Culture Warriors category archive
Republican Family Values . . . 0
. . . are a most malleable thing.
The Actual Cancel Culture 0
At the Des Moines Register, Shoshana Salowitz discusses the recent and escalating right-wing campaigns to ban books. A nugget:
They are about denying the humanity of Queer folks, Black folks, Brown folks.
Methinks she is onto something.
Aside:
Facing consequences for one’s own actions is not “cancel culture.”
It’s consequences. Consequences that one brings on oneself.
Decoding de Code 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock explores Republicans’ mystickal magickal incantation to legitimize any form of government overreach:
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“EXCEPT THAT.”
Follow the link to understand the secret of the spell.
The Mind Controller 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, professor emeritus A. Lee Fritschler takes a penetrating look at Florida Man’s attempt to turn public schools and universities into purveyors of propaganda to promote his political perspective. A snippet (emphasis added):
Decoding de Code 0
At The Seattle Times, Solomon D. Stevens decodes the code word, “woke.”
It is a culture war badge.
Follow the link for context.
It’s Celebration Time, Come On! 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier remarks on how one celebrant observed President’s Day. A snippet (emphasis added); follow the link for the complete piece.
But most American are not Marjorie Taylor Greene, congresswoman from Georgia, who celebrated Presidents Day by honoring her favorite president, Jefferson Davis.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Bob Cesca and Buzz Burbank, in yesterday’s edition of The Bob Cesca Show, discussing Marjorie Taylor Greene and the New Secesh:
Cesca: Republican are the party of Lincoln, except for the things Lincoln believed in most.
Burbank: Repblicans are the party of Jesus, except for the things Jesus believed in most.
Different Strokes at Different Folks 0
Eric Foster tells a tale or people, pigment, and perception.
School for Scamdal 0
At the Des Moines Register, Steve Westerberg dissects the lies that lying liars are spreading about public schools and libraries to advance an agenda of racism and privatization.
He focuses on Iowa, but it’s happening all over the country.
Here’s one bit of bunk he debunks; follow the link for more.
“I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think It Means” 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun tries to understand the Republicans’ War on Woke.
Thought Control 0
Read the article that David discusses.
Aside:
David’s distinction between Orwellian and Huxleyan dystopias provoked a thought or two.
Motivations for Meanness 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bernard Golden explores seven factors which he posits contribute to group violence. Here’s part of what he says about one of them, characterized as “Relative Deprivation and Basic Needs”; follow a link for a discussion of the seven.
Obsession 0
David discusses the right-wing’s obsession with transgender persons (who, remember, are an almost infinitesimal portion of the population).
Aside:
The ugly truth is that right-wing pols really dsn’t care about transgender persons one way or the other.
What they care about is using hate to get votes, because hate sells.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler sees echoes–well, heck, more than echoes–of Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare in the tactics Republicans are deploying to stoke fears the American students might (gasp!) be taught America’s history. Here’s how he starts his article:
The best answer to that question is another question: Why are we allowing it in Kansas, in 2023?
Follow the link for his reasoning.