Cogito Ergo Sum: I Think Not (Part 3): The Mighty Whitey Becomes as God

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Cogito Ergo Sum: I Think Not (Part 3): The Mighty Whitey Becomes as God

Article: Cogito Ergo Sum: I Think Not (Part 3): The Mighty Whitey Becomes as God - Creative Non-Fiction: A Creation Story: In the Beginning Was the Mighty Whitey. Part 3 of 3. The peculiarities of our species is drawn with some levity and mirth. Things weren't right from the Beginning and I try to explain why. Ordinarily, blasphemy might be in play, but ever since Nietzsche murdered God and postmodernism says nothing is true it's all permitted (nod to Jim Carroll Band, Catholic Boy) here we are at the End...

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(2017) New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's Address on the Removal of Confederate Monuments in New Orleans

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