Culture Warriors category archive
What’s in a Name? 0
As Chris Williams points out at Above the Law, quite a lot, apparently. A nugget:
Follow the link for context.
Cancellation Nation 0
David explains how it’s right-wing snowflakes that are doing the cancelling in our culture.
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“One of These Days, Alice, Pow! to the Moon” 0
The title of this post was a frequent line in Jackie Gleason’s Honeymooners, which started as skits and then became a series.
At the Idaho State Journal, Gugino discusses the latest front in the right-wing’s desire to roll the clock back: abolishing “no fault” divorce so, once again, Alice can be sent to the moon, without any recourse.
Gugino starts by reminding us why “no fault” divorce came about:
Follow the link for the rest.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal muses on a proposal to deny MaineCare benefits to sick persons if they are not U. S. citizens. (MaineCare a form of insurance run by the state of Maine.) A snippet:
I think a lot of the knee-jerk opposition to it comes down to racism and nativism . . . .
Methinks she makes some excellent points.
Why Am I Not Surprised? 0
Going back to Philosophy 101, I’ll start by defining a term:
Romeo Vitelli, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, takes a look at the opposition of hate crime laws. Not surprisingly, he finds that those who oppose hate crime laws are motivated by (wait for it) hate. Here’s a tiny little bit from his much longer article:
Follow the link for context.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
After hearing about the humiliating questions that attorney Joe Tacopina fired at E. Jean Carrol in an effort to undermine her claims against a failed former President, Mangy Fetlocks wanted to point out the absurdity of the old-school victim-blaming that was used in an attempt to get Donald off the hook AGAIN. My guess is, it won’t prove effective.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
F. T. Rea is taken aback by aghast at Republicans who would assert that history isn’t.
Here’s a bit from his post:
Precedented 0
Steve Bousquet, columnist for the Florida Sun Sentinel reminds Florida’s Governor DeSantis that, to paraprhase Mark Twain, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.