Culture Warriors category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Farron discusses some textbook cases of psychological projection. (Warning: Mild language.)
Inculcating Ignorance 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun takes a look at Republicans’ campaign to erase America’s history from America’s schools. Here’s the lede:
Follow the link for the evidence.
Dred Scott Redux 0
Sam talks with Ian Millhiser about the current state of the Supreme Supremacist Court. It’s a long listen and a worthwhile one.
I know.
I stayed up later than I intended to listen to it.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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An X Offender with a notion of immigrants.
The Story of the Moral Is . . . . 0
In a particularly timely article at Psychology Today Blogs, Dale Hartley looks at how propagandists liars use “moral panics” to roil the public and distract it from actual issues. Here’s a bit:
Given that this technique seems to dominate dis coarse discourse even as I write this, what with the fuss over trans kids in sports and truthful books in school and public libraries, the few minutes it will take to read his article are well worth your while.
“Old Times There Are Not Forgotten” 0
Michael in Norfolk argues that today’s Republican Party wants to bring back those old times.
Base Desires 0
Michel in Norfolk argues that Hillary Clinton was right about the deplorables. A snippet:
Facebook Frolics 0
Devilish frolics.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Francis Wilkinson considers Donald Trump’s slogan and asks, “‘Make America great again’ for just whom, exactly?”
Follow the link for her answer.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
Thom talks with Wayne State University professor Seth D. Norrholm about the dynamics of the “cult bubble.”
What’s in a Word? 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Ellen Dohmen tries to make sense of the fuss over “woke.” A bit of her article:
Republican Family Values 0
Thom suggests that the damage isn’t collateral.
All in the Family 0
Farron visits Eric Trump’s fantasy world.