Culture Warriors category archive
The Rule of Flaw 0
I go to sleep worrying about the American dream.
I wake up to the American scream.
I am not sanguine.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Cauthorn, writing at the Las Vegas Sun, hears a number of rhymes between today and the era of McCarthyism and the “Red Scare.” Here’s just one of them; follow the link for the rest.
Just like today, in the 1950s the forces of authoritarianism talked about the people who opposed them as degenerates and sexual deviants. And it should not go unnoticed that McCarthy’s right hand was lawyer Roy Cohn, who later became Donald Trump’s prized mentor.
Methinks you will find his article somewhat disquieting.
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*Mark Twain.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal hears a rhyme. Here’s a tiny bit of her column:
At the same time as Victor was hiding his heritage, on the other side of the family on the other side of the country, in upstate New York, my other great-great-grandfather, Garrett MacEachron, joined the domestic terrorist group known as the Ku Klux Klan.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
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*Mark Twain.
A Pet Theory 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Bartholomew notes that there is nothing new about stories of immigrants eating pets Here’s a bit of his article (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
A Tune for the Times 0
The Parody Project looks back at the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency (and wonders why anyone would want to go through that again).
Macho, Macho Man 0
Afterthought:
Donald Trump has a long hsitory of doing things to women whether they like it or not.
The Confluence 0
Steve M. takes a look at this weekend’s Trump rally in Madison Square Garden (which, I must note, is neither square nor located at Madison Square, but I digress), where Trump’s supporters openly flaunted their racism, and notes an overlap. Here’s a bit about the overlap:
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
The things that you’ve seen,
And can read on your screen,
They ain’t necessarily so.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at the Detroit Free Press, Arlene Frank, a daughter of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to the United States, listens to Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and hears a rhyme.
Here’s a bit:
Follow the link to read the article.
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Family Values 0
The L. A. Times’s Karen Kaplan runs the numbers.
Republican Thought Police 0
Florida Man loses in court–again.
Speaking of Rhymes . . . . 0
The Kansas City Star has a long article about efforts by parents, aided by the ACLU, to fight back against Oklahoma’s mandating the (Trump) Bible in Oklahoma public schools. One bit of it leapt out at me; it quotes a Southern Baptist pastor of Native American descent whose children attend Oklahoma public schools and who is one of the plaintiffs in the suit:
Randall said his personal family history is another reason why he opposes the mandate.
He said his great-grandmother and her sister were removed from their home in Broken Arrow and sent to a boarding school where they weren’t allowed to speak their native language and they were forced to attend church.
“All of this was done at the funding of the government,” Randall said. “It’s a haunting history that Oklahoma has when it comes to mandating religion for public education when children are a captive audience.”
Follow the link for the rest.
In related news, Leonard Hitchcock, writing at the Idaho State Journal, shares his thoughts on Establishmentarians’ school voucher money grab. A snippet: