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GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Woke
Barry Evans / Jan. 31, 2021, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… fucking what?”) If students are going to be protected against weird and hateful opinions at university, how the hell are they going to manage out in the real world? IMHO, they should be welcoming any …
In the Bay Area, Hope and Anxiety
Brian Howey and Steven Rascón / Nov. 5, 2020, 4:10 p.m. / Sacramento
… the President from the platform for spreading hate speech, misinformation, and racism. “If I tweeted out any of the things he says, I would be banned instantly,” said Vada Ramakrishnan, activist and San Francisco …
… ;educational demonstration” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. They're calling on Humboldt State University to institute a zero-tolerance policy on hate speech, and to “acknowledge their own systemic …
We’re Making Changes to the Outpost’s Comments
Patrick Cleary / June 6, 2020, 7:05 a.m. / Housekeeping
… eliminated the Thunderdome, effective immediately. For the time being, we will continue to allow the Country Club comments, but will seek to refine that experience so that hate speech and racism do …
Councilmember Bergel and Supporters Testify in Petition For Restraining Order Against Nasty Critic
Rhonda Parker / Feb. 25, 2020, 7:36 a.m. / Courts
… for a Restraining Order Against Virulent Facebooker Cornelius Loewenstein###After a two-year, nonstop barrage of hateful Facebook messages from Eureka citizen Cornelius Loewenstein, Councilwoman Kim Bergel …
How an Abortion Rights Law Ended Up Bankrolling Anti-Abortion Forces in California
Dan Morain / Nov. 5, 2019, 7:08 a.m. / Sacramento
… and overturned last year by the U.S. Supreme Court on free speech grounds, the law has generated an unintended bounty of attorney’s fees that now help underwrite conservative litigation and lawyers. Among them …
More Eureka Art!? City Council Considering Agreement With Ink People for Ongoing Mural Project Along Waterfront Drive
Stephanie McGeary / Aug. 30, 2019, 12:05 p.m. / Art , Local Government
… that is “deemed inappropriate,” which includes artwork depicting hate speech, gratuitous violence, pornography, profanity, etc. The city will primarily be in charge of maintaining the landscape surrounding the wall …
Eureka Police, FBI Identify and Question 16-Year-Old Behind the ‘White Youth’ Recruitment Flyers Discovered Yesterday
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 5:51 p.m. / Crime
… . While those who promote hateful sentiment in our community have free speech rights, the community also has the First Amendment right to say that hate is not welcome here. …
Sigh. We’re Doing This Again? Gay-Bashing Doofus Sizzla Once Again Invited to Headline Reggae on the River
Ryan Burns / May 23, 2019, 5:16 p.m. / Music , Our Culture
… on the River(UPDATE: Show Canceled) Mateel Once Again Invites Gay-Bashing Dancehall Star Sizzla to Perform Despite Public Opposition# # #Sizzla Kalanji, the grossly intolerant, proudly homophobic, hate …
Local Employees of the Federal Government are Struggling as the Shutdown Drags On, and the Impacts are Starting to Spread
Ryan Burns / Jan. 9, 2019, 4:58 p.m. / Government
… Fires, those things could happen here. I hate the idea of that work not happening because those employees have been laid off.” The things being left undone are significant, she said. “It's …
Fullerton Said Storme Winter Doesn’t Work for His Campaign. These FCC Filings Suggest Otherwise.
Ryan Burns / Oct. 6, 2018, 2:54 p.m. / Elections
… .There was a lot of innuendo at yesterday's press conference, where eight of the 12 people running for office in Eureka city government stood in solidarity against bullying and hate speech. But eventually one …
… have already been broken through harassment of individuals and businesses, hate speech, doxing (the publication or sharing of private, personally identifying information with malicious intent), falsified …
‘STOP DIRTY CAMPAIGNING,’ Say Several Eureka City Council, Mayoral Candidates; Rally Scheduled for Friday
LoCO Staff / Oct. 1, 2018, 4:21 p.m. / Elections
… through harassment of individuals and businesses, hate speech, doxing (the publication or sharing of private, personally identifying information with malicious intent), falsified stories and materials …
(UPDATE: Show Canceled) Mateel Once Again Invites Gay-Bashing Dancehall Star Sizzla to Perform Despite Public Opposition
Ryan Burns / May 30, 2018, 3:10 p.m. / Activism , Community , Music
… -general manager, Justin Crellin, issued a statement promising to “pull the plug” if Sizzla launched into any “derogatory speech.” He also promised to post a “values statement …
DEAD RECKONING: Downtown Underground II: Banana Jello
James Faulk / March 18, 2018, 7:43 a.m. / Dead Reckoning
… his arms, narrowing his eyes at the hole and glaring back at me. I could tell his mood was souring..Time for a speech. This was, after all, what we came for.“Men,” I stuck out my chest and regretted it …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Free Speech or PC?
Barry Evans / March 12, 2017, 8:25 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… are the only views worth listening to — and hence right-wing views don’t deserve a hearing. The popular refrain “It’s not a question of free speech, it’s a question of hate speech” is a shallow and unconvincing …
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: The World According To Trump (PLUS: Eureka Looks Like ‘Crap’)
Matthew Owen / March 3, 2017, 2:45 p.m. / In the Middle
… administration since William Henry Harrison, our 9th President. He died just 31 days after being inaugurated. FYI: He was the last President not born in America.During Trump’s first State of the Union speech he …
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Marching Through Fortuna on ‘A Day Without Immigrants’
Andrew Goff / Feb. 17, 2017, 6:45 a.m. / Activism
… made up predominantly by the local Latino population that grew to near 200 people, Centro del Pueblo members and their supporters began with music, chants and speeches — mostly in Spanish. Renee Saucedo …
Humboldters Gather on Courthouse Steps to ‘Stand Against Hate’ as President Donald Trump Takes Oath of Office
Hank Sims / Jan. 20, 2017, 11:22 a.m. / D.C.
… Humboldters Gather on Courthouse Steps to 'Stand Against Hate' as President Donald Trump Takes Oath of Office Around 50 people gathered at the courthouse this morning, as the 45th president …
DEAD RECKONING: Beware the Animal Within
James Faulk / Nov. 20, 2016, 7 a.m. / Dead Reckoning
… , was because I hated unkind people, and for the most part was too busy trying to ward off insults myself to make anyone else’s life hard. I was the bullied, never the bully.William, like most newcomers, enjoyed …
(PHOTOS, VIDEO) Arcatans Turn Out To Afternoon Trump Protest, Marching from HSU to the Plaza
Hank Sims / Nov. 11, 2016, 3:13 p.m. / Activism
… ;Love Trumps Hate.” The protesters included students, people with their families and a couple of dogs. Glory Ralston, with the group Therapy Dog International, said HSU organizers thought …
HARDIN: I Call Them ‘Dope Yuppies’
John Hardin / Oct. 17, 2016, 6:43 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… , and then they drop the “H” bomb. “Stop the Hate!” or “What's with the Hate?” or “Why does LoCO publish Hardin's Hate Speech?” If I hate anything, I hate prohibition. I hate the War on Drugs. I hate it for how …
DEAD RECKONING: Flee the Field! Flee the Field!
James Faulk / Aug. 14, 2016, 7:36 a.m. / Dead Reckoning
… to death out of pure meanness and an awfully tuneless manner of seeing things.Boyd — he refused to respond to the name James, which he’d always hated — remains a mystery, much like Dad. To me …
Unrepentant Homophobe Sizzla to Headline Reggae on the River
Ryan Burns / Aug. 3, 2016, 5:21 p.m. / Music , Our Culture
… tour there was canceled.)The issue of so-called “murder music” isn't merely an abstract matter of free speech. Human Rights Watch notes that in Jamaica LGBT people are regularly " …
HARDIN: SoHum Has Created a Monster
John Hardin / July 11, 2016, 6:37 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… HARDIN: SoHum Has Created a Monster The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors just passed a new, unnecessary, unconstitutional and unkind ordinance to limit free speech and criminalize poverty called …
OBITUARY: Milton ‘Milt’ Dobkin, 1922-2016
LoCO Staff / March 17, 2016, 7:27 a.m. / Obits
… in 1947, Milt enrolled at the University of Southern California, receiving an A.B. in 1949 and A.M. in 1950, both in Speech. He also completed advanced graduate work in Speech. While at USC, Milt again …
DEAD RECKONING: Revenge is Best Served Cold — in a Big Gulp Cup
James Faulk / Feb. 7, 2016, 8:24 a.m. / Dead Reckoning
… if this was a scar from nervous tick bites. We feared him. We hated him. We avoided him. And since he was seldom in class, or anywhere else outside the prison walls surrounding his home, it was mostly a simple task …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: The Pluck o’ the Irish
James Tressler / Aug. 30, 2015, 8:26 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… , the barman, a guy named Milan, used to stand behind the bar getting steadily soaked over shots of rum or slivovice. He was generally a mean sonofabitch, owing to his drinking. He hated the customers …
Humboldt State Student Detained for ‘Bomb Threat’ Apparently Delivered Via Anonymous Social Media App
Hank Sims / April 13, 2015, 12:55 p.m. / HSU
… of Yik Yak on American colleges campuses, where, the paper notes, the app seems to have become the delivery vehicle of choice for threats and hate speech. Quoth The Times: Since the app was introduced …
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: What a Week in Politics!
Matthew Owen / Sept. 9, 2014, 2:59 p.m. / Guest Opinion , In the Middle
… Bill Maher or hate Bill Maher. There ain’t much in the middle. Early in his routine he talks about politics, “There are two political parties here in the United States. One party …