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Denver Area Couple Charged in Own Hate Crime Report

Parker, CO – As if life wasn’t difficult enough for LGBT persons, a lesbian couple has been charged with falsely reporting hate crimes against themselves, which officials claim they staged. Christel Conklin, 29, and Aimee Whitchurch, 37, both of Denver, were arrested and each charged with two counts of criminal mischief, as well as false [...]

Journal Sentinel Violates Ethics, Endorses Walker

On May 19. 2012, at 6:49 pm, at a time when most probably weren’t paying attention, one of Wisconsin’s largest media outlets, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (owned by Journal Communications, Inc) decided to publish an unsigned opinion article in support of Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker in the upcoming recall election, to be held statewide [...]

Hate 101: The Cyber Bully

Many cyber bullies are serial bullies, and are also serial attention-seekers. More than anything else they want attention. It doesn’t matter what type of attention they get, positive or negative, as long as they can provoke someone into paying them attention. It’s like a 2-year-old child throwing a tantrum to get attention from a parent. The best way to treat bullies is to refuse to respond and to refuse to engage them – which they really hate.