Committing Suicide Because of Bad Jokes

An excerpt from HERE: http://www.virtueonline.org/episcopal-church-death-political-correctness In 1995 Coast Guard Captain Ernie Blanchard, the official spokesman for Coast Guard , found himself the target of a politically correct witch hunt. Speaking at a dinner for cadets at the Coast Guard Academy he made the mistake of using jokes that some attendees found offensive. After receiving the complaint…

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Child Support is a Crime Against Humanity | Georgia Senator (former) Nancy Schaefer

“A number of qualitative studies have documented how mothers and grandmothers serve as gatekeepers for the father’s presence in the child’s life, and how institutional practices create barriers, particularly for young fathers (Allen & Doherty, 1995; Wattenberg, 1993). Many of these fathers relinquish involvement, and many who try to stay involved face strong structural and…

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We’ve gone too far with ‘trigger warnings’

If someone carries a level of trauma and sensitivity, they can utilize student services and have proper accommodations made for them in private. There are resources available to those people. Indulging in the general philosophy, however, of avoiding issues simply because they are uncomfortable or offensive, these people are never going to survive in the…

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The Epidemic Of Male Suicide

Suicide among males is four times higher than among females and represents 79% of all U.S. suicides. More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides. For many years, the suicide rate…

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