Tommy Karr

Category: Educational

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    The Fallacy and Hypocrisy of the Anti-Equality Crusaders

    On Twitter, a barrage of misinformation has been flowing from the feeds of anti-equality crusaders under the guise of “saving traditional marriage.” One such proponent is Karen L. Gruber who you may know as the woman who complained about two men getting married on the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Rose Parade Float.  Now she has her bigotry…

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    March 4 Marriage Equality (plus a drawing of NOM’s Brian Brown)

    NOM’s Brian Brown, depicted in my drawing below, is,  generally speaking, pretty angry about all things equality.  If you are like me you think that he is pretty ridiculous.  He and NOM (National Organization for Marriage) are promoting a “March for Marriage”, a thinly veiled bigotry experiment protest against marriage equality Support Marriage Equality today…

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    Campfield Cracks in Comments; Calls LGBT Advocates Bullies

    Stacey Campfield is failing at any attempt to remain respectful in the ongoing discourse regarding his proposed bills. As the Huffington Post points out today, Campfield “responded to some of his critics Monday morning, debating them in the comments section of the Knoxville News Sentinel.” I’ll let both the HuffPo and the News Sentinel articles…

  • Stacey Campfield Proposes Bill Allowing Tennessee to Ignore Federal Law; Imprison Fed Agents

    Thanks to Twitter follower @WangLuWen, I’ve spotted another Stacey Campfield bizarre bill.  Read for yourself and then decide if Campfield has gotten completely out of control with his radical ideas. https://twitter.com/WangLuWen/status/296456105373077504 Senate Bill 411, the “Tennessee Balance of Powers Act”, has some pretty dramatic (if not fanatic) language in it.  Some highlights are below, but…

  • Stacey Campfield Does Not Respond Well to Criticism

    Telisha Arguelles Cobb wrote to Campfield, expressing her concern for his extremist views and radical bills. Regarding this email thread, she says, “Look at this kind, compassionate, concerned email I received today from Sen Stacey Campfield (the moron trying to pass the “Dont say Gay Bill” and starve children if they don’t get good grades.…

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    Stacey Campfield and the Return of “Don’t Say Gay”… Seriously

    Mr. Campfield is back, just days after his “can he be serious?” moment threatening the families of troubled students with withdrawal of their Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds, risking both the students’ and the families’ health and welfare. Now he is reviving his failed “Don’t Say Gay” bill, although he’s added a name, calling it…

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    TN’s Stacey Campfield Wants to Let Struggling Children Go Hungry

    If you follow my posts you’ll know how much I detest the idiocy that is Stacey Campfield, a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate.  I owe a significant “tip of the hat” to Mamapundit.com for making me aware of this story.  Be sure to visit her blog! Well, Campfield is at it again.  Now he is…

  • A Hate-Monger to Deliver Benediction for @BarackObama; Say Something

    UPDATE: The Rev. Louie Giglio has withdrawn! Click here for the latest. Moments ago I sent the following letter to President Obama, asking him to rethink his decision to have Rev. Louie Giglio deliver the benediction on his Inauguration Day. As you can read in this HuffPo piece , ThinkProgress and in Jeremy Hooper’s Good…

  • Jane Elliott and the Brown Eyes vs. the Blue Eyes; Equality Simplified

    I’m embarrassed to say I had never heard of Jane Ellliott and her Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment until I stumbled across it on Reddit today, but having just watched this 14:37 clip of the 1970 Peabody Award-winning filmThe Eye of Storm (made for ABC News and later included in the 1984 documentary A Class Divided) I am…