http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/national-day-of-courage-for-th.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/national-day-of-courage-for-th.html#comment-1638979 Paula Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207821#comment-1638979 No, he wasnt No, he wasnt

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/national-day-of-courage-for-th.html#comment-1636182 Eli Dickinson Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207821#comment-1636182 Rosa Parks was surely a courageous woman, but her civil disobedience and the subsequent bus boycott was a coup for *community organizing*, not a individual heroism. She was part of a movement -- the myth of the one little old lady who stumbled her way into changing the world does a disservice to the many people who helped make that event possible. Rosa Parks was surely a courageous woman, but her civil disobedience and the subsequent bus boycott was a coup for *community organizing*, not a individual heroism. She was part of a movement — the myth of the one little old lady who stumbled her way into changing the world does a disservice to the many people who helped make that event possible.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/national-day-of-courage-for-th.html#comment-1636095 Ashen Victor Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207821#comment-1636095 It´s like the NRA celebrating Ghandi's birthday, incongruous. It´s like the NRA celebrating Ghandi’s birthday, incongruous.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/23/national-day-of-courage-for-th.html#comment-1636060 Joey deBlois Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207821#comment-1636060 Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Ford a howling racist scumbag? Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t Ford a howling racist scumbag?

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