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    The Fox News Way

    AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, fox news, sean hannity, propaganda, right wing, strom thurmond, dixiecrats, southern strategy, trent lott, segregation, republican party, mitch mcconnell, mainstream media, liberal bias, conservatism, liberalism, double standards, rush limbaugh, gay rights, chick-fil-a, bigotry, president obama, democratic party, bill clinton, democracy, authoritarianism, theocracy, big business, states rights, angry left, propaganda, news judgment, joseph pulitzer, conservative movement, plato, noble lie, southern conservatives, ku klux klan, civil rights act of 1964, al gore

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    • 79 Ratings
    • 5689 Views
    • 90 Comments
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    The Power of the Apology

    AUGUST 8, 2012 9:18AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: ali macgraw, love story, white supremacist, interracial marriage, mothers and daughters, bigotry, racism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3579 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Free Speech No Free Pass From Truth or Consequences

    JULY 31, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, religious right, republican party, chick-fil-a, free speech, gay marriage, dan cathy, mayor tom menino, public opinion, fairness doctrine, mike huckabee, christian right, focus on the family, founding fathers, first amendment, constitution, fact versus opinion, democracy, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty, fox news, msnbc, ann coulter, communism, treason, marketplace of ideas, boston globe, bigotry, president obama, paranoia, science, gender discrimination, gun control, hunger, justice clarence thomas, liberalism, conservatism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1795 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    My Transgender Stepson Is Not a "Clown"

    JULY 19, 2012 12:08PM

    By Gayle Saks-Rodriguez


    Topics: transgender, bigotry, parenting, gay/lesbian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1740 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage

    MAY 20, 2012 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, family, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, william saletan, same-sex marriage, proposition 8, prop 8, president barack obama, politics, ohio, obama, national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp, marriage, lgbt, lesbians, jesse jackson, human rights, hope, homophobia, hiv, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay community, fourteenth amendment, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, civil rights, change, california, black homophobia, black homophobes, black community, bigots, bigotry, benjamin todd jealous, barack obama, al sharpton, aids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4287 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The Tram Lady and the 9/11 Panhandler

    DECEMBER 7, 2011 3:56PM

    By Deborah Méndez Wilson


    Topics: over crowding, crowding, over population, denver, colorado, in-migration, hypocrisy, cross-cultural misunderstandings, panhandling, immigration, sun sets on the british empire, human diasporas, nationalism, emotional terrorism, terrorism, xenophobia, hatred, bigotry, racism, london tram lady, 911

    • Editor's Pick
    • 51 Ratings
    • 1853 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Sense of the father

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 10:53AM

    By Matt Paust


    Topics: fathers, sons, bigotry, liberalism, attention deficit disorder, dysfunction, reworked old post

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2402 Views
    • 112 Comments
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    Paladino: Not Only a Fool, A Disgrace to the Italian Ethic

    OCTOBER 15, 2010 10:08AM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: paladino, cuomo, italo, italian-american, godfather, stereotyping, bigotry, fascist, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2096 Views
    • 107 Comments
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    Gay Suicide _ I Chose Life!

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 11:08PM

    By SpiritManSF


    Topics: gay suicide, open call, bullies, bigotry, gay/lesbian, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2197 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Something to Remember: September 15, 1963

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 4:07AM

    By Dr. Susanne Freeborn


    Topics: addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole robertson, cynthia wesley, open+call, civil rights movement, violence, bigotry, the cost of hatred

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 7955 Views
    • 84 Comments
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    What Sort of Freak Are You?

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 12:50PM

    By Cap'n Parrotdead


    Topics: ignorance and sugar., bigotry, folks high on god, hoarders and other mentally ill people, counters and arrangers, doubters and sinners, checkers, washers, drinkers, drug users

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 4947 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Anti-Semitism Continues to Poison the NJ Suburbs

    NOVEMBER 24, 2009 8:37AM

    By Andy Wolfenson


    Topics: synagogue, swastika, jews, anti-semitism, bigotry, politics, news, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 3231 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Yes, MSNBC. There Are Racists in the GOP

    APRIL 23, 2009 4:15PM

    By James Boyce and Max Bernstein


    Topics: racism, bigotry, gop, immigration

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 2142 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Progressive Radio Host Goes Racist on Sanjay Gupta

    JANUARY 6, 2009 5:25PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: south asian americans, talk radio, air america, air america radio, politics, news, racism, bigotry, dr. sanjay gupta, sanjay gupta, johnny wendell, ktla, progressive radio, indian americans, pakistani american, asian americans, surgeon general, health care, health policy, medicine, medical policy, health, science, television, media, radio

    • Editor's Pick
    • 47 Ratings
    • 5022 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    my life as a lesbian, at 13

    JUNE 29, 2009 11:20AM

    By doloresflores_d


    Topics: proposition 8, jerry falwell, bigotry, gay teens, school bullying

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2880 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Lesson of the Four Chaplains, 1943

    OCTOBER 20, 2008 4:59PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, belief and religion, world war two, usat dorchester, u.s. army, sarah palin, religion and politics, religion, racism, purple heart, presidential election, presidential campaign, president of the united states, palin, obama biden, obama, muslims, muslim americans, mccain-palin, mccain, kareem rashad sultan khan, john p.washington, john mccain, heroes, glark v. poling, george l. fox, gen. colin powell, fox barker communications, fox barker, four chaplains, elections, democracy, cpl. kareem rashad sultan khan, colin powell, colin l. powell, chaplains, bronze star, bigotry, barack obama, arlington national cemetery, alexander d. goode

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