“Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe are thinking and saying about the US. For if you follow that, you realise that the erosion of American power is happening faster than most of us predicted -- while the politicians in Washington behave like rutting stags with locked antlers.” PeopleIfsThinkingAmericaPoliticianRepublicanHappeningsOrdinaryDemocratActivePrimariesFasterBehaveMinoritiesRealisingLockedGlobesErosionAmerican PowerStagsAntlers Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“What is reflected in the way this behavior is happening - in the way that minorities are treated, and the way that the incarceration system works, and the way that even the police are treated, and the way they're paid, and the way they're trained, and the whole educational system.” WayWholeBehaviorHappeningsPaidPoliceEducationalTreatedMinoritiesEducational SystemIncarceration Author:Oren Moverman
“A similar move is underway in the British Parliament. Earlier this month, more than 30 religious leaders and scholars wrote Secretary of State John Kerry asking for a meeting to discuss what's happening to Christians and other minorities. Nina Shea organized the effort.” StatesChristianMovingReligiousEffortLeaderMonthsHappeningsAskingMeetingsBritishOrganizedMinoritiesScholarSecretaryParliamentJohn KerryReligious LeadersNinaBritish Parliament Author:Tom Gjelten
“And the pressure to clarify what exactly is happening to Christians and other minorities in the Middle East is certain to intensify in the New Year.” YearsChristianCertainMiddleHappeningsPressureEastMinoritiesMiddle EastNew YearExactly Is Author:Tom Gjelten
“I think there's something remarkable happening here that nobody is talking about. They're skirting the issue. For the longest time, the Republican Party has told us that they can't win with just Republican votes. And that's why they support amnesty. That's why they support the Democrats on many of their issues to go out and get Hispanics or other minorities.” ThinkingWinningPartyTalkingSupportIssuesRepublicanHappeningsVoteDemocratMinoritiesRemarkableRepublican PartyCan't WinAmnesty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include all minorities. But if the protection of one minority against another minority is what is happening, then I worry about that.” IfsKindImportantPrinciplesWorrySpeechHappeningsProtectionAll KindsMinorities Author:Judith Butler
“You could protect a religious minority against gays and lesbians. Or you could protect gays and lesbians against a religious minority. And then, it seems to me something political is happening. Because we're not really looking at the kind of speech that is injurious.” KindSeemsPoliticalReligiousGayProtectSpeechHappeningsMinorities Author:Judith Butler