“That Conversation about Race” category archive
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but If Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a most disturbing rhyme.
Follow the link to find out why he feels that way.
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*Mark Twain.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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SFgate’s Drew Magary explains why he deleted his account at Twitter X.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Thom comments on Trump’s pardon of his violence-prone fanboys the January 6th insurrectionists.
This topic was also discussed in somewhat more detail on Thursday’s episode of The Bob Cesca Show.
I have listened to Bob’s podcast almost since its beginning–certainly since its first year–and commend it to your attention.
Signings of the Times, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say that, if Donald Trump thinks he can single-handedly amend the Constitution by executive order, the rule of law may be on shaky ground under his sewership.
Along those lines, AL.com’s Roy S. Johnson looks at Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day executive order signature spasm and finds himself less than impressed. A snippet:
I’m not sure any single signature made us better — let alone great.
He renamed a body of water and a mountain (snore); contradicted his own “efficiency” quest by ordering all federal workers into the office; poured white-out over all references to diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal government, resuscitated the government-sanctioned murder (the death penalty); did a Simone Biles-backflip with TikTok; yanked us from vital international organizations; tried to pour more white-out on the birthright constitutional amendment; and pen-swiped a lot of jargon-salad decrees declaring “protection,” “America first,” and various “emergencies” allowing him potentially to weaponize the U.S. military against, well, any of us.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Donald Trump, a second-generation American citizen who benefited from Americans’ constitutional right to birthright citizenship, wants to strip away the right to birthright citizenship.
At Above the Law, Elie Mystal reprises an article laying bare the underlying intent. A snippet:
Today’s Republican Party has truly become the party of the New Secesh, as America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racism created to rationalize it continue to wield their curse.
Broligarchy, Reprise 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire sees a precedent–and it ain’t a pretty one.
Karen Karen-Like 0
Karen wields a mean meme.
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Republican Thought Police Dept.
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Scott Maxwell parses the perfidy of Florida AG Ashley Moody.
No excerpt or summary can do his article justice. Just go read it.
Republican Family Values 0
As has been noted before in these electrons, mean for the sake of mean appears to be a pirmary, if not the primary, Republican family value.
David has more. in this case, regarding the fires in California:
Driving Defensively on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bill Eddy notes that (emphasis added):
- Social media and some news outlets often include false information which can feel true from repetition.
- Research shows that false and emotional information spreads farther and faster than the truth.
He then suggests ten questions that can be helpful in parsing perfidy. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the full list.
Will the speaker/writer personally benefit by saying what they are saying . . . .
Karen Karen-Like 0
A Karen tries to fly the fiendly skies but instead just makes them fiendlier.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Monnica T Williams explores the harm done by racist (and, by extension, other bigoted) microaggressions. She points that their being “micro” doesn’t make them any less “aggressions.” A snippet:
