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Credulant (adj): Something that is not fully credible because it is unsourced but it sounds true so it is accepted without argument. Author of STRANGE DAYS, YA Sci-Fi from Putnam/Penguin Teen
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Teacher, Writer, Family Man.
Real Name: Constantine Singer
Location: Los Angeles
Occupation: Teacher
Groups: Education Alternatives, Occupy Wall Street, New Diarists
Hobbies: Writing
Twitter: ajaxsinger
Diaries published: 62 (1277 days since last diary on Tue Jun 09, 2020 at 08:31 AM PDT)
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Warning: Long post. Let me start clearly: If you are surprised by the intensity of these protests, by the insistent nature of the movement, by the anger of those involved, or by the calls for drastic action, where we are is, in part, your fault. It's...
by xajaxsingerx
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on Tue Jun 09, 2020 at 08:31 AM PDT
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This is something I wrote in response to what I was seeing in Facebook yesterday and today. I posted it there, but I thought it would fit here, as well:
My favorite aphorism about being an American comes from one of my least favorite Americans,...
by xajaxsingerx
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on Thu Jul 18, 2019 at 02:17 PM PDT
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It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything here, but I wanted to share some good personal news. As some of you may have known, along with being a high school teacher, I write fiction. I started writing seriously about 9 years ago at the age...
by xajaxsingerx
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on Tue Dec 11, 2018 at 09:36 AM PST
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Just a short diary to link to the articles you all really should read.
This started out yesterday as a very small side-story on TPM, but this morning Josh Marshall updated it.
Essentially, what it talks about is that the 2nd in Command at the...
by xajaxsingerx
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on Thu Jan 26, 2017 at 12:18 PM PST
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I don't know if anybody wants my thoughts on the events in Dallas last night, or on the last in the endless series of shootings of unarmed black men by authorities, but here they are:
First: Violence is not a tool for progress. Violence is a tool...
by xajaxsingerx
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on Fri Jul 08, 2016 at 10:53 AM PDT
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This is it. I’ve had enough, and I cannot sit by any longer knowing the truth and not saying anything.
We need to blow the lid off this — expose it far and wide. It’s big, and it goes deep. Fox Broadcasting is involved.
So is Alex Jones.
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