Culture Warriors category archive
Republican Family Values . . . 0
. . . are a malleable thing.
In a longer piece in which he discusses how the MAGA movement is fed by, and feeds on, white nationalism and racism, Field notes an irony:
I commend the entire article to you attention.
Suffer the Children 0
Again, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
From mass deportations, to mass firings to the crippling of our social support institutions, in two short months we have changed into something unrecognizable; Something we could accurately call “The Broken Promise Land.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they’re not even trying to pretend about it any more.
Republican Family Values 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy makes a compelling case that a particular Idaho legislator is, well, just plain nutz.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
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Little Marco takes the time
To find himself a rhyme.
Now don’t you have a fit, Sir,
When you find it rhymes with Hitler.
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*Mark Twain.
The Rule of Lawless 0
David comments on Brian Kilmeade’s argument for ignoring constitutional rights. Spoiler: David finds it to be somewhat questionable. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
Oh, and speaking of Fox News . . . .
A Moment of Duh! 0
It came to me today, as I was reading about this, that the reason the white right-wing is against DEI is right there in the words themselves.
The opposite of DEI is UIE: uniformity, inequality, and exclusion.
The Unwelcome Mat 0
Sam and the crew discuss how Trump’s hate-full behavior is turning tourists, especially Canadian tourists, away from the United States.
Republican Thought Police 0
Heaven forbid that school students should be equipped to deal with America’s racism problems.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams points out that, under the Trump maladministration, you can be found guilty without being charged, let alone tried and convicted.
Along the same lines, Robert Reich warns that, if it could happen to members of a “them,” it could easily happen to members of an “us.”
Hair Fuehrers 0
Honest to Pete, I thought the hair wars were over by the time the Beatles broke up.
The Unwelcome Mat 0
Per truthout, foreign governments are responding to Donald Trump’s regime of mean for the sake of mean. A snippet:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Texas A&M professor Andrew Dessler dissects the misdirection play.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
David decodes de code. (Warning: Short promo at the six-minute mark.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Andrew Sillen tells of hearing a most disturbing rhyme echoing from time spent teaching in apartheid South Africa. A nugget:
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*Mark Twain.
