In the wake of this year’s Presidential election, a number of people have circulated a plan to wear safety pins on a jacket or shirt. The idea is to show that the wearer doesn’t support bigotry, racism, homophobia, misogyny, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigrant rhetoric, violence, or policies. It also announces a willingness to intervene if a... Continue Reading →
I Will Not Toe Your Line
Within 24 hours of the election, my social media feeds were filled with the crowing, chest-thumping, self-righteous rants of conservatives telling liberals that we need to “shut up and fall in line behind our President-elect.” Obviously, that hypocrisy angered me, but I also expected it. What really pissed me off was seeing my fellow liberal/progressive/left-of-center... Continue Reading →
Ruth F. Simon 