Alt Press: Tim McIlrath (Rise Against Frontman) on rock's role in homophobia
Like many people, the suicides saddened and shocked me. But I also felt anger toward a culture that sits back while churches hide behind the cross to justify bigotry and hate. The new currency in many of today’s churches is no longer acceptance; it is intolerance. Despite the rock-star stereotype, I’m a family man with values, raising children of my own in a community I’m a part of. But the family values I embrace have nothing in common with the “family values” term that much of our political landscape uses as a euphemism for bigotry.
Kony 2012
Who is Joseph Kony? He has been named the WORST LIVING CRIMINAL by the ICC (International Criminal Court). He can be charged with rape, murder, abduction, abuse, and many other crimes. The worst part of it all? He’s still out there.
Please take the time to watch this. This is important, I promise.
Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…
Very, very happy to read this.
go back to bed america, shh.. everything’s cool here.
Ubuntu 11.10 Released
Don’t know what Ubuntu is? Take the tour.
