentary, Murder Among the Mormons, is just the latest in a long line of mainstream media...
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Media & Ethics
March 30, 2021
The Sun’s Crusade to Eclipse the Truth
Witness, too, The Sun’s decades-long campaign against ethnic migrants and minorities in general and Muslims in particular....
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Religious Freedom
March 30, 2021
Thomas Jefferson and the Freedom to Believe
As a 7th grader, I visited the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., where there is a quote in huge letters around the inner...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 29, 2021
Christianity Is Not Responsible for the Acts of One Insane Man
It’s human nature to want to understand things. Our relentless curiosity is what drives us forward as individuals and as...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 29, 2021
Is Diversity Finally Coming to the TV Academy?
In early March, the TV Academy hired a consulting firm, ostensibly to address issues of equality head-on. Under the banner...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 26, 2021
I’m a Scientologist. I’m a humanitarian. The bigotry has got to stop.
I remember when I first became aware many years ago that there was a Wikipedia entry about me. It seemed, back in the burgeoning...
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Religious Literacy
March 25, 2021
In a World Dominated by Stereotype, MPAC Celebrates Muslim Authenticity
What I saw was a recognition of the best kind of inclusion: a collection of movies, TV shows, and press coverage where Muslims...
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Religious Literacy
March 23, 2021
Muslim Representation in Media: Is Three Dimensions Too Much to Ask?
The Muslim Public Affairs Council Hollywood Bureau held its media awards ceremony on March 20. It was a straightforward affair,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 20, 2021
Salon’s Nicole Karlis Glamorizes Violent, Abusive Practice, Victimizing Minorities
If you disagree with someone’s political, philosophical or religious beliefs, according to Karlis and her sources, you have...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 19, 2021
Distractify’s Mustafa Gatollari Spreads Disinformation
Just as bullies only pick on people whom it seems safe to bully, bigots only practice bigotry on minority groups—the ones...
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Media & Ethics
March 18, 2021
The Daily Beast’s Campaign Against Truth and Honest Journalism
The Daily Beast at first proclaimed its innocence, then temporized with an editorial, then tardily edited out the identifying...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 16, 2021
“Murder Among the Mormons” Spoiler Alert: It Wasn’t the Mormons
It’s tempting as a filmmaker to go for the low-hanging fruit—to play on people’s fears of the “out” group and reinforce...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 15, 2021
Remembering New Zealand—How We Can Make Hope Out of Tragedy
The vast majority of people in the world are good. They have their hopes and dreams. They have family and friends whom they...
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Scientology Religion
March 13, 2021
The Essence of Religion: L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday, and His Gift
Though I grew up Catholic, I’ve been into many churches of different types and one thing I’ve always noticed is the same...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 12, 2021
A Prayer for Tabloid Hatemonger Emma Parry
May you come to see the people you write about as actual flesh-and-blood beings, with goals, feelings, failings and emotions...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 11, 2021
Fashion and Bigotry Clash in Article by Vogue’s Hamish Bowles
Fashion journalist Hamish Bowles and I were both born in the capital city of the beautiful Albion and have since set down...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 11, 2021
How Bigotry & Wild Horses Can Both Get Someone Hurt
I grew up around horses. My family raised them, cared for them, rode them, bred them, trained them, bought and sold them....
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 10, 2021
The Very Definition of Prejudice
Here’s how it shakes out: Really nice, friendly, intelligent, helpful, communicative people: 34. The people I was afraid...
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Religious Literacy
March 7, 2021
Religious Illiteracy From “Religion Guy” Richard Ostling
In a recent post on Patheos.com, Richard Ostling, who goes by “the religion guy,” starts by speaking sympathetically of...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 2, 2021
Tarpley Hitt & Daily Beast: Only Bottom-Feeders, After All
Ms. Hitt is building a reputation as a writer who refuses to let the truth get in the way of a titillating story—even if...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 25, 2021
Making Sense of Hate—Why People Don’t Understand You
Whether you knew you were doing it or not, in that explosive conversation you were employing an ancient mode of reasoning...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 24, 2021
How Cicely Tyson Raised the Bar for Us All
Her life paralleled nearly a century of “givens” in terms of limited opportunities for women, specifically Black women...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 23, 2021
Black History Month Marks the Anniversary of “The Birth of a Nation”: Hatred Written With Lightning
It was hailed as “the world’s mightiest spectacle,” “the eighth wonder of the world,” and “history written with...
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Media & Ethics
February 17, 2021
The Looper’s Patrick Phillips Tells Us What’s “OK” to Hate
Let’s assume that Phillips wouldn’t say about Jerry Seinfeld that the director of his latest comedy special is excited...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
February 16, 2021
AJ McLean & Kyle Sandilands—Media “Brainwashing” Claims Two More Victims
The tabloid media regularly employs an old tried-and-true technique upon the public known as the “seed of doubt.” It is...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 12, 2021
The Different Shades of White Supremacy
It can be comforting and comfortable to share the same private snickers and public derisions as one’s friends about everything...
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