Culture Warriors category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom Hartman looks at the series of opinions by the Supreme Supremacist Court and concludes that
In America 2.0, there is no right to vote; governors and secretaries of state can take away your vote without even telling you (although they still must go to court to take away your gun). .
Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.
Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Kate Murphy, pastor at The Grove Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, pushes back at the current wave of they-call-themselves Christians and their push for establishmentarianism. A snippet:
If the governor of Florida can, by the power not vested in him, unilaterally declare that the church of Satan isn’t a religion, then he can also wake up one morning and decide that Islam isn’t a religion, or Hinduism, or Catholicism or any faith that allows women to preach or doesn’t handle snakes.
The point of the separation of church and state, as any fourth grader with a reasonably competent history teacher can tell you, isn’t to limit a citizen’s ability to practice their faith, but to protect it.
(Broken link fixed.)
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*Methinks in this context, “Christian” is New Speak for “Secesh.”
Republican Thought Police 0
Denial is not just a river in Egypt. It’s how Republicans teach history.
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.