Category: Social Sciences
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Traditionalism, Nationalism, Falun Gong, Shen Yun
This is interesting. I recently had to deal with somebody who really hates Falun Gong, so it’s on my mind. I had to try and get him to chill out, because it was affecting our outreach effort.
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Height Discrimination
I’ve started to research height discrimination for a friend, because he told me he’s facing it while seeking employment. I had a hard time believing him, at first. Though I know it exists, I didn’t comprehend how pervasive it…
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Anti-Vaccine Mandate “Debate” Goes Weird Real Quick
I thought this was going to be a little trolling, but it got weird.
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Brainwashing
I’m watching this video. It’s interesting. The video is about Pavlov and coercive persuasion, in prisoner of war camps, and in cults. I wonder how much brainwashing happens to American people who somehow get associated with a wartime enemy.…
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Text of Vladimir Putin’s Speech on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, and Text of Zilensky’s Address to the Russian People (all Translated to English)
Copied from The Print India: Citizens of Russia, friends, I consider it necessary today to speak again about the tragic events in Donbass and the key aspects of ensuring the security of Russia. I will begin with what I…
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Links About the Insanity Plea and Housing
Safety Walks wrote an opinion piece about a recent killing, where an unhoused person with mental illness pushed a woman, Michell Go, in front of a subway train, killing her. He turned himself in. The news stories noted, repeatedly,…
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Beach Cities IMC
I was in a South Bay group and got a message about a cop there who painted swastikas on cars, and it reminded me of “Beach Cities IMC”. This was a fake Indymedia site that posted a lot of…
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What Are You Shooting For? by Roberto Rubalcava et. al. 1993
This mural no longer exists. I thought it was one of the best ones in Los Angeles, because it was so postmodern, but also specific to its location and time. I didn’t realize, until I did research, that it…