Republican Hypocrisy category archive
“If You Don’t Talk about It, It Didn’t Happen” 0
LZ Granderson ponders on the reasons for opposing the discussion of critical race theory. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
I’m a Southern boy.
I had ancestors who held (as the expression goes) slaves.
I don’t feel guilty about it, because I wasn’t there. But I will be damned if I will participate in excusing or exculpating or whitewashing (you will pardon the expression) their sin.
The Graham Cracker and the Lab Coat 0
I’m a Southern boy. I use the term “cracker” will full knowledge that it is applicable in all its permutations.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” has come full circle.
The Republican Party has become the party of racism.
The Cowardice of Their Convictions 0
The Des Moines Register’s Reka Basu calls out Republicans’ efforts to ban “critical race theory” and, along with that, honest discussion of American history. A snippet:
It’s too guilt-inducing, they say.
Aside:
Methinks it induces guilt because the guilt is deserved, and they can’t face that.
Or perhaps they feel no guilt and don’t want others to do so.
All the News that Fits 0
And that goes for the advertisements, too.
No Smoke, No Gun, No Smoking Gun 0
David debunks the bunkum about Dr. Fauci’s emails. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Ignorance /= Bliss 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Antonio French derides the duplicity of those (mostly Republican) politicians who have embarked on a crusade against “critical race theory.” Here’s an excerpt; follow the link for the rest.
But, of course, willful ignorance is never the answer.
Critical of Critical Critics 0
At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia’s 2017 Teacher of the Year is taken aback at the movement to forbid the teaching of “critical race theory” in public schools (where, as a matter of fact, it generally is not taught, being largely a topic in academia). Here’s tiny bit from her article (emphasis added):
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
The Pity Party 0
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
Of course, it’s not “cancel culture” when Republicans do it.