Political Theatre category archive
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
AL.com’s Francis Coleman sees parallels.
A Picture Is Worth What Is a Picture Worth?
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Mike Littwin muses about the worth of one particular picture which lately been much in the news. A snippet:
Yes, it was a highly choreographed attempt to appear, at once, both powerful and persecuted. I’d say it’s working.
Follow the link for the rest of his musings.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy wants wonders why the “party of law and order” is angry at the rule law and order.
Tubervillainy, Reprise 2
Just read it.
Afterthought:
Many of the traditions and norms in our federal government are based on trusting that elected officials will act in good faith.
We are now faced with the new Secesh, still rising again after all these years, who act in bad faith.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes another child to politeness.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
Thom talks with Wayne State University professor Seth D. Norrholm about the dynamics of the “cult bubble.”
Decoding de Code 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ravi Chandra offers some guidelines for recognizing mis- and disinformation is dis coarse discourse. Here’s a couple that seem particularly pertinent; follow the link for the complete list.
7. Are they primarily out to benefit themselves?
8. If you think they are trying to primarily benefit themselves or a particular demographic or socioeconomic group or faction, what risk do they pose to those outside their group or faction?
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
Stray Thought, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0
The legacy of Richard Nixon’s odious southern strategy lives on.
In our politics, we no longer have a left-wing, a middle-of-the-road center, and a right-wing.
We have a slightly-left-of-center-wing, a characterless mush-in-the-middle that believes in nothing other than that in between is the place to be, and an unabashedly white-wing that wants to turn the clock back 160 years.
The Voter Fraudster 0
Have you noticed that, when someone actually gets done for intentionally voting illegally, it’s almost always someone who voted Republican?
Debunking de Bunk 0
Robert Reich debunks the de bunk that Trump’s dupes, symps, and fellow travelers are telling themselves (and others).
He addresses five specific lines of bunkum. Here’s a bit from one entry (emphasis in the original); follow the link for the rest.
4. Trump has received preferential treatment because of who he is.
Trump’s defenders complain about a two-tiered justice system.
They’re right about that, but not in the way they claim. Trump has been given special privileges most criminal defendants would never get.
Reich goes on to remind us that
The principle that no one is above the law is only true if we make it so.