Culture Warriors category archive
Both Sides Don’t 0
Rick Reynolds, writing in the Las Vegas Sun, explains why.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Ames, Iowa, Tribune, Walter Suza explores why some persons are so opposed to DEI (i. e., diversity, equality, and inclusion). A nugget (emphasis added):
DEI is also about becoming willing to admit that inequity has existed in America for so long that it appears as normal. Inequity being normal makes DEI abnormal. The result is some opposing DEI because it threatens their own power or rights , , , ,
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini reports on the outpouring of racism and bigotry at the latest Turning Point Action conference. Montini found the events to be–er–somewhat dismaying.
Here’s a bit from his article:
Kirk and his organization flourished during the Trump administration and have become major players in Republican politics, holding events like the one in Florida and supporting political candidates.
Republican politicians are afraid to ignore Kirk, now, and even more afraid to criticize him.
Or perhaps — and this would be worse — the majority of Republicans simply agree with him, and what he says, and what he espouses.
Facebook Frolics 0
A frolicker sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind (or, at least, an eddy).
Establishmentarians 0
The Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction argues that public schools should indoctrinate students in (his brand of) Christianity:
Via C&L, where John Amato points out that Rufo is lying:
Follow the link for the rest of Amato’s commentary.
Market Farces 0
Steve M. reports on the latest step in Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ crusade appears to be attacking retailers who sell merchandise that said crusaders find offensive. Apparently, in their view, admitting the very existence of LGBTQ persons is now being portrayed as “grooming.” Here’s a bit from his article; follow the link for his reasoning.
And this from the party that claims to celebrate the “free hand of the market.”
Mean for the Sake of Mean 0
Jason330 runs the numbers.
Obsession 0
At The Roanoke Times, Betsy Biesenbach marvels at the recent hysteria over the idea that (gasp!) persons should be accepted for who they are. I commend her entire article to your attention, but this bit in particular caught my eye:
In a related vein, Leonard Hitchcock, writing at the Idaho State Journal, has a wonder:
Both articles are worth your while.
All That Was Old Is New Again, Reprise 0
Thom reminds us that, as Mark Twain once observed, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
Precedented 0
In his letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Gil Eisner is sees shadows from the past.
I do hope he is, as my old boss used to say, in error, but I fear–oh, never mind.
Establishmentarians 0
Farron argues that the Republican Party in no longer a political party in any traditional sense, but rather has become little more than a tool of right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians.