#FREEDOM

Are'nt the men's Rights Movement doing well? Getting rid of Women only spaces, shutting down those pesky women with views, even getting @amnesty to sign a document depriving women of
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A reflection on Passover, the Jewish festival which begins tonight, Covid-19 and the meaning of freedom (thread) Tonight begins the week or so long Jewish festival of Passover (Pesach), an
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I feel like framing the average reopenista’s mentality as being a belief in a death cult of capitalism is a mischaracterization; it’s probably more just hating when people (who aren’t
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It's the time of year when my 8th graders learn about Benjamin Banneker, a free man who was known as the African Astronomer, he sent Thomas Jefferson - one of
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1/ So, by popular demand - the "what's wrong with Liberalism" thread. People keep telling me I'm using 'Liberalism' wrong, that what I *mean* to say when I criticize the
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If you’re doing things because Fox News & the Devosses & the Mercers propaganda’ed you into them YOU ARE VERY MUCH NOT FREE Imagine the fantasy of thinking that following
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1/ A thought experiment designed specifically for the eyes of those who don't quite see the value of the right to protest:Some of what follows may be obvious.But given today's
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Let's be clear, no pastor or priest in Canada is being arrested or harassed by police for "holding a church service". There is no law against worshipping together. There are
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Juneteenth is in a week. This is just a reminder that my ancestors were not slaves, they were ENslaved. Know the difference, know the implications. While they might sound the
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Women have been beaten and jailed and killed for all the rights we have today. And while there are countless situations in which the weight placed upon women is literally
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Today, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took part in a panel on religious freedom, organized by the U.S. embassy to the Holy See.The US leader went after China, while
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My first job out of college was at a Think Tank.When I showed up to work, my new boss kicked his feet up on the table and said to me
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"The real love is non pretentious; it simply is. The ordinary love becomes almost sickening, syrupy, drippy, what you call “loveydovey.” It is sickening, it is nauseating. The real love
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a simple, superficial and ultimately brief thread on this last day of my mandate as @UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression. pls read this first, the touchstone
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hi, i've wanted to share my book cover for a while. here it is. especially now, i believe that more people will realize that we deserve a world without police.
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As Pride Month ends we’re celebrating the love and freedom of our client Lucero (left) and her partner Yeimy. They met in detention. Lucero suffered unimaginable abuse in her childhood
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