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2 December, 20161 December, 2016

The Democrats need more identity politics

Immigrant workers at a march.
Posted in politics, social justice by s.e. smith

In the aftermath of the election, Democrats are being blamed for too much focus on identity politics. Actually, they have the opposite problem.

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22 March, 201625 December, 2015

Ignorance and the bombing of Agrabah

A Westernised version of a soukh at Tokyo Disney.
Posted in politics by s.e. smith

A fun bit of trivia: I ruled the school geography bee through a chunk of both grammar and middle school, though I certainly never made it to state. I’m not quite sure why I got so into geography and why I got so good at answering questions on the fly, because high pressure situations usually […]

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18 March, 201624 December, 2015

No, Republicans and Democrats are not the same

Two adult donkeys and a foal.
Posted in politics by s.e. smith

In every major election, many independents and liberals like to purport that ‘Republicans and Democrats are just the same, really,’ dismissing Democratic candidates as too centrist to effect real change. In a country that largely has a two party system despite the theoretical existence of other political parties, these sentiments evoke a sense of hopelessness, […]

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