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Grasping At Straws and Straw Men

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Source Summary

The vitriol over at Traditional Values Coalition is heating up. As Bil over at Bilerico has reported : “The Traditional Values Coalition has a series of offensive cartoons they’ve been circulating since ENDA became a possibility. While the group isn’t known for their Christ-like love of truth, this latest flier steps outside of their usual circle of lies and deceit to directly attack two people who, as far as I know, aren’t doing anything to their organization.” You can find the offending cartoon here. Why are they doing this? They are desperate. New polling data conducted by Harris Interactive suggests that a majority of Americans support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Charles C. Haynes of the First Amendment Center said of the Matthew Shepard Act: “But the larger message of the House vote is that a majority of representatives may now be ready to enact other laws protecting people from

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Interpretive context

Why this article may matter

Community significance

“Grasping At Straws and Straw Men” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to community and organizing, while also engaging labor, economics, and institutions. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2007 at Transadvocate.com, “Grasping At Straws and Straw Men” provides dated evidence of how community and organizing was being argued in relation to labor, economics, and institutions. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

“Grasping At Straws and Straw Men” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with community and organizing. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for labor, economics, and institutions.

Content analysis

Ranked themes and framings

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Themes

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Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
100%
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Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
100%
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Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
94%
4
Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
50%
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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
38%

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Interpretive analysis
100%

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Granular comparative context

How “Community and organizing” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 6 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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10 2006

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37 2008

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9 2010

79 2011

62 2012

140 2013

80 2014

20 2015

26 2016

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29 2018

8 2019

1 2020

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1 2022

1 2025

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Marti Abernathey

369 publications · 249 inbound sources/citations