controversies

It seems every time one racially-charged incident ends, a gender or religious controversy takes its place; Ruminate on the issues dividing our nation and world.

Proud to Be Latina?
My name is Martha, I am full Mexicana, and I have never been proud of my ethnicity. Allow me to start from the very beginning. Martha is my given birthname, a classic Mexican name usually pronounced “Marta”, also shared by millions of others. It’s basically the Ashley or Sarah of Mexican names.
By Martha Q9 years ago in The Swamp
Trump Rant Backfires Among Athletes
So. As President Trump tries, yet again, to ram through legislation that will effectively kill Obamacare and leave thousands without appropriate and affordable health care, he's now turning his attention to one of the most critical issues facing the United States today.
By Christina St-Jean9 years ago in The Swamp
Conservatives vs Social Policy
Despite continuing criticism and skepticism from many members of the community, the Lethbridge safe injection site is expected to open in 2018. The decision was finalized after almost a year of discussion among executive community members and a six month needs assessment. A total of nine community information sessions were held which has garnered a lot of support. It is critical to note, however, that significant backlash is still being heard from prominent voices in southern Alberta. While they are unlikely to have a major impact at the present time, Vancouver’s history makes it clear that opposition can lead to time consuming and expensive court cases.
By Sorcha DeHeer9 years ago in The Swamp
How About We Don't Be Fascists
Hello Rebel, and welcome back to my life. So, a lot of real life stuff has been going on, and I needed a couple of more weeks off to get back to regular video making. What’s happened while I’ve been away?
By Garrett Robinson9 years ago in The Swamp
The Great Convolution: Who Really Caused the Worst Act of War on US Soil?
September 11, 2001 will always exist as one of the deadliest days in this troubled nation's abborent history. Any American-based person who was old enough remember exactly what they were doing at the time on that fateful Tuesday morning. The who, what, where, when, or how-based elements of truth were not immediately clear. The obvious reality, however, unfolded in apocolyptic fashion as the American way of life, as it was experienced before would never be the same.
By Victor Trammell9 years ago in The Swamp
Political Correctness
Political Correctness. In today's hotbed of divisive political views, bigotry, and hate, this term has come up a lot but, what is political correctness? How does it divide our society? What do we need to be careful of?
By Tyra Lindsay9 years ago in The Swamp
Have People Really Had Enough Of Experts?
Michael Gove is often misquoted as having said that “people have had enough of experts”, although some commentators have dug out the actual quote and presented it in its original context, which makes a nice change:
By Katy Preen9 years ago in The Swamp
The Modern Society is Truly Appalling
Society has started a downfall since the beginning of the millennium. So many new rules people made that makes no human innocent. Assume the wrong gender? You're a terrible person. Wear a dot on your forehead? That's "cultural appropriation," and you are going to hell. All of these annoying, unnecessary rules are ruining society. BLM, feminism, and all these other groups have their good side and their terrible side. The two impacting points that are destroying part of our society is racism and sexism.
By Adam T.9 years ago in The Swamp
First, They Came for Robert E. Lee
I mean, let’s be fair, didn’t the old general choose the Confederacy because his loyalty was to Virginia before America? There’s a lot to be said for regionalisation but I don’t want to go there this time. And didn’t he go on to say that he would free all the slaves if he could prevent war? Maybe that’s splitting hairs. Lee and the South did a very bad thing so we must remove all bad things from the past disturb or offend us, right?
By Richard Winnington9 years ago in The Swamp
Charlottesville 'Rally' Turned Riot
One dead and 19 injured during a white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12th 2017. The protest was directed towards the removal of confederate monument in the city centre, where the "Unite the Right" group feel pride towards their confederate heritage and the counter-protesters feel, that as liberals, they should leave Virginia's confederate past behind them. A car ran into a crowd of counter-protesters after clashes occurred between the two groups.
By Charlemagne Griffin - Anker9 years ago in The Swamp
Where Did Antifa Come From?
Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you are probably now familiar with the term, "Antifa," but are not too sure what it represents. In a nutshell, it is an abbreviated form of "anti-fascists" and is at the heart of the violent protests plaguing America. Antifa was there at Charlottesville, VA, in Phoenix, AZ, for the Trump rally, at the desecration of several Civil War monuments, and more recently at the heart of the violent Berkeley, CA protests. These were ugly hostile environments the police had difficulty controlling.
By Tim Bryce9 years ago in The Swamp
Freelance Reporters as Mercenaries
"A knight must encounter his fate, whether it meet him in the shape of sword or flame." – Walter Scott, from Ivanhoe Introduction
By Clandestine Reporters Working Group9 years ago in The Swamp