#moralmajority

[wardschumaker]

Falwell-Reparations-Poolboy, 23″ x 35″ acrylic and collage elements on paper, 2109, Ward Schumaker

[amirocks]

#currentlyplaying🎧 #moralmajority #youthbrigade #fuckdonaldtrump #VOTE (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBqqSClFcuU/?igshid=kojo10tboyc5

[tat2luvgirl]

#pos #moralmajority? #wrong #uronmyshitlist

[dragoni]

Epstein’s “Lolita Express” took friends and clients to ‘”Pedophile Island”  #ChildRape #ChildSexTrafficking

U.S. prosecutors on Monday encouraged anyone with information about Epstein’s conduct to come forward, not just potential victims. To the socialites, celebrities and politicians who attended lavish parties at Epstein’s homes in Manhattan or Palm Beach in the early 2000s -- or hitched rides on his private jet nicknamed the “Lolita Express” by the tabloids -- the request carried a clear message: Come talk to us before we seek you out.

“You would much rather be visiting the Department of Justice and engaging a conversation about what you saw rather than making the DoJ find you,” said Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor now at Dickinson-Wright. “There’s a much greater potential for influencing the parameters of an interview and the scope of cooperation by going in voluntarily than becoming a compulsory guest” of the government, he said.

Jeffrey Epstein’s Rolodex: A Guide to His Famous Friends and Acquaintances, New York Magazine

Republicans #MoralMajority  #GOPLies

Donald Trump  #KatieJohnson  #TrumpEpsteinRapists

Tom Barrack

Kenneth Starr

Bill Barr

Alan Dershowitz

Mort Zuckerman

Lawrence A. Summers

Democrats

Bill Clinton

Woody Allen

Harvey Weinstein

[milesdemos667]

Modern Indulgences- Trump and the Religious Right.

Modern Indulgences- Trump and the Religious Right.

At the Family Research Council’s recent Values Voter Summit, the religious right declared itself for Trump, with great enthusiasm and thunderous applause. Trump went on one of his rants about saying Merry Christmas, and the crowd went wild.

This is a travesty, and a hard to understand one. This president is the antithesis of every religion’s value systems, all of which emphasize right living and…

[kurtthomashauswirth]

America Is Waiting 😬 #americaiswaiting #davidbyrne #brianeno #mylifeinthebushofghosts #songlyrics #2017sofar #unrest #solidarity #moralmajority

[marcstradamus707]

Pretty much speaks for itself! #cancelculture the new #moralmajority is running unchecked, let’s at least abolish something that truly needs it! #

[streamsmith]

Fair or Foul Trouble?

Unless you were living under a rock for the past two weeks, you probably are familiar with the Donald Sterling imbroglio, where the Clippers owner and real-estate mogul voiced a set of outdated, racist comments on tape, angered a vast swathe of the nation, and has been summarily ousted from his franchise. The rallying cry of voices across the nation and the swift justice brought upon Mr. Sterling were heartening in the context of moral and social progress. The process by which we achieved those results, however, is a bit troubling.

First of all, the media and institutions such as the NAACP completely dropped the ball in terms of highlighting the more important violations committed by Mr. Sterling. Sterling's personal beliefs, however odious, are not necessarily punishable by law (even if they were penalized in this case). His business actions are. Sadly, the media devoted none of the scrutiny it used in the past few weeks to showcase Sterling's practices of institutionalized racism (e.g., discriminatory rental policies). Instead, publications such as the LA Times left unresolved the glaring conflict between stories involving lawsuits / substantial accusations of racism with the full-page, propaganda-looking ads Sterling purchased to proselytize his monetary "support" of minorities. One of the primary beneficiaries of his largesse was the NAACP, which failed not only to further publicize Mr. Sterling's violations, but also to turn down his questionably-motivated donations. Ironically, the group charged with championing the cause of colored people was complicit in supporting a man who was privately and publicly opposed to its raison d'etre (I remain astounded that the NAACP was about to present Mr. Sterling with his second lifetime achievement award).

Furthermore, I find it disheartening that the age of instant news / punditry has made people that much quicker to jump to conclusions and to shame others. Case in point: when asked to comment on the incident, basketball legend Michael Jordan initially declined to make any statement. Twittersphere blew up with individuals who pilloried MJ's refusal to come out with his moral guns blazing, when in fact, he should have been applauded for taking the time to collect his thoughts and ensure they were appropriately nuanced before making a public statement, especially with the evidence surrounding the situation in flux.

The mob mentality that accompanied this incident reminds me of the Trayvon Martin case. While both Donald Sterling and George Zimmerman are clearly in the wrong, there was an overriding desire to exact retribution as soon as possible. I totally get that. Moral progress can be frustratingly slow and seemingly impeded by institutions, rules, and processes that comprise the status quo. But at the same time, there are certain rules (e.g., due process) that are instituted for the very purpose of preventing snap judgments from affecting fairness.

The moral majority will continue to push for a morally satisfying, but ultimately double-edged, solution to these controversies. In the Trayvon Martin case, removing the rights of the defendant can be very negative for the very people that the moral majority seeks to defend (i.e., minorities are often the defendants in homicide cases). In Sterling's situation, punishing individuals on the basis of potentially private conversations could be the precedent for suppressing minority opinions, which is paradoxically how many morally progressive movements originate. Our right to differ, as long as it does not interfere with the freedom of others, underpins coexistence in a free and diverse society.

The imperative to respect the processes that have served us over the past centuries is not motivated by expediency, but by fairness and stability. Thus, short-cutting these processes could prove to be less of a slam-dunk and more of a turnover.

[epitaphrecords]

One time, i went to school wearing a Bad Religion crossbuster shirt, i felt so proud that i had offended them so much they demanded me to take it off.