Combating Bigotry & Hate
May 11, 2021
On Hollis Jane Andrews’ Anti-Scientology Discrimination
It never ceases to amaze me that some grown adults starve so much for attention that they stoop to grade-school-level gossip...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
May 11, 2021
Why Hate Is Hate: One Woman’s 15 Minutes of Fame
At this point, I know I shouldn’t be surprised. But every time it happens, I am. Someone degrades my religion for clickbait.
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
May 6, 2021
Where the Hate Is Coming From
A few bigoted individuals have used the pandemic as an excuse to spread hate against Asian Americans. By the same illogic...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
May 4, 2021
CounterPunch Deals the Gateway Drug to Bigotry
Reducing hundreds of thousands of sincere individuals to a sneering allusion at the end of a snide put-down is not journalism,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 23, 2021
Jeffrey Augustine: Anatomy of an Internet Bigot
Just as criminologists have developed profiles of common traits for individuals like serial killers, mass murderers, terrorists,...
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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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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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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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Religious Freedom
January 16, 2021
On Religious Freedom Day, Let’s Honor Each Other’s Beliefs
This day reminds us that the right to believe in what we choose is an inherent human right. Whether you’re a Christian,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 27, 2020
Anti-Semitism and the Miss France Beauty Pageant
The “religion” of bigotry—for, make no mistake: it requires a hefty heap of faith to ignore logic and the evidence of...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 9, 2020
Justice: A Lesson I’ve Learned in Scientology
No one deserves that. Yet the world is full of such conflicts. What can we do about it? Personal justice starts with each...
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Media & Ethics
November 12, 2020
Understanding or Bigotry—the Truth or the Lie
Have you ever noticed that when someone has entirely mastered a skill or subject they are usually very calm, unemotional and...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
October 23, 2020
The UN Deserves Better Than Arielle Silverstein
Working for the United Nations is an honor. The UN’s core values reflect a desire for a better, safer, freer society for...
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Media & Ethics
October 15, 2020
Hillary Kelly Should Maybe Talk To Someone
Possibly there should have been a separate back entrance to the Whole Foods, labeled “Scientologists Only.” Possibly,...
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Media & Ethics
September 28, 2020
Andy Marlette Proves Bigotry Still Has a Platform, Even in 2020
It never ceases to amaze me that stupidity and arrogance so often go hand in hand, or in Pensacola News Journal columnist...
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Media & Ethics
September 25, 2020
“But She’s a Scientologist”—Antireligious Bigotry on Slashfilm.com
I read an article recently on Slashfilm.com about a friend of mine, a lovely and talented actress who, in her spare time,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
September 22, 2020
“Educated” Hate—Like That of NY Times’ Amanda Hess
Yes, chatty little “everyone-knows” assertions can develop into virulent violent acts of rage with the turn of a page,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
September 7, 2020
Get With It, America—a Teenager’s Appeal for Religious Tolerance
With everything going on in the world right now, it is time to change. It is time to stop condoning discrimination of any...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
August 13, 2020
Disney: It’s Time to Pull the Plug on A&E
The loss in viewership, attributed to A&E’s cancellation of its police show, Live PD, exposed a suppurating inoperable tumor...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
August 1, 2020
Flipping the Bigots
When he awoke the following morning, #JewishPrivilege was again trending on Twitter, but not because of the anti-Semites who...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 22, 2020
Bigotry: Nothing Funny About That
If someone were to make a list of the top 10 least funny things, “bigotry” would undoubtedly make the cut. There’s very...
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