Culture Warriors category archive
Indoctrination Nation 0
The Tamba Bay Times tells one teacher’s story of working under the rule of Florida’s Grand Wizard Governor DeSantis.
Just go read it.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Michael Paul Williams finds himself dismayed at the willingness of the self-styled “law and order” party to look the other way when the (most credibly) accused is Donald Trump. A tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
The entire piece is worth your while.
Merchants of Hate 0
Thom points out that culture war hate is becoming one of our major exports.
Misdirection Play, Child Prey Dept. 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal parses the perfidy. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
(snip)
The Christofascists will not stop at banning health care for transgender children. They are coming for adult care – they’ve said so.
A Viral Infection 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock reveals that, to his horror, he just might be infected with the “woke mind virus.” Here’s one symptom:
As proof, she reminded me that I have expressed concern over the proposed relaxing of child labor laws. Surely that is a “wokeness” symptom when I know that conservatives support such a move. Deceased conservative billionaire David Koch even once pledged to “abolish” child labor laws altogether.
More symptoms at the link.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Florida Man’s actions have consequences.
Decoding de Code 0
Thom translates the term.
Thought Police 0
The Fredericksburg, Va., Free Lance-Star reports on efforts to censor books in the Spotsylvania County public schools. You can follow the link for the story, but this sentence leapt out at me (emphasis added):
The county continues to field book challenges, most of them initiated by one parent.
Welcome to the unfree marketplace of ideas.
American Taliban 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Portland Press-Herald sees a parallel.
Misdirection Play, This New Gilded Age Dept. 0
Robert Reich details the decoys. A snippet:
Follow the link for the debunking of de bunk.
Establishmentarians 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock shares his thoughts about disdain for the right’s rabid race to restrict reading lists for reasons of they-call-it religion.
Twits on Twitter, School for Scamdal Dept. 0
Emma and the crew skewer the hypocrisy of Ben Shapiro’s performance art. (Warning: Audio slightly out of sync.)