Culture Warriors category archive
“He Fits the Profile” 0
And he’s not who you think he is.
Just Another Day in NRA Paradise . . . . 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Gwynne Dyer sums up the speculation as of yesterday regarding the Orlando shooter, then wonders, “What’s the big deal?”
Read it. It answers John Romano’s question.
Origins 0
The story of the People of the Book.
Paging the Pervy Potty Police 0
Cynthia Dill has a message for Maine Governor Paul LePage regarding his joining (indicted alleged securities fraudster) Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton’s suit to protect the potty police patrol.
Stay out of our bathrooms and our bedrooms. Keep your creepy hands off our Bibles, and stop snooping around in our doctor’s office. Instead of “protecting” us with your bigotry and sexism, spend our taxpayer dollars on something worthwhile. Learn the difference between a Republic and a Republican, for starters, and actually represent us for a change.
Follow the link for the rest.
The Tarheel Potty Police Report for Duty 0
Warning: NSFW.
It’s the Privilege 0
In a long, thoughtful post at the Boston Review, David Sehat analyzes the history of conservative Christians’ assertion that that “freedom of religion” means “freedom to discrimination”; he concludes it’s about power, not piety.
A nugget (emphasis added):
Read it.
Let No Stall Remain Unsurveiled 0
Reg Henry marvels at the Tarheel Potty Police and their numerous auxiliaries who would make your business their business. A snippet:
A classic script of right-wing paranoia unfolds. Select a tiny minority to be demonized, act on weird feelings about sexuality and then drag in the Almighty as justification.
Yet it’s a strange sort of Christianity that punishes the powerless and has no comfort for sobbing and confused children.
