Culture Warriors category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Via The Charlotte Observer, University of Kansas professor Robert C. Schwaller points out that today’s Confederate sympathizers are redoubling their efforts to whitewash–I use that term advisedly–the legacy of chattel slavery.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code. A snippet:
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority fabricated to justify it continue to take their toll.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via Above the Law, Techdirt hears something that sounds a lot like “McCarthyism.”
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Another tale of mean for the sake of mean.
Republican Thought Police 0
Trump maladministration to California cities:
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*Such as (quoting from the report) “any mention of gender, abortion and other inclusive” terminology.
Decoding De Code 0
At The Coloarado Sun, Mike Littwin reports that he has found a quotation from George Orwell that illuminates why the Trump maladministration is attacking the Smithsonian (and I would add, by extension, universities and other institutiolns of learning and remembrance):
Follow the link to see why he thinks that to be the case.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It seems that one of those “responsible gun owners” has a notion of immigrants.
Guns and hatred and bigotry–what a delightful ste–oh, never mind.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Afterthought:
If George Wallace were to come back from the dead, he would welcomed with open arms by today’s Republican Party.