January 2019 - Page 2 of 3 - Uncommon Ground Media

Fake News, Hate Crimes and Phony Phobias: the Dilution of Language

January 14, 2019 | by Dan Fisher | 1 Comments

Conflating terms and diluting language to turn prejudice or even genuine criticism into phobia does a disservice to victims and critics alike. Read more

The Art of Deceit: How Russia Manipulated America into Electing Donald Trump

January 12, 2019 | by Yazeed A. Bunyan | 0 Comments

Russian interference in the United States’ 2016 election follows an established pattern of electoral influence and manipulation by the Kremlin Anyone familiar with the Canadian rock band Idle Eyes would undoubtedly be familiar with their greatest hit, “Tokyo Rose.” After all, it spoke to many men out there who fell in love with a femme […] Read more

Sexual Assault: We Know the Problem. It Is Time for a Solution

January 11, 2019 | by Katie Barker | 1 Comments

Whilst long on complaints, #MeToo was short on solutions. It is imperative we confront the underlying cultural and psychological causes of sexual assault. Read more

Green Party Verita Report: Safeguarding Failures in Challenor Case

January 11, 2019 | by Dan Fisher | 11 Comments

Yesterday, Verita released a report on their investigation into how David Challenor was allowed to fulfil the role of an election agent for the Green Party whilst facing 22 serious charges including rape and sexual assault of a child. Aimee Challenor, who has been a national spokesperson on LGBTIQA+ issues and a member of the executive […] Read more

Religious Exemptions Fuel Bigotry – Ban Non-Stun Slaughter

January 10, 2019 | by Guest Writer | 0 Comments

One law for all is the only sustainable way to beat bigots – Chris Sloggett from the National Secular Society calls for a ban on non-stun slaughter. As the new year opened, a measure preventing the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning came into effect in the Flanders region, which roughly covers the northern half of Belgium. A […] Read more

Plastic, Periods and Poverty – Saving the Environment or Shaming Women?

January 9, 2019 | by Emma Chesworth | 0 Comments

Shaming women into shelling out money for expensive replacements of necessary plastic sanitary products is not the way to protect the environment. As we step into the New Year, talk and thoughts inevitably concentrate on resolutions for the coming 12 months. This year, more than ever, it feels there is a move away from vowing […] Read more

Drag Queen Story Time – Straight-Up Virtue-Signalling

January 8, 2019 | by Jo Bartosch | 3 Comments

If you go down to the library today you could be in for a big surprise. It might have passed you by, but for the past two years councils across the UK have been inviting drag performers to read stories to pre-school age children. To date there have been 50, reaching 8,000 kids. The stated aim […] Read more

Who’s Afraid of the Bedfellow Wolf? – A Response to Quillette

January 7, 2019 | by Dan Fisher | 3 Comments

Watch or read as Dan Fisher lays out the case against a Quillette article arguing that radical feminists are as bad as extremist transactivists. If the above embedded video is not available on your browser, you can access the video here. On January 2nd, Quillette published an article warning against ‘centrist liberals’ teaming up with […] Read more

The Solution to the War On Drugs and the Addiction Crisis? The Free Market.

January 3, 2019 | by Guest Writer | 0 Comments

by Burt Walker The War on Drugs is an unmitigated failure and has exacerbated the addiction crisis gripping America. Legalization offers a solution. In April 2016 my then-23-year-old daughter told me she was an addict and asked for my help. This began a journey of heartache, frustration, fear, and anger. My desperate search for information […] Read more

Yemeni Baha’i Says Hamed Haydara’s Recieved Unfair Appeal Hearing, No Verdict Yet

January 3, 2019 | by Tara Abhasakun | 0 Comments

Yemeni Baha’is say that Hamed Haydara, a Baha’i sentenced to death one year ago, received unfair treatment by a judge in an appeal hearing on Monday. A Baha’i in Yemen told Conatus News that Hamed Bin Haydara, a Baha’i sentenced to death by Yemen’s ruling Houthi party Ansar Allah since January 2018, received unfair and […] Read more