Culture Warriors category archive
Establishmentarianism 0
Michael in Norfolk argues that the Republican Party is in the grip of the Establishmentarians.
Follow the link for his reasons.
Afterthought:
I think he has a point. It would help to explain in part the devolution of a political party into a personality cult.
Martial Aids 0
The Rude One sums up the latest from the party of the portable phallus. (Warning: Language.)
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet another hate-full twit.
Decoding de Code: “Parents’ Rights” 0
Michael in Norfolk clarifies the concept.
Follow the link for the complete clarification.
Twits on Twitter 0
. . . and another hate-full twit.
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock argues that today’s right-wing wants to roll back America’s clock to the 1950s.
Personally, I think he’s off by about precisely a century, but his article is worth a read.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
The image is from a blistering take-down of both-siderism at Stanford Law at Above the Law. I commend the article to your attention.
Decoding De Code, Little Chickens Dept. 0
Roy Johnson has figured out the right-wing’s definition of “woke.”
Something they can’t comprehend? It’s woke!
Something they don’t know—and don’t want to know the truth? It’s woke!
Global warming? Gun reform? Expand Medicaid so working-class Alabamians have access to quality healthcare? It’s all woke!
Woke is the far right’s sky is falling.
Follow the link for context.
Freedom of Screech 0
David points out that “projection is the name of the game.”
Woke to the Misdirection Play 0
In an article about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Jamelle Bouie gets to the gist of the “woke” misdirection play (emphasis added).
Follow the link to the article, where Boule delves into what really happened at SVB.
Recommended Listening 0
Bob Cesca’s interview with King Cyborg.
King Cyborg is a musician and a gay woman from Angola, who fled her native country because of the bigotry and persecution she faced there, only to arrive here in this “nation of immigrants” at a time when bigotry and hate-fullness seem on the rise.
I commend Bob’s and her discussion to your attention, as what she faced in her native country is what some in this nation, those whom Michael in Norfolk refers to as “Christofascists,” would like to see this country become.