Liberal in Polk

Awake Polk  highlights why the Florida redistricting is not working for Polk County.  

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We’ve got a fantastic MLK gallery on Framework.

Photo: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta, lead a march in Georgia. Credit: Associated Press

That’s US Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) rocking the v-neck on the far right.

(Source: Los Angeles Times, via stfuconservatives)

cartoonpolitics:

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” ~  (attributed to Winston Churchill and, in various forms, to others)

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(Source: weirdette, via stfuconservatives)

"I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing there, some African-American woman goes up to a police officer and says, ‘I need to get in. My daughter’s there. I want to know if she’s OK.’ And he said, ‘Move on, lady.’ And they kept pushing with their sticks, pushing back. And she was crying. And all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he throws her to the ground and starts hitting her in the head,” says Smith. “I walk over, and I say, ‘Look, cuff her if she’s done something, but you don’t need to do that.’ And he said, ‘Lady, do you want to get arrested?’ And I said, ‘Do you see my hat? I’m here as a legal observer.’ He said, ‘You want to get arrested?’ And he pushed me up against the wall."

Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)

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crankyskirt:

“Ann Skank”: Trivializing and Sexualizing the Holocaust for Halloween [Sociological Images]

At the intersection of the trivializing of horrific violence aimed at ethnic/religious groups and the pornification of American culture, comes this “Ann Skank” costume[…] Yes that is, indeed, a woman dressed up like Anne Frank, the Jewish child who hid from the Nazis for two years, only to be discovered and moved to a concentration camp where she died from Typhus.  Her companions are dressed up like Nazi soldiers.  The Halloween revelers who made the choice to sexualize and laugh at this 15-year-old victim of the holocaust are graduate students in the Creative Writing program at Florida State University.

All three of them can go straight to hell. Do not pass go; do not collect $200.

I hope their names get blown up on the Internetz soon so that people recognize these FSU pieces of shit and render their yet-unearned MFAs completely worthless for getting any jobs. Shitheads.

I hope they realize the internet never forgets…forget about job offers, friends, respect and start looking forward to side eyes and maybe an asswhipping or four.

Oh for the fuck of shit. You couldn’t come up with anything more original?

I mean, there are PLENTY of costume ideas that don’t revolve around one of the most tragic events to ever happen on Earth. Go fuck yourselves.

Also, spread this like wildfire, so their future employers can see this.

This is so wrong, I can’t even put it into words.

you pricks

Sexualizing 15 year olds is apparently good old fun times in these peoples minds I guess.

New low.

This is really disgusting!