Yo, America, The Jig is Up

stopwar.lafilmonline.com by Jon Raymomd | Jun. 14, 2009 (Opinion)

The United States of America was founded as a racist, sexist, classicist, bigoted nation. From the start, our government only recognized wealthy white male landowners as having a voice in government. Yet their words in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution declared all “men” as equal. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Genocide, Racism, War
Member Tags: dehumanization, sexism, classicism
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Posted by: Posted by Jon Raymond - Jun 14, 2009 - 3:52 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Jon Raymond (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Jon Raymond - Jun 14, 2009 - 3:52 PM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 15, 2009

There is a message here, but the message is not effectively communicated.

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Jon Raymond
4.4
 by Jon Raymond - Jun. 15, 2009

Succinct, topical, relevant, and to the point

In the information age with instant communication around the world it becomes harder to cover up the dehumanization and mass killings of innocent people because of their ... More »

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