Arcadia B

Fort Collins, CO

Law school student. Political activist/volunteer in domestic violence legal advocacy, child advocacy, sustainable energy and land use development.

Seventh generation Tejano. Proud to be a "Born Again American"

Arcadia signed the petition | over 2 years ago

Stop Opponents of Health Care Reform from Distorting the Truth
Arcadia signed the petition | over 2 years ago

Sign the petition establishing health care as a civil right!
Arcadia recruited Lisa to sign the petition | over 2 years ago

Ask the United Nations to End Violence in Schools
Arcadia signed the petition | over 2 years ago

Social responsibilities of religious leaders!
Arcadia commented on the article | over 2 years ago

FAIR Denies Connection to Shawna Forde

McCarthyism was the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. It had nothing whatsoever to do with protecting actual living, breathing human beings from the effects of bigotry or hate speech directed against them.

Likewise, the laws against free speech in Iran were adopted to protect the government and the regime from criticism. There are no laws in Iran that protect any class of humans with a history of being discriminated against, from the hate speech of other people. I stand by my statement that this country would not suffer harm by adopting laws that prohibit speech that is intended to denigrate any historically discriminated-against class of persons.

The difference is self-explanatory.
Arcadia commented on the article | over 2 years ago

Keep Pat Buchanan on the Air

Pat Buchanan has been around a long, long time. Long enough to have learned how to speak for himself, and long enough for the web to have a nice, historical record of his exact views:

http://www.realchange.org/buchanan.htm
Arcadia commented on the article | over 2 years ago

Keep Pat Buchanan on the Air

Where do you get the idea that there are more Latino hate groups in this country than white hate groups?

At latest count, there are over 900 white supremicist hate groups in the U.S.

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp
Arcadia commented on the article | over 2 years ago

Five Questions with R Jay Pearson

Wow, what an amazing story. Thank you, R. Jay, for sharing your personal journey and the basis for the transformation of your beliefs. I find it inspiring that your path has led you to reach far beyond your own boundaries and advocate for a common cause that is, in the end, so much bigger than the partisan rhetoric we limit ourselves by.

As you say, it is about "human lives," not the "immigration debate" or "rule of law" that so many want to elevate with religious fervor to an almost sacred status. As a law student, I place great personal weight upon the rule of law and our Constitution. But as a human being, I realize that the quality of compassion is just as important and necessary for our survival as "protectionism," and not nearly as abundant.

The immigration debate is a visible symptom of a larger malaise that grips us as a country -- a choice of whether to evolve, as you did in the face of your personal loss and challenges, or withdraw and retreat into our most basic expressions of selfishness, hate, and fear.

I look forward to finding out more about Pathforgers and wish you well on your journey.
Arcadia signed the petition | over 2 years ago

Ban mind control/directed energy weapons abuse and torture
Arcadia signed the petition | over 2 years ago

Ask Hershey to End Child Slavery in Cocoa Production and Go Fair Trade!