Politics of Hate category archive
American Stasi 0
Apparently, they do indeed want to use “indiscriminate force against persons exercising their freedom of speech.
All the News that Fits 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s celebrating his efforts to suppress freedom of speech.
American Exceptionalism
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Richard French, in a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, makes a convincing case that, if such a thing ever were, it ain’t no more. He argues that, under the Trump maladministration,
. . . .the U.S. is retreating from the values it once claimed as its moral core.
I fear that he is correct. Follow the link for his reasoning.
War and Mongers of War 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Lydia Polgreen makes a convincing–and chilling–case that Donald Trump does not realize that actions can have (sometimes unintended and unexpected) consequences.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom discusses investigative news reports of–er–less than legal behavior by ICE agents.
Visit the Youtube page for links to the reports that Rick discusses.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Quick Sand 0
Methinks Michael in Norfolk pretty much nails it about the Trump maladministration’s war on Iran. A snippet:
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill recently introduced in the Alabama legislature that would for all practical purposes abolish academic tenure; he suggests that
It’s about controlling what you can say or hear or ultimately think or learn. And of course teach.
Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
Why are Republicans afraid of freedom of thought and speech? Could be that they know they are in the wrong?
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Per northjersey.com, veterans of the civil rights mevement are hearing lots of rhymes from those times from the tramps of the American Stasi. Here’s a tiny bit:
“The government is not just repressing Black people,” he said. “Now, they are repressing a broader swath of the population that includes anybody that opposes them. . . .”
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*Mark Twain.
