Hate Sells category archive
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Writing about Florida Governor DeSantis’s kidnapping and transportation of immigrants (again, most of whom, if not all, were legally seeking asylum and abiding by the rules), Leonard Pitts, Jr., gets to the heart of the matter (emphasis added).
Follow the link for the evidence.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Just when you think America’s bigots and racists have reached the bottom of the pit of vileness in which they dwell, they dig deeper.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson suggests that Florida’s Governor DeSantis’s stunt of kidnapping and transporting refugees who fled to the United States to escape tyranny and oppression* (and who were here legally, by the way) may have backfired on him.
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*Only to find themselves kidnapped by a tyrannical oppressor, but that’s a topic for another day.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Orlando Sentinel, Scott Maxwell raises a question (emphasis in the original):
Why did the governor of Florida use migrants from Texas for his political theater?
Florida, after all, is chock full of undocumented citizens — an estimated 800,000 or more. So instead of playing games with migrants from Texas, many of whom were reportedly legal asylum-seekers, why didn’t Florida’s governor choose some of the many people known to be illegally living and working in his own backyard?
Probably because that would highlight an embarrassing reality for DeSantis — that Florida is a hotbed for illegal immigration, thanks partly to GOP lawmakers who have given companies the greenlight to employ and exploit undocumented workers here.
Follow the link for details
Unchecked and Unbalanced 0
Read about the Stanford Prison Study and consider, does it remind you of any dynamic in our recent news? (The link I posted is to an article at the Britannica; a web search will turn up many more references.)
I would argue that it exemplifies why the Founders placed a high value on “checks and balances” in governance and why it is important to respect the rights of the disadvantaged on par with the rights of the advantaged.
Forced Bussing 0
I’m so old that I can remember when racist bigots were against forced bussing.
A Notion of Immigrants, Reprise 0
Stephen discusses Governor DeSantis’s human trafficking of immigrants, plus a couple of other matters.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At The Roanoke Times, retired professor Fred Waddell offers a theory as to why people fall for conspiracy theories gain acceptance. He identifies four operative factors; here’s one of them (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the other three.
(Spellink erorr correxted.)
A Notion of Immigrants 0
As near as I can tell, the single underlying core value of today’s Republican Party is mean for the sake of mean.
PoliticalProf has a thought on this same issue.
DQAnon 0
Well, I guess if you could think a pizza joint is some kind of sinister gathering place, you could think the same of a Dairy Queen.
But only if your thinker is misfiring.
We are a broken society.
Misdirection Play, CRT Dept. 0
At Crooks and Liars, Newshound Ellen follows the money.