Culture Warriors category archive
“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.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Thom points out that racial hate seems to be the only strategy that Trump and Vance have left.
He also notes that their racist tactics are–er–not unprecedented in America’s history.
Real Big Men 0
Michael in Norfolk wonders why so many men seem to be afraid of women.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin debunks de bunk. A snippet; follow the link for context.
(snip)
Whether the apartment buildings in question — housing mostly Central American migrants — are dilapidated and run down and have been cited over the years for a long list of code violations is not up for debate. It’s true. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Aurora in Congress, called the conditions “squalid” in a tweet while saying the gang issues are “grossly exaggerated.”
And also not up for debate is whether Aurora is a war zone or a migrant wasteland. That’s simply false.
Aside:
Methinks the reason Republicans lie so much about so many things is that truth is not on their side.
Actualizing Fiction 0
Robert Reich looks at Donald Trump’s and J. D. Vance’s attitudes (and, in the case of Trump, documented behavior) and warns,
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Notion of Immigrants, Carrion Crows Dept. 0
The parents of Aiden Clark have had enough of Republicans’ politicizing the death of their son. Aiden died in a traffic accident involving a Haitian immigrant in Springfield, Ohio.
Here’s bit from Aiden’s father’s statement before the Springfield City Commission:
They can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants. The border crisis, and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However, they are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed, to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio. I will listen to them one more time to hear their apologies.
Follow the link for the video and more background.
“This Is What Racism and Xenophobia Look Like” 0
San and the crew discuss how the right-wing spins lies about immigrants and how Trump seizes on and amplifies the lies. (The post title is a quote from the video.)
“Childless Cat Ladies” 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal takes issue with J. D. Vance’s stated position that the only purpose for women is to be brood mares women who have not had children are not qualified to serve as school teachers. She does so by citing numerous examples of childless women teachers (aka, “nuns”) that she had during her days in Catholic schools.
In the course of the article, she offers, almost in passing, a theory to explain J. D. Vance’s misogyny:
Methinks she’s onto something.
Follow the link for context.
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code.
Republican Establishmentarian Thought Police 0
Thom notes that some public schools are starting to resist Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters’s orders to “teach the Bible.”
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
In a letter to the editor of The Charlotte Observer, Dan Busch describes a sign of the times.
The Fifth Columnist 2
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts is less than pleased at how Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers has embraced fascism.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson decodes de code.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Roanoke Times, Jeanne Larsen highlights Republicans’ hypocrisy.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
As I have mentioned before in these electrons, Dr. William Shade, one of my history professors back in the olden days when I was a young ‘un, was found of saying, “History is irony.”
In the midst of a larger column focusing on a notion of immigrants, AL.com’s John Archibald notes such an irony (emphasis added):
Alabama is so afraid of “divisive concepts” that it won’t let students study the sins associated with that flag. But counties can run ‘em up the flagpole and call that history.
Follow the link for context.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Grung_e_Gene notes that coarse discoursers dislike it when others remind them of the coarseness of their discourse.