Politics of Hate category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Bob Cesca at Donald Trump’s post to “social” media of Barack and Michelle Obama apes and states the obvious that too many ignore, or, worse, deny.
The gist:
And the truth is, racism has always been the iron core of the MAGA movement.
Follow the link for the evidence.
Unsticking Together 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Gill Harrop reminds us of a recent press conference in which Donald Trump launched a personal attack on CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins when she dared ask a question about the Epstein files. She notes that
She goes on to explore why Collin’s colleagues sat by in silence. Given the state of dis coarse discourse, methinks her article is well worth a read.
American Stasi 0
Thom says they should be called what they are: not “detention centers,” but “concentration camps.”
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
UGa history professor Stephen Mihm hears the Trump maladministration’s ICE shaking down brown people and hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit:
Case in point: the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, a deeply unpopular law that effectively radicalized large swaths of the American electorate. It led to widespread civil disobedience, the destruction of a major political party and, thankfully, accelerated the end of slavery itself. Its lessons are ones Republicans should ponder – and fast.
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*Mark Twain.
Immunity Impunity
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My old Philly DL friend Noz has some thoughts on what must be done if the American Stasi is to redirected from their current path of trampling on rights and violating Constitutional protections.
Republican Thought Police 0
In the midst of a longer article about the Trump maladministration’s attempt to white-wash America’s history, Diane Carman succintly sums up what’s going on:
But apparently only the white ones.
American Stasi 0
MIT professor and Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu is not sanguine. A snippet:
If this violence goes unchecked, it could indeed be a turning point, because it will create a template for other security forces more closely aligned with Trump to use force against any manifestation of opposition. In that case, the slide toward an authoritarian regime could become difficult to reverse, as civil society becomes prostrate in the face of mounting repression and the norms against such crackdowns become steadily eroded.
Already, the two branches of government that are supposed to check the presidency (Congress and the Supreme Court) have proven to be highly solicitous of Trump’s agenda.
Afterthought:
I question his use of the term “Trump’s agenda.” Me-me-me-me may be motivation, but I don’t think it rises to the level of “agenda.”
“Agenda” implies a coherent strategy, not an incoherent one.
“She Was Just Following Orders” 0
David hears Kristi Noem say something that rhymes with the Nuremberg trials.
American Stasi 0
The Brock Press (a student publication at Brock University in Canada) offers a case study in devolution:
Lemon Squash and the Power of Repress, Reprise 0
Thom fears that the arrest of Don Lemon presages a crackdown on alternative media.
Republican Thought Police 0
Texas Governor Abbott is upset that Texas school students have the utter unmitigated gall and effrontery to form their own opinions about the American Stasi.