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STEPHEN COLBERT, on a Christian pastor’s claim that by supporting marriage equality, President Obama is “contradict(ing) the Jesus that he says he follows,” on The Colbert Report (via inothernews)

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If you’ve been on the internet in the last two days, you may be aware that many people aren’t too happy about North Carolina voters’ decision to approve a constitutional amendment that strengthens the state’s existing ban on gay marriage. And true to internet form, that sentiment resulted in plenty of memes, quotes, tweets, and GIFs.  

Above is one form of expression we see all too often: the old image comparison, juxtaposing how it was then to how it is now and dismissing all the time in between as irrelevant. Then. Now. Bad. Still bad.

These particular photos compare a decades-old protest against interracial marriages at the North Carolina state capitol with a days-old demonstration (I assume, anyway; one problem with these image mashups is that you lose the information about each photo) against same-sex ones in the same spot. But the general theme is not new: Every time a case of social injustice bubbles up in the internet age, we find ourselves making these comparisons. Comb the archives of news sites, then attach that archived image to the contemporary one. The message is one of two things: Either things are wildly different—worse, that is—than they used to be, or they are just as terrible as they were. In either situation, the underlying point is the same: We really fucked up, and it’s simple to see how and why.

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Seriously.

dearcoquette:

You keep bringing up the mantra fuck the police. I agree that the police can and do abuse their power and that reform should be an ongoing and continuous process. I also agree that the police are forced to enforce unjust laws that have led to an overcrowded and unsustainable prison system….

Rahm Emanuel (Chicago Sun-Times)

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theatlantic:

And (another!) literary map of the United States. [Literary Gift Company]

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theatlantic:

A Lost Decade For Young Workers

Whether they were college grads or just out of high school, wages for entry-level American workers fell between 2000 and 2011, according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute.

The left-leaning think tank has dubbed the aughts a “lost decade” for young workers, and it’s a fairly apt description. College-educated men and women entering the workforce saw their inflation-adjusted earnings fall 5.2 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively. Wages slumped 8 percent for high school-educated men, and 3.1 percent for women.

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Isaac Asimov

FUCK THE PATRIARCHY!

tumblinfeminist:

FOOL PROOF SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION TIPS.

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Left-handed facts and statistics

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motherjones:

Who’s using birth control? Oh, right, almost every single woman in America.

barackobama:

270 to 270.

newsweek:

spytap:

Not one. And if the only argument you have is that your specific religion disapproves, well, that’s not really an argument at all; at least not in this country.

Truth.