Culture Warriors category archive
Establishmentarians 0
Truthout reports that the states of doctrinal indoctrination may soon have some days in court.
Image via Job’s Anger.
Afterthought:
Suppose I spec a product for purchase. Then suppose that said spec can be only satisfied by one supplier, though the basic product is available from many sources at much lower prices.
Is it conceivable that my specifications might be viewed with suspici–oh, never mind.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
It seems clear that Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party has devolved into the party of the Secesh.
Republican Thought Police 0
Steve M. reports that Florida Governor DeSantis wants to punish a television–an NBC affiliate–station for airing an ad that DeSantis doesn’t like.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Hartford Courant, Robert Helfand argues forcefully that the coverage of J. D. Vance’s and Donald Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants is missing the point. Here’s how he opens his article (emphasis added); follow the link to read the rest.
Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0
Thom argues that the Republican Thought Police fear ideas, fear history, fear truth.
Republican Thought Police 0
Nedra Rhone offers a theory as to what motivates the Republican Thought Police:
Follow the link for her reasoning.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu highlights the hypocrisy of Donald Trump’s fear mongering about those from foreign shores. Here’s a tiny bit:
Follow the link for a link to the Esquire story and more Trumpian hypocrisy (of which there seems an unending supply).
Vance Planning 0
. . . in case you needed any more evidence that today’s Republican Party is little more than the party of the New Secesh.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Writing at The Charlotte Observer, Esther Alejandra Sierra, a legal immigrant working in health care, reports that the hatred and bile towards immigrants being spread by Donald Trump and J. D. Vance is spreading. Here’s a bit from her article:
Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article292728654.html#storylink=cpy
“Childless Cat Ladies” 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, a self-proclaimed childless dog lady responds. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
There is truth in the idea that the United States isn’t supportive of families, but the solution isn’t to ban contraceptives and abortion or defund support systems for single mothers, as Roberts and his colleagues would do. Absurdly, the right-wing approach presupposes that a policy of forced birthing is preferable to bettering the lives of the people alive now through expanded educational and work opportunities, strict gun control to end school shootings, ample and paid parental leave and subsidized childcare.
Fatal Attraction 0
Michael in Norfolk wonders just what keeps Donald Trump’s dupes, symps, and fellow travelers from seeing the reality of Trump and Trumpism.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, David B. Offer hears a rhyme. Here’s the first line of the couplet:
Follow the link for the rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.