Hate Sells category archive
False Idols 0
Lutheran Pastor Tim Wright calls out those who preach a gospel of hate.
“Americans Fall For It Too” 0
Given the news reports about disinformation in Russia, David points out that it’s not just Russians who can fall for fakery. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Borderline Disorder 0
Yastreblyansky makes the diagnosis.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
No doubt he will say he was just putting him in his place.
Vindictive Vagueness 0
The Angry Grammarian parses Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” and finds it an intentionally uninterpretable linguistic mishmash. He concludes
Follow the link for his reasoning.
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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Mean for the Sake of Mean Dept.
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At SFGate, Drew Magary argues forcefully that certain states (Texas, Florida, etc.) are trying to secede without actually seceding. He suggests that, in the long run, it won’t go well for them, but, in the short run, we can expect much gratuitous suffering for those who don’t fit their image of “real Americans.” A nugget:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom discusses how Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed become the raison d’etre of the Republican Party.
I’m a Southern boy. I know bigots when I see them.
“But There’s No Other Possible Explanation” 0
Thom talks with Kelly Weill about why persons are susceptible to conspiracy theories.
This discussion is well worth a listen.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.