Culture Warriors category archive
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpled Walmart shoppers.
“My mother was fearful that he might pull out a firearm too. That’s what she told me afterward,” said Maria Meneses.
Meneses says the man was standing outside his car taking pictures of her family and their vehicle.
Defending Discrimination 0
Mike discusses a Republican bill to legalize discrimination by pretending that it is somehow “freedom of speech.” (Warning: Language. If you have trouble loading the video, here’s the direct link.))
Republican Family Values 0
Boy, Republicans sure value themselves them families!
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Stray Thought, Sunday Dept. 0
I wonder whether the Evangelical right still teaches Sunday School children to sing
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in His sight
and, if so, do they manage to do so with straight faces.
Men Are Pigs 0
The Seattle Times rounds up some #metoo moments. Here’s one:
“I love Asian girls,” the driver said. She told him she had a boyfriend. He suggested it might not last.
All the while, she thought in the back of her head, “He knows where I live.”
More moments at the link.
Republican Core Values 0
Atrios sums them up.
Failing the Test 0
Excerpt:
If God had wanted to send a test to American evangelicals . . . nothing could have shown them up more than the lust for power . . . .
Via C&L. (If the embed doesn’t work, follow that link. Damn computers.)
“Then Came a Stranger” 0
Tony Norman tells The Parable of the Evangelical Leaders and Their Grand Bargain.
Disciples of Trump 0
Chauncey Devega asks a question.
Why do white, right-wing Christian evangelicals support Donald Trump?
He then answers in a typically long, tightly-reasoned post. I urge you to follow the link and read what he wrote.