Tag Archives: Classism
Florida Gov Rick Scott refuses to pee in a cup
TweetRick Scott, the unpopular Florida Gov who recently signed a law requiring welfare recipients to submit to a drug test before receiving their benefits, got a taste of his own medicine yesterday when The Daily Show‘s Aasif Mandvi confronted him at a press conference and demanded a urine sample. It’s good joke–and it could even [...]
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Triple threat: Stuart Taylor Jr. proves to be racist, sexist, and classist in one lazy DSK argument
TweetTheatlantic.com has just published a piece by Stuart Taylor Jr., a Contributing Editor for The National Journal, in which he attempts to argue that the DSK charges should be dropped, and in the process, reveals himself to be a lazy thinker of the most arrogant, out-of-touch ilk and a grade A misogynist to boot. In [...]
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Woman convicted of vehicular homicide for crossing the street to get home from bus stop
TweetSome news stories just make you lose all faith in humanity. According to the office of Cobb County prosecutor Barry Morgan, Nelson – who had no car at the time – committed vehicular homicide by attempting to cross a five-lane highway with her three kids to get to her apartment, after being let off the [...]
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