Culture Warriors category archive
American Taliban 0
Rebecca Watson discusses the establishmentarians’ efforts to (en)force their creed on the polity.
Or you can read the transcript.
Republican Thought Police 0
Thom dissects the duplicity.
Establishmentarians 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts has a question:
In related news, Leonard Hitchcock, writing in the Idaho State Journal, notes that:
Follow the links for context.
They Would Be Gods 0
At The Japan Times, Nina L. Khrushcheva takes penetrating look at political leaders who attempt to imbue their earthly policies with godly sanction. I find it a particularly timely read in this period surging establishmentarianism. Here’s a nugget:
Go read the rest.
Republican Family Values 0
Rebecca Watson cites statistics showing that state that recently enacted strict anti-abortion laws are experiencing significant increases in infant and maternal mortality.
Of you can read the transcript.
Establishmentarians 0
Truthout tracks their attempts public schools into pulpits for proselytizing. Here’s a bit of their report:
Establishmentarians 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler argues that life has started to echo Monty Python.
As the comedy troupe Monty Python once said, “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.”
I certainly didn’t expect it in Oklahoma.
But Inquisition 2024 came to our neighboring state on Thursday, when Oklahoma’s authoritarian superintendent of public instruction, Ryan Walters, issued an edict that every classroom from fifth to 12th grade must have a Bible in it, and every teacher, regardless of their own beliefs, has to teach from it — or else.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
And, in a related piece, Marty Ryan points out that there is a certain–er–lack of consensus on the number and wording of the Ten (or so) Commandments.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom points out that, under the policies of today’s Republican Party, a rising tide lifts only those who own the boats.
Our Trumpled Polity 0
Thom runs the numbers that show that, since Donald Trump entered the political scene in 2015, hate crimes have escalated dramatically.
Thom also notes that “hate is a cheap effective political weapon” and warns not to be taken in by it.
Republican Thought Police 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, author Seema Yasmin points out that there has been a rise in “soft” book bans, that is, book bans that go on in the absence of any stated rules. The public doesn’t hear of them, but they’re there.
A snippet:
“Values Voters” 0
Mangy argues that Donald Trump truly represents the essence of today’s Republican Party.
The Establishmentarian Indoctrination Initiative 0
Thom debunks de bunk.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Steve M. looks at the reaction of Fox News hosts to Donald Trump’s suggestion that immigrants sbe used as modern-day gladiators for the entertainment of the masses. He suggests that (emphasis added):
Methinks Steve M. is onto something. Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
I think it telling that, in ancient Rome, gladiators were slaves, and, for all practical purposes, this too would be enslavement–another reason why the Party of the New Secesh would not find this notion objectionable.
Establishmentarians 0
Jimmy Kimmel highlights the hypocrisy.
If the Scribes and Pharisees of the Gospels had had a political party, it would have looked like today’s Republ–oh, never mind.
Video via C&L, which has commentary.