Culture Warriors category archive
How the Grumblers Cookie 0
Afterthought:
It’s clear that these right-wingers have never read Plato’s Symposium.
Indeed, methinks they’ve never read Plato. Or Locke. Or Kant. Or, for that matter, much of anything at all.
Maskless Marauders 0
Some persons just aren’t happy unless they can disdain the common good and ignore the social contract.
Aside:
Frankly, I doubt that they understand the concept of the common good and are ignorant of that of the social contract.
To put it another way, they are–er–self-regarding porcines.
Seeking Refuge 0
It has been noted that persons have responded differently to different groups of refugees; a number of examples have been in the news recently.
Here in the States, for example, some want to build a wall go keep out persons from Central America fleeing violence and climate change, while welcoming persons fleeing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. (And this is not a new phenomenon.)
In a timely post at Psychology Today Blogs, Professor Natalia Kucirkova explores the reasons for this.
I commend it to your attention.
The Privilege Flew 0
Florida Republicans are turning on Disney since the entertainment company had the unmitigated gall to criticize their hate-full “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell follows the money. A nugget:
But none of these state lawmakers gave a flying fairy about all the special treatment and incentive deals Disney received until Disney stood up for LGBTQ families and said it was financially cutting off the politicians.
Freedom of Screech 0
In discussing measures in Idaho to censor books in public libraries, Dave Feinkeinburg gets to the heart of the matter; follow the link for his reasoning.
And it’s not just Republicans in Idaho, folks.
Hurdles 0
Helen Ubiñas points out that Republicans’ blatantly rude and disrespectful behavior towards Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is not unprecedented.
Collateral Damage (in Addition to the Intended Damage) 0
Writing at Jacksonville.com, Anderson Dodd argues that Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill could result in banning works of Shakespeare, Home, Plato, and many others considered classic literature. A snippet (emphasis added):
But with Florida’s new bill, the very foundations of our democracy will be removed from school libraries and classrooms as educators teach with an eye to litigation instead of education.
False Idols 0
Lutheran Pastor Tim Wright calls out those who preach a gospel of hate.
Freedom of Permitted Speech 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams reports on cancel culture, Republican style.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Charles Blow summarizes Republicans’ seven step plan to salvage segregation.
All the History that Fits 0
A retired Auburn University history professor responds to Alabama’s effort to whitewash (you will pardon the expression) American history.
The Sublime vs. the Ridiculous 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., tells a tale of two convoys, one circumnavigating the Washington Beltway and one carry relief supplies from Berlin to Ukraine. An excerpt:
For those of us who do, Ukraine is a reminder that resisting tyranny is not a performance, not something you cosplay. That reminder is vital, given that American democracy is fast eroding – not because of medical mandates, mind, you, but because of attacks on the right to vote, protest and speak freely. Against that troubling confluence of threats, the truckers who descended on D.C. provide vivid illustration that even at this dangerous extremity, the American capacity for blithe idiocy remains intact.