"These words can permeate violence."

Christian group sues for right to burn gay teen novel. These are the sort of minds we are dealing with:

"The word 'faggot' is very derogatory and slanderous to all males," the suit continues. "Using the word 'Nigger' is dangerously offensive, disrespectful to all people. These words can permeate violence." The suit also claims that the book "constitutes a hate crime, and that it degrades the community".

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Amanda Marcotte on crazed fetus fans.

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Hey, guys, we got out of the Depression

The Chicago Tribune: proud that it hasn't learned anything since 1934.

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Frederik Pohl remembers the Rosenberg case.

What's not to like?

Trekfic/Critical Theory

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