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About Us
It is the mission of
Good Trouble to educate the public and express opinions regarding
current news and events, the political situation, and
the national crisis.
Good Trouble
owns and operates this public website and is solely
responsible for its content. We maintain this
independent, not-for-profit website as an educational
service and information resource. It is intended for
your general informational use only and offered for your
consideration.
This is a
curated website. Content is carefully selected,
thoughtfully organized, and regularly updated. It
is our intention to present interesting and relevant
content that has been reviewed for accuracy, quality,
and appropriateness. We will avoid at all times
the dissemination of disinformation, propaganda,
conspiracy theories, fraudulent claims, and falsehoods. When necessary, externally
sourced material may be edited for length, language, suitability, and brand consistency.
Subject Matter
The subject matter of
this website seeks to address a
wide range of topics related to
national events, politics,
government, corruption, social
justice issues, human rights,
activism, protests, church and
state concerns, religious
liberty, theocracy, patriotism,
citizenship, constitutional
issues, bill of rights,
democracy, humanity, diversity,
equality, ethics, popular
culture, arts, entertainment,
lifestyle issues, and life
lessons.
We seek to present this
information in a professional,
creative, and persuasive manner.
While we make no guarantees that
the information is complete or
error-free, it is our sincere
intention to provide accurate,
up-to-date, research-based
material to raise awareness and
understanding, and to assist in
the dissemination and
advancement of knowledge, and
the expansion of education, in
the area of politics, social
justice, human rights,
democracy, diversity, and
ethics.
To this end, a wide
variety of well-considered resources is offered through
this website and through the links to numerous other
website locations on the internet.
Text and content featured
throughout this website employ appropriate terminology
that is respectful of
communities, cultures, and
traditions
Content
This website contains
mature subject matter. At times,
articles may contain frank
discussions and explicit
descriptions involving current
events and a range of serious
issues. While some material may
not be suitable for minors, it
is not our intention to feature
any lewd, obscene, or
pornographic subject matter.
We warn readers that this site
contains some profanity and
otherwise harsh language. Some
of the opinions expressed may
strike some of our readers as
derogatory and offensive.
It is not our intention
to feature any material in a way that is insensitive or
disrespectful. We do at all
times seek to advance standards of decency and literacy
and present
subject matter from a fact-based
viewpoint.
Content on
this website might include scholarly articles,
research-based reports, educational information,
personal stories, opinion essays, news reports,
entertainment pieces, and humorous material. While much
of the content is informational, some content is purely
for fun.
While we make every
effort to ensure the accuracy, validity and appropriateness of the
material accessed through our website, we are not
responsible for the content of websites that users may
visit via the links we provide.
Point of View
The perspective of this website
is intentionally progressive. We
make no apologies for our
support of liberal and
left-leaning causes, including civil rights,
racial equality, woman's rights,
reproductive rights, LGBTQ
rights, fair immigration,
free speech, freedom of the
press, environmental
responsibility, separation of church and state,
and diversity, equity, and
inclusion. We intentionally
present a variety of news,
commentary, and information from
a democratic and humanitarian
perspective.
It is, however, not our
overall intention
to advance or promote any particular philosophy or lifestyle as better or superior. Nor is it our intention to
criticize any particular philosophy or
lifestyle.
We will not, however, hesitate
to address rhetoric and events we
regard as inappropriate,
unethical, immoral, and wrong.
We will, as a matter of policy,
denounce and condemn agendas and
and ideologies that are
discriminatory, racist, sexist,
misogynistic, homophobic, anti-semitic,
islamaphobic, un-constitutional,
or hateful.
It is not our intention
to advance or promote any
particular religious or
political ideology or cause. Nor
is it our intention to criticize
any particular religious or
political ideology or cause. We
will make an effort in our
reporting to be fair and
courteous to all beliefs and to
be civil in all commentary.
Endorsements
We represent no official
organization or corporate entity and do not present
content on behalf of any sponsor, donor, or benefactor.
It is not our intention
to endorse any particular product or service. We do not
make any claims regarding the quality or effectiveness
of any product or service. Nothing contained on this
website shall be construed as providing consult or
advice. Nothing contained herein constitutes, nor is
intended to constitute, an offer, inducement, promise,
guarantee, or contract of any kind.
This website generates no
revenue. As an educational
vehicle and social justice
project, it is part of a
non-profit entity. It does not
sell or market any product.
Copyright
This website contains
original un-copyrighted content that is created, owned and
posted by
Good Trouble, and which is publicly available as a
gift to all users without permission, attribution, or
cost.
This website also
contains shared or re-posted content from primary,
secondary, or other sources. While some articles and
material on
this website may contain copyrighted material from these
primary, secondary, or other sources, it is not our intention to
deliberately infringe on any intellectual property
rights. While it is our policy to make every effort to
determine and attribute the source, some images and
content may have been previously published in print or
online, and may be available through multiple sources.
Such content may be in the public domain or may fall
within the principles of "fair use" for purposes of news
reporting, commentary,
teaching, scholarship, and research. Such use
is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be
considered an infringement, especially for non-profit, educational,
charitable, or personal use.
Our
benign activity of re-posting content is without
malicious intent and should be understood as our
respectful identification with those organizations whose
content is consistent with our
message. This act of re-posting is, in effect,
a conscious homage to our unwitting partners and an inadvertent benevolent promotion of the sources from
which the content was derived.
Liability
Enter at your own risk. We make no guarantees
regarding the quality or effectiveness of any advice,
consultation, or instruction offered through this
website. It is subject to change without notice. We cannot be responsible
for any errors or omissions in this information nor for
the availability of this information. We cannot be
responsible for any losses, injuries, or damages from
the display or use of this information.
Our Name
As our
name derives from the John Lewis quote: "When we
see something that is not right, not fair, not just...
we have a moral obligation to say something, do
something, get in trouble, good trouble, necessary
trouble." We also pay homage to Bayard Rustin who
said: "I believe
in social dislocation and creative trouble. We need, in
every community, a group of angelic troublemakers."
Both quotes act as the impetus
for the activist energy on this
website.
We are further inspired by the
writings and lifework of such
founders and trailblazers as
Martin Luther King Jr, James
Baldwin, Barack Obama, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, Gloria Steinem,
Harvey Milk and others.
Contemporary influences include
people like Heather Cox
Richardson, Robert Reich, John
Pavlovitz, Jay Shetty, Adam
Mockler, William Barber, and
Bill Moyers. And organizations
like Southern Poverty Law
Center, Human Rights Campaign,
Advocate Magazine, Americans
United, American Humanist
Association, and National Public
Radio.
Technical
Note
Good Trouble is a creative
project of Queer Cafe and Queernet and is managed in
partnership with the same.
Website Link
https://www.queercafe.net/goodtrouble
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