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Crimes, racism, and rape, Just to name a Few Violence Against Christians, a war to reshape. And yet, in God we trust, they dare profess, What God is this, with such moral regress? Tell me, people, tell me, world so wide, What God is this, where sins abide? For the God I know rejects abomination, – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 1 month ago
They’re telling me I need to change my appearance; I may look unnecessarily menacing to people. That it’s the shaved head, beard, black leather jacket, black t-shirt decorated with blood, black jeans, black Doc boots. Now I’m supposed to turn into some preppy punk, internalize any appearances of aggression, regress to high school when I underwent the same BS and all this to avoid inviting unnecessary potential hostility and confrontations. What they seem to ignore is if this is true, it doesn’t bother me one damn bit. I’m happy to kick the shit out of anyone who doesn’t like my jacket. Then again, maybe that’s the attitude they’re trying to eliminate…. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
They want good infrastructure, good union jobs, and they understand that the climate crisis is happening now, young folks want to progress, they don't want to regress. – Maxwell Frost	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Nothing exists forever in one shape or another. You say existence – you say transformation, evolution and regress. – Mariana Fulger	added by MF 3 years ago
You never want to see the data regress, but we remain optimistic that we're still on a long-term upward trajectory. – Tom Wind	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The past year, I would argue, has been the worst on record for human rights in Azerbaijan since the breakup of the Soviet Union, i don't think it's fair to expect countries to have perfect transitions overnight, or maybe even in 24 years (since Soviet disintegration in the region, in 1991). But I do think it's fair to expect them to not regress significantly. – Rachel Denber	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't think it's fair to expect countries to have perfect transitions overnight, or maybe even in 24 years (since Soviet disintegration in the region, in 1991). But I do think it's fair to expect them to not regress significantly. – Rachel Denber	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past. – George Steiner	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and archive mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement, against that past. – George Steiner	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Crimes, racism, and rape, Just to name a Few Violence Against Christians, a war to reshape. And yet, in God we trust, they dare profess, What God is this, with such moral regress? Tell me, people, tell me, world so wide, What God is this, where sins abide? For the God I know rejects abomination,

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
1 month ago

They’re telling me I need to change my appearance; I may look unnecessarily menacing to people. That it’s the shaved head, beard, black leather jacket, black t-shirt decorated with blood, black jeans, black Doc boots. Now I’m supposed to turn into some preppy punk, internalize any appearances of aggression, regress to high school when I underwent the same BS and all this to avoid inviting unnecessary potential hostility and confrontations. What they seem to ignore is if this is true, it doesn’t bother me one damn bit. I’m happy to kick the shit out of anyone who doesn’t like my jacket. Then again, maybe that’s the attitude they’re trying to eliminate….

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

They want good infrastructure, good union jobs, and they understand that the climate crisis is happening now, young folks want to progress, they don't want to regress.

– Maxwell Frost

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Nothing exists forever in one shape or another. You say existence – you say transformation, evolution and regress.

– Mariana Fulger

added by MF
3 years ago

You never want to see the data regress, but we remain optimistic that we're still on a long-term upward trajectory.

– Tom Wind

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The past year, I would argue, has been the worst on record for human rights in Azerbaijan since the breakup of the Soviet Union, i don't think it's fair to expect countries to have perfect transitions overnight, or maybe even in 24 years (since Soviet disintegration in the region, in 1991). But I do think it's fair to expect them to not regress significantly.

– Rachel Denber

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I don't think it's fair to expect countries to have perfect transitions overnight, or maybe even in 24 years (since Soviet disintegration in the region, in 1991). But I do think it's fair to expect them to not regress significantly.

– Rachel Denber

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.

– George Steiner

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and archive mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement, against that past.

– George Steiner

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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