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Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Farron discusses the implications of defining armed insurrection as “legitimate political discourse.”
We are a failing state.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner shoots himself while fondling–er–cleaning a gun.
(Open tag corrected.)
A Question of Identity Politics 4
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kevin McDermott has a wonder:
What do you suppose is the difference here? . . .
Follow the link for his answer.
The Litmus Test 0
Michael in Norfolk cuts to the chase.
Follow the link for his evidence.
“But There’s No Other Possible Explanation” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Arthur Dobrin points out that conspiracies are, in a legal context, real things; persons can be charged with and convicted of conspiracies in a court of law. He suggests that these real-life conspiracies differ wildly from the many false conspiracy theories that litter our discourse and pollute our polity.
He goes on to offer some pointers for distinguishing between the two. Here’s one; follow the link for the others.
The New Gilded Age 0
Last week, I mentioned a column by Greg Kesich in which he expressed a fear that we are entering a new “Gilded Age.” At the time, I said I thought we were already well into it.
Well, my two or three regular readers, I rest my case.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
And we are again reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
All the News that Fits 0
It turns out (no surprises here) that pictures can lie (or, more accurately, liars can picture).
Why Is the Elephant Afraid of the Maus? 0
At Boston.com. Northeastern professor Hillary Chute tries to answer that question. A nugget:
“I was surprised because it’s so ridiculous and the reasons given were so specious,” she says, “but in some ways I wasn’t surprised, because ‘Maus’ has always been a lightning rod.
(snip)
“So I can see why that would be an argument that is terrifying to people who want to deny that history happened, the way it happened, and so, in some ways I wasn’t surprised,” she says.
“Laboratories of Autocracy” 0
Sam talks with David Pepper about how Republicans craft their skills to gut out the vote.
Decoding De (Color) Code 0
Gordon Weil translates.