Culture Warriors category archive
Doubling Down, Reprise 0
David suggests that, in the face of falling polls, Donald Trump is doubling down on racism, hate speech, and lies in what David contends is a culture war. I think is point is worth consideration.
Full Disclosure:
My two or three regular readers have likely noticed that I pay almost no attention to polls and polling data. I decided long ago not to waste these electrons on polls. It’s difficult enough to understand the past. I’m not even going to try to predict the future.
This, however, is not about prediction; it’s about how the perception of the polls is affecting what’s happening now.
Unmasking (and) the Common Good 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire considers Alabama’s reluctance to order/request/ask persons to wear masks in the face of the current pandemic. In doing so, he explains the concept of the common good in simple terms:
Follow the link for the rest of his piece, in which he tries to figure out why many no longer seem to care about the common good in these viral times.
The Devout 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
All the News that Fits 0
Fox News photo fraud gets found out.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The editorial board of The Roanoke Times channels George Santayana.
Human Sacrifice 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, David Ludden reports on a study as to why persons of many major religions kill in the name of their Gods. No excerpt or summary can do the piece justice, as it is indeed itself a summary, but here’s a bit from his introduction:
Follow the link for the full piece. Methinks it a particularly timely read.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who would invoke Deuteronomy 22:20-21.
Words fail me.
Aside:
My first inclination is to put this down to an elaborate hoax, but, given the current state of our polity . . . .
Indulgences for Sale 0
Donald Trump, seeking to appease the evangelical “Christians” in his base, has declared that churches are essential services.
E. J. Montini disagrees, because the Bible tells him so. A nugget (emphasis in the original):
The priest made a joke with the congregation, saying something along the lines of, “While I’m glad you’re all here, and I really do need this job, it doesn’t even take two or three of us to have the Lord with us. We’re able to have that on our own, any time we want.”
“Macho Macho Men” 0
At the Inky, Anna Orso explores why gyms are among the foremost challengers of stay-at-home orders in these viral times; the article suggests that there may be elements in addition to the loss of revenue and customers. A snippet:
“This idea that ‘I’m indestructible,’ it certainly is something that we see in masculinity more broadly,” Metzl said. “The problem during the pandemic is, people aren’t just putting themselves at risk. They are putting others at risk.”
Aside:
Gyms don’t make no never mind to me. I’ve always preferred working out at home.
The Fifth Freedom: Freedom from Citizenship 0
At NJ.com, Milton Hinton takes issue with the reasoning (I use the term loosely) of the “reopen” protestors. A nugget (emphasis added):
Aside:
In case you missed it in history class (do they still teach history classes?), here are the other four freedoms.
“Republican Family Values” . . . 0
. . . have always been a con for the rubes.
