Political Theatre category archive
A Legend in His Own Mind 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Donna Halverson identifies the trait that she thinks makes Donald Trump unfit to hold public office. A snippet:
Narcissists project their mistakes onto others by manipulation, putdowns, intimidation and bullying.
Which is why Trump continues to cling to the idea that the 2020 election was stolen from him because the truth – that he lost – represents failure, something narcissists don’t accept. It’s why he also claimed to have been “wrongfully convicted” in his recent trial.
Transmogrification 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Keith Burris discusses the path from populism to nationalism to fascism. Though I’m not sure I agree with everything he says, I think it a timely read. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Reaction is the ignition and the fuel. Not conservatism, not preservation, but reaction.
And reaction often leads to wrecking balls.
That is when nationalist populism turns into something properly called fascism.
Methinks a lot of the antics of the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians fits right in with Burris’s thoughts on reaction.
Overt Operators 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Seth J. Gillihan writes of the “7 signs that you’re a covert manipulator.”
Follow the link and see whether his piece reminds you of any over manipulators who may be in the news.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Betty Bowers hears a whole slew of rhymes.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
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*Mark Twain.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Today, it is Judith Pantages, writing in the Las Vegas Sun, who hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
These vote gutter-outers just phoned it in.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A threat to the polity? Most certainly.
The Elector Rejector 0
Robert Reich looks ahead. He points out that
As usual, Trump signals what he’s planning to do before he does it.
He’s already signaled that he won’t accept the results of the 2024 election if he loses.
He then wonders
Do we still have time to harden our democracy in the fewer than five months remaining before the 2024 election?
Follow the link for the rest.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
In the midst of a longer post about a recent made-up who-shot-john over the Trump hush money financial fraud trial, Dick Polman succinctly states one reason–perhaps the primary reason–why “social” media isn’t:
It has long baffled me why persons will believe stuff they see on a computer screen when they would not believe the same stuff if it happened right before their eyse.
The Hunt for Hunter 0
Thom highlights the hypocrisy in the hunt for Hunter.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Heather Lynch explores how dis coarse discourse got so coarse.