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Side note: This nation has a history of seeking ways to disarm black people/people of color.
I think this is a fitting response to the absolute moron who was talking about Dr. King, slavery and gun ownership earlier in the week.
From the Article:
The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says “State” instead of “Country” (the Framers knew the difference - see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which was necessary to get Virginia’s vote. Founders Patrick Henry, George Mason, and James Madison were totally clear on that … and we all should be too.
In the beginning, there were the militias. In the South, they were also called the “slave patrols,” and they were regulated by the states.
In Georgia, for example, a generation before the American Revolution, laws were passed in 1755 and 1757 that required all plantation owners or their male white employees to be members of the Georgia Militia, and for those armed militia members to make monthly inspections of the quarters of all slaves in the state. The law defined which counties had which armed militias and even required armed militia members to keep a keen eye out for slaves who may be planning uprisings.
As Dr. Carl T. Bogus wrote for the University of California Law Review in 1998, “The Georgia statutes required patrols, under the direction of commissioned militia officers, to examine every plantation each month and authorized them to search ‘all Negro Houses for offensive Weapons and Ammunition’ and to apprehend and give twenty lashes to any slave found outside plantation grounds.”
It’s the answer to the question raised by the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained when he asks, “Why don’t they just rise up and kill the whites?” If the movie were real, it would have been a purely rhetorical question, because every southerner of the era knew the simple answer: Well regulated militias kept the slaves in chains.
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The reluctance of the educational system - public and private - to grasp the Chinese nettle is a metaphor for a much wider problem: our ignorance about China and our failure to appreciate just how much it will change the world and transform our lives.
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The great task facing the West over the next century will be to make sense of China - not in our terms but in theirs. We have to understand China as it is and as it has been, not project our own history, culture, institutions and values onto it. It will always fail that test. In truth such a mentality tells us more about our own arrogance and lack of curiosity than anything about China.
Let’s take one example. We assume that the nation-state, that long-standing and remarkably influential European invention, is more or less universal. True, China has called itself a nation-state for about a century. But 100 years is a mere pin-prick for a country that dates back over two millennia. Modern China emerged in 221. By the time of the Han dynasty - still more than 2,000 years ago - China’s borders already closely resembled those of eastern and central China today. China is very old, the longest continuously-existing polity in the world. And for more than 2,000 years, it was not a nation-state but a civilisation-state. In essence it still is.
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Headlines/Links to just some of 2012 voter suppression and voter fraud headlines @thinkprogress
- BLACK, HISPANIC AND ELDERLY VOTERS HIT WITH DECEPTIVE VOTER SUPPRESSION CALLS
- Three Ways The Roberts Court Could Usher In Even More Big Money & Voter Suppression For The 2014 Election
- Colorado Secretary Of State Finds Scant Voter Fraud Evidence
- Voter Intimidation Billboards Appear In Minority Neighborhoods In Cleveland
- Federal Appeals Court To Ohio: Stop Disenfranchising Voters Because Of Poll Worker Mistakes
- NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE VOTER SUPPRESSION
- COURT PUTS SOUTH CAROLINA VOTER ID LAW ON HOLD UNTIL AFTER ELECTION
- POLL SHOWS ERODING SUPPORT FOR VOTER ID INITIATIVE IN MINNESOTA
- Leading Voter Suppression Expert Calls Voter ID Laws ‘A Favor’ For Poor Americans
- Pennsylvania Court Hands Down Partial Victory Over Voter ID
- VIDEO: Texans Fight Back Against Suppression Efforts On National Voter Registration Day
- Republican Party Paid $3.1 Million To Firm Under Investigation For Voter Registration Fraud
- Support For Minnesota Voter ID Initiative Drops Nearly 30 Points
- OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, COURT RULES
- COUNTIES USE LOOPHOLE IN PENNSYLVANIA VOTER ID LAW TO PREVENT VOTER SUPPRESSION
- Federal Judge Allows Florida To Cut Early Voting Days
- Florida GOP Launches Revenge Campaign Against Justices Who Ruled Against Gov. Rick Scott
- Rick Scott Paid Absentee Ballot Broker $5,000 For ‘Contract Labor’
- STUDY: VOTER ID COULD DISENFRANCHISE CLOSE TO 700,000 YOUTH OF COLOR
- Voter Suppression: Brought To You By Conservative Billionaire Oil Heir
- FLORIDA AGREES TO PARTIAL SETTLEMENT IN PURGE CASE
- TV Host Jim Cramer Says Father Will Not Be Allowed To Vote Because Of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law
- Decision Upholding Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Relied On 1869 Case Warning Of ‘Rogues,’ ‘Strumpets,’ and ‘Wandering Arabs’
- Feds Prosecuted Only 38 Cases Of Voter Fraud Between 2002-05, 14 Were Thrown Out
- Civil Rights Icon John Lewis: GOP Voter Suppression Laws Are ‘Not Right,’ ‘Not Fair,’ ‘Not Just’
- TEXAS SPENDS $2 MILLION TO DEFEND EXTREME VOTER ID, REDISTRICTING IN COURT
- How Pennsylvania Almost Denied A 105 Year-Old Woman Her Right To Vote
- Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Law Restricting Early Voting
- Courts Reject GOP Voter Suppression Overreach In Four States
- Colorado’s Attempted Voter Purge Finds Nearly 90 Percent Of ‘Suspected Non-Citizens’ Are Actually U.S. Citizens
- Federal Court Rejects Texas Voter ID Law
- Author Of South Carolina Voter ID Law Acknowledges Racist Emails
- Rick Scott’s Anti-Voter Effort Grinds Democratic Registration To A Halt
- South Carolina Voter ID Law Author Cannot Cite Single Example Of In-Person Voter Impersonation
- GOP Attorneys General: Voting Rights Act Should Be Struck Down To Boost Laws Suppressing Minority Vote
- Major Victory For Voting Rights Advocates As California Legislature Approves Election Day Registration
- Colorado’s GOP Secretary of State Sends Letter To 4,000 Voters Questioning Their Eligibility To Vote
- Republican Candidate Under Investigation For Absentee Ballot Fraud
- Voter Impersonation Fraud Virtually Non-Existent
- Romney Smears Obama, Falsely Claims He Filed Lawsuit To Restrict Military Voting In Ohio
- Federal Court Blocks Most Of Texas Voter Suppression Law
- Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland: ‘Shameful’ Voter ID Laws Are A Modern Day Poll Tax
- GOP Rep. Tells Employers To Intimidate Their Workers Into Voting For Romney
- Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote
- GOP Consultant Under Investigation For Voter Registration Fraud Quietly Restarts Registration Efforts
- Montana Tribal Members Sue For Equal Access to Polls
- Tea Party Voter Suppression Group Under Investigation For Possible ‘Criminal Conspiracy’
- Video: Republican Party Training ‘Poll Challengers’ In Illegal Voter Suppression
- Florida Congressman Demands Bipartisan Investigation Of GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal
- GOP-HIRED FIRM UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR VOTER FRAUD IN NORTH CAROLINA
- Republicans Struggle To Find Examples Of Voter Fraud
- Voter Suppression Laws May Discourage 10 Million Hispanics, Study Finds
- EARLY VOTING LAWSUITS COST OHIO $85,000
- Sponsor Of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Defends Romney, Says ‘Lazy’ People Also Shouldn’t Vote
- STEVE KING: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS USING VOTER FRAUD TO TAKE OVER AMERICA
- Florida Supervisors Of Elections Speak Out Against New Voter Purge
- Florida To Restart Voter Purge Prior To Presidential Election
- FIRED ELECTIONS OFFICIALS SUE OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION
- After Bucking Federal Judge On Early Voting, Ohio Secretary Of State Ordered To Appear In Court
- Federal Court Rejects Texas Voter ID Law
- Ohio Secretary Of State Fires Board Of Elections Officials For Supporting Weekend Voting Hours
- GOP Federal Election Commissioners: Corporations Can Compel Employees To Campaign For Political Candidates
- ANOTHER OHIO COUNTY CALLS FOR WEEKEND VOTING HOURS
- ANOTHER OHIO COUNTY TO HOLD WEEKEND VOTING HOURS, DEFYING SECRETARY OF STATE’S DIRECTIVE
- Ohio GOP Election Board Member: Our Voting Process Shouldn’t Accommodate Black Voters
- Ohio Secretary Of State Removes Democratic Members Of Election Board For Supporting Weekend Voting
- Ohio Secretary Of State Restricts Voting Hours In All Counties
- Ohio Secretary Of State Vows Uniform Voting Hours … Eventually
- Judge Upholds Pennsylvania Voter ID Law; Opponents To Appeal
- Scott Brown Decries Legally Mandated Voter Registration Effort, Says It’s A Conspiracy To Elect His Opponent
- FEDERAL JUDGE ALLOWS MILITARY GROUPS TO INTERVENE IN VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT
- Why Does Mitt Romney Want To Restrict Voting Rights For More Than 900,000 Ohio Veterans?
- Why Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law Will Create Chaos On Election Day
- Ohio Routinely Tosses Thousands Of Votes In Every Election
- CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST: EARLY VOTING IS ‘DEPLORABLE’
- STUDY: Photo ID Laws Place Substantial Burdens On Low-Income And Minority Voters
- Romney Supports Voter ID Laws That Could Disenfranchise 25% Of African-Americans
- Attorney General Holder On State Voter ID Laws: ‘We Call This A Poll Tax’
- Texas Voter ID Law, Which Accepts Gun Licenses But Not Student IDs, Challenged In Court
- Pennsylvania Republican: Voter ID Laws Are ‘Gonna Allow Governor Romney To Win’
- Flawed Voter Purge Underway In Georgia
- Republican Miami Mayor Opposes Voter Purge, Says It Is ‘Scaring People’ Away From Voting
- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUES FLORIDA OVER VOTER PURGE
- Governor Rick Scott Announces Florida Will Sue Obama Administration Over Voter Purge
- IN WAKE OF VOTER PURGE, RICK SCOTT’S APPROVAL RATING DROPS TO 31%
- Elections Officials Throughout Florida Refuse To Use Rick Scott’s Inaccurate Lists To Purge Voters
- Elections Supervisors Throughout Florida Confirm U.S. Citizens Improperly Included In Voter Purge
- Florida Supervisor of Elections: Gov. Scott’s Voter Purge Will Remove Eligible Voters From Rolls
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Wow… this does not get enough attention.
Some info about the budget and it effect on Native Americans (this centers on New Mexico).
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Prime Minister of Australia kicking ass and taking names (mostly Tony Abbott’s). [x]
amazing.
(Source: numbtongue, via fuckyeahfeminists)
During the first presidential debate on October 3, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund will ask Mitt Romney one big question. And with the help of thousands of supporters like you, we’ll make sure that question is impossible to ignore — for Mitt Romney, the media, and voters.
Do you have something to Ask Mitt? Click here to submit your question.Mitt Romney is pretty clear about one thing: he wants to be our president come January. Don’t you think it’s time to tell us what he has planned for women’s health and rights if he makes it?
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It’s worth a shot to ask him questions pertaining to womens’ rights, even though he will probably avoid answering you.
Fox’s Liz Cheney attacks President Obama over a country that doesn’t exist anymore (via mediamattersforamerica)
I’m pretty sure Czechoslovakia abandoned Czechoslovakia… 20 years ago.
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History is hard. :/
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Don’t get me started on Obama’s treatment of Prussia. A damned shame, that is.
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Personally I’m annoyed about his policies towards Hyperborea, Narnia and Middle Earth.
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He has been really harsh on the Hyporborians, hasn’t he?
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He hasn’t even weighed in on the scandal in Bohemia.
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When is Obama finally going to take a hardline with the USSR? I don’t like how they’re treating East Germany.
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