Culture Warriors category archive
What’s in a Name? 0
Boston University Professor Joshua Pederson offers a theory as to why Donald Trump continually and (apparently) intentionally mispronounces Kamala Harris’s first name (and, note, it is not a difficult name to pronounce). Here’s a bit from his article:
Read the full article for context.
Trump’s Plan for a Police State 0
Robert Reich takes a look at Project 2025.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Noah Feldman argues that persons aren’t really noticing because the right-wing is doing it one baby step at a time.
Tales of the Establishmentarians. 0
The Establishmentarian who worships a false idol.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal predicts an avalanche of sexism in response to Kamala Harris’s run for president. She starts by discussing an email signed “A Friend” that she received in response to an earlier column:
This sexism will come from the mouths of friends, strangers, family members and household names.
I think her prediction will be borne out and commend her article to your attention.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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As you may have heard, Elon Musk has sued a number of advertisers for not advertising on Xcretion. At Above the Law, Joe Patrice comments. A snippet:
“Too bigoted to fail,” if you will.
A Questioning of Identity, Reprise 0
Rebecca Watson takes a long look at the ginned up who-shot-john about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. Here’s quote:
So know this: witch hunts don’t just kill witches. I mean, they don’t kill any witches but you take my point: a witch hunt is a witch hunt because it finds witches wherever it can, and a trans hunt will do the same.
Or you can read the transcript.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini thinks that the Lake may running drying up.
Republican Family Values 0
Farron uses J. D. Vances’s wife’s interview with Fox News as a starting point to delineate the duplicity of the claim that Republicans somehow support families.
Name that Tune 0
Why it’s Donald Trump’s One-Note Samba!
In the Brat Cave 0
Aside:
Over at Psychology Today Blogs, John A. Johnson has some thoughts about Fertility Lad.
Olympic-Grade Weirdos 0
Grung_e_Gene points out that the gaming has begun.
Tracking the Record 0
Reacting to Donald Trump’s tantrum at the National Association of Black Journalists, the editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun takes a long, detailed look at his track record on race.
No surprises, but, when it’s all collected in one place, it’s–er–rather disquieting.
Welfare Queen Redux 0
Sam and the crew point out that the party of New Secesh just can’t keep themselves from letting their racist flag fly.
Republican Thought Police 0
In Republican World, historical fact is a “divisive concept.”
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks at the flood of racist, sexist slurs with which Republicans have responded to the presidential run of Vice President Harris and concludes that, well, they just can’t help themselves. Here’s a tiny bit of their editorial:
Asking such epic restraint is clearly asking too much.
Republican Family Values 0
Thom runs the numbers.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but If Often Rhymes”* 0
Now comes Roseann Foley Henry, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, who hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.