Hate Sells category archive
Going to Extremes 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jeremy Sherman offers a lens for understanding extremists and extremism which I found well worth the read. Here’s a tiny bit:
Macho, Macho Men 0
Michael in Norfolk notes a new Republican strategy: fanning male grievance. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports on a long-time white supremacist, ex-KKK leader, and convicted felon running for local office in Georgia.
The report points out that, though not a common phenomenon, this is also not an isolated one in these Trumpled times. Given the increased boldness of white supremacists, bigots, and haters, I think the article is well worth a read. Here’s a tiny bit:
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Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior political scientist with the RAND Corp. and an expert on political disinformation, said candidates with Doles’ background have good reasons to see an opening in mainstream politics. The rapid spread of disinformation on social media, a hyperpolarized political environment and the increase power of partisan rhetoric have created fertile ground for such campaigns, she said.
As the Twig is Bent, Reprise 0
Yet more bent twigs.
“If You Can Keep It” 0
Writing at the Idaho State Journal, Wayne Schow reveals that he is less than optimistic. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the rest:
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In 2016 with faulty judgment we elevated an unprincipled, incompetent man to the presidency — and we have paid dearly. He did unspeakable damage to our country—and continues to do so. But he could not have done it without legions of enablers. Millions of them still hang on his words.
Great Moments in Zoom 0
Yet another racist zoom-bombing.
Boebert Is the New Gohmert 0
Jim Wright explains. A snippet:
This is what the Republican Party has become: Lauren Boebert.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
With all due respect to Clyde Evely, “suspension of disbelief” and willfull abandonment of reality are not the same thing.
Aside:
The fabled panic created by Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds broadcast, to which Evely refers, was not as remembered in popular folklore (we covered this in my Sociology 101 class [mumble] years ago, for Pete’s sake). It affected a very small portion of the audience, mostly persons who listened to other radio shows and tuned into War of the Worlds after it was already about 15 minutes in and who lived in the area of New Jersey where the drama was set.
It’s not that persons disregarded the disclaimer at the beginning of the broadcast. It’s that they weren’t listening when the disclaimer was aired.
By the way, you can listen to that broadcast at the OTR Network Library.
Projection 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tony Norman writes of the Ahmaud Arbery case and trial.
In one passage, he gets to the gist of the motive for the lynching–for a lynching it was (emphasis added).
Follow the link for the complete article..
