Culture Warriors category archive
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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sam speaks with Suzanne Nossel about Florida Man’s thought police.
Afterthought:
Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party. Florida Man’s antics are rooted in America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the ideology of racism that was fabricated to justify it.
If you can’t see that, you just aren’t looking.
Republican Family Values 0
Those “family values” Republicans seem to have plucked Grung-e-Gene’s last nerve.
The Refugee 0
In the Tampa Bay Times, a Florida mother explains why the hate-full antics of Florida’s Governor DeSantis have convinced her to take her family and leave the state.
Macho, Macho Men 0
Thom hazards a hypothesis to account for the fawning fans of a failed fabulist.
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
Michael in Norfolk discusses the bubbleliciousnes of right-wing news “coverage.” A snippet:
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Stephanie Hayes thinks she has identified the location of said pulpit.
Suffer the Children 0
It’s not just scripture. It’s Republican policy.
Guns and Posers 0
The ADL runs the numbers. A snippet (emphasis added); follow the link for the report.
Mending a Malicious Misreading 0
At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kim Jackson, Josh Noblitt, and Joshua Lesser remind us that, under the U. S. Constitution, the “Establishment Clause” not only guarantees freedom of religion, it also guarantees freedom from religion.