“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Lethal Legacy 0
Emma talks with historian Matthew Dallek about how the legacy of the John Birch Society lives on in today’s Republican Party.
Misdirection Play, Still Rising Again Dept. 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Scott Cuddy expresses his dismay at plan by a neo-Nazi group to establish, well, a traning facility in Maine. He notes that he is gratified that many Mainers are expressing their disapproval of this and is displeased that others are not.
What led to this post, though, is that I want to point out a misdirection play–quite a common misdirection play, actually–that Cuddy mentions, almost in passing, in the course of his discussion (emphasis added):
Unfortunately, some influential conservatives have sought not only to downplay and dismiss these racist groups, but are actually trying to deflect from the issue by claiming that the real problem is anti-white racism.
Follow the link for context.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sam dissects the dissimulation.
(Spellink erorr correxed.)
This New Gilded Age 0
Methinks Michael in Norfolk has figured it out. Here’s a bit of his post:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Methinks that Emma Lazarus’s The New Collosus is in sore need of being brought up to date (the edit is italicized).
Herewith I offer an updated version:
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
And I will assault them in the street.”
If you look carefully, you can find why I recommend the revision.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Farron discusses some textbook cases of psychological projection. (Warning: Mild language.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Field wonders why so may Trumpettes are willing to life in a fantasy world, believing that Donald Trump won the election and the Deep State is plotting against him, then decides, well, the answer is simple, really.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle.
The Republican Party has become the party of the Secesh.
Inculcating Ignorance 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun takes a look at Republicans’ campaign to erase America’s history from America’s schools. Here’s the lede:
Follow the link for the evidence.
“As the Twig Is Bent . . . .” 0
And, boy, this is one bent twig.
Dred Scott Redux 0
Sam talks with Ian Millhiser about the current state of the Supreme Supremacist Court. It’s a long listen and a worthwhile one.
I know.
I stayed up later than I intended to listen to it.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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An X Offender with a notion of immigrants.
Foxy Shady 0
Sam and the crew ponder the pandering.