Hypocrisy Watch category archive
Establishmentarians (Updated) 0
Alabama recently passed a law requiring the display of (one particular version of) the Ten Commandments in public schools.
At AL.com, PJ Schwartz, Rabbi of the century and a half old Temple B’nai Sholom in Huntsville, Alabama, cuts through the plethora of prevarications propagated to promote this practice. Here’s a tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
Calling this law “historical” is not just inaccurate. It is a strategy—a way to give legal and cultural cover to something that would be far more obvious if it were named honestly: privilege of one particular Christian worldview in a public institution meant to serve everyone.
Addendum:
Here’s a discussion of the different versions of the Ten Commandments.
The Rupture 0
At The Charlotte Observer, pastor Kate Murphy reacts to reports that some commanders have tried to convince their subordinates that the Trump maladministration’s war on Iran is sanctioned by God.
Spoiler Alert: She ain’t buying it.
Grokking the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At the Psychology Today website, Richard Restak warns that, “(t)hanks to the technology of the Internet and AI, misinformation is vastly increasing.” He points out that, not only can AI distort the present, it can distort the past:
Read the whole thing and remind yourself that, even if you see it on a computer screen (perhaps especially if you see it on a computer screen from “social” media), it ain’t necessarily so.
Afterthought:
I wonder how long it will be before the Trump maladministration starts to deploy AI in our national par–oh, never mind.
The Establishmentarian and the Nine Commandments 0
I guess he is leaving out the one about “bearing false witness.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Bob Cesca looks at Donald Trump’s post to “social” media of Barack and Michelle Obama apes and states the obvious that too many ignore, or, worse, deny.
The gist:
And the truth is, racism has always been the iron core of the MAGA movement.
Follow the link for the evidence.
The Me Veneration 0
Seth identifies the governing principle of today’s Republican Party.
Both Sides Don’t 0
Steve M. is fed up with the false equivalence.
Afterthought:
Once evil becomes proven, presumption of good no longer applies.
Russian Impulses 0
A caller to Thom sees a pattern.
Stray Question 0
What’s a good word for someone who used–er–questionable means so as not to go to war, but who quite happily places others in the line of fire?
Inquiring minds want to know.
And the Winner Is . . . . 0
John Young offers his selection for the hypocrite of 2025.
All the News that Fits 0
Michael in Norfolk bemoans the false equivalence in dis coarse discourse. A snippet:
Self-Driven to Destruction 0
When all else fails, blame the victim.
News You Could Lose 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire notes that some government officials and agencies, including the Trump maladministration, are suddenly interested in freedom of repress. He gives several examples of government threats against reporter for, well, reporting.
Here’s a tiny excerpt, in which he talks about Trump’s threatening to sue news agencies for reporting that his bombing of Iran may not have been the glorious shattering victory that he claimed it to be (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the rest.
All the News that Fits 0
A caller calls out Jake Tapper for his recent book about Joe Bidden and Tapper tries to weasel-word himself out her criticism. David Shuster dissects the dissumulation.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth finds a slight whiff of a double standard in the current who-shot-john stirred up by Jake Tapper’s recent book alleging that Joe Biden is getting old. A snippet:
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Vanessa LoBue takes a look at how dis- and misinformation spread on the disinformation superhighway. She notes that researchers have determined the following:
She goes on to offer some techniques to avoid falling for fabrications.
I commend her article as a timely read in this disinformation age.
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*Citations at the link.