We are only two months into 2017 and so far we have been given a gargantuan amount of evidence that we are in the midst of what will be remembered as a series of “tumultuous” years. To itemize the major events of this year:
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There has been a 115 percent rise in “bias” crimes since the election
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The Arizona senate has`Â voted to seize the assets of those who plan and participate in protests that become violent
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There have been steps taken in at least 18 states to criminalize protesting
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The ongoing argument over the rights of transgender individuals to exist in public bathrooms was brought to a tragic head
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Due to the shifts in the American power structure we now know for a fact that you do not actually have to be qualified for a job to get it anymore
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There have been 69 bomb threats to 56 synagogues in 24 states since the beginning of the new year
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A Jewish cemetery in St. Louis was vandalized
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A muslim-led campaign to fix the same jewish cemetery was successfully crowdfunded in a single day
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Milo Yiannopoulos, a British public speaker and former editor of Breitbart News, advocated for pederasty, specifically in the case of “13-year-old” and “older men”
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And in more positive news, Ireland became the first country to stop investing in fossil fuels
So in short, these two months have been a mixed bag.
Photos courtesy of Rolling Stone
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