Free Republic

After Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, TikTok creators began crafting “allyship” accessories as a show of solidarity with people of color. Instead, they left marginalized voices feeling unseen. It began after a contentious election, when Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to become the next president of the United States. That's when TikTok got to talking. “Fellow white women, how are we signaling to each other now which side we are on?” said content creator Libby Louwagie, who goes by Libby Rae Lou on the platform. What followed was a quickly-hatched plan by left-leaning...

Don't stop thinking blue By Kalani Leifer Opinions Columnist Friday, February 11, 2005 So here I am sitting in front of what turns out to be a dismally small 12-inch PowerBook screen, trying my best to figure out what makes me the authority on anything. I’ve been sitting here for hours. And then, as often happens when the what-the-hell-did-I-get-myself-into-this-time feeling enters my head, my oral fixation rears its ugly head. For the past year my chew-toy of choice was my LiveStrong bracelet (which, incidentally, I wore long before the bandwagon got rolling). After a while the novelty of this yellow...