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Thought on the Day 0
“Jingoism” and “patriotism” are not the same thing.
Precedented 0
Many are claiming that the Supreme Supremacist Court’s recent decision on affirmative action was unprecedented. In contrast, University of New Haven Professor Mike Lawlor sees a precedent for it.
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Last week, six members of the United States Supreme Court took their places in the schoolhouse door.
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness can be a relative thing.
Misdirection Play, I Know I Am But What Are You Dept. 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ryan Fanning points out that, when the right-wing’s got nothing, it resorts to whining “whataboutism.”
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
The Los Angeles Times’s Michael Hiltzik points out that facts will never satisfy those committed to conspiracy theories.
Misdirection Play, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
Michael in Norfolk points out who actually disseminates the disinformation in dis coarse discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s idol of lead.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Via Juanita Jean.
The Personification 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, letter-writer Richard McWilliams nails it.
Disparate Impact 0
Field reacts to the Supreme Supremacist Court’s decision on affirmative action. The whole piece is worth a read, but this bit in particular caught my eye:
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Republicans: Loan forgiveness for me, but not for thee.
Stray Thought, Mongers of Hate Dept. 0
Mark Twain observed that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
Methinks that there is a rhyme between the current kerfuffle over gay and trans kids and rumors of groomers and Joe McCarthy’s “Red Scare” of the 1950s.
Just off the top of my head: Both were created and promoted by politicians craving power and influence, both tap visceral emotions and fears, both glorify victimizing innocents, both allow persons to feel virtuous about irrational and unjust acts.