Politics of Hate category archive
Deplorable and Proud Of It, By Gum 0
Voter intimidation was what it was all about, was it not?
And, in more news of the deplorables . . .
The stupid. It burns.
Twit on Twitter . . . 0
. . . the accounting.
The Trumplets of God 0
These folks worship no Jesus that I know.
Trumpling Those Who Serve 0
In my local rag, a high school student explains why she is reconsidering her plans to join the military. This is how she starts out:
I’ve always believed that I’d continue that tradition of service. I never expected my plans to change because of an election. If Trump becomes president, though, things will be different. I don’t think I can join the military under a Trump presidency for two reasons.
Follow the link to see what those two reasons are.
Arbiters of Civility 0
Genteel is as genteel does. This was not genteel.
As my mother would have said, “The nerve, the absolute nerve!” (She wouldn’t in a million years have said, ‘arrogant a$$hole,” so I’ll say it for her.)
Words fail me. (Well, no, they don’t, but I prefer not to sputter profanities in these electrons.)
Master of Suspense 0
Remember, Donald Trump is not a Republican aberration. He is the Republican id escaped its bonds and run free.
A Deplorable Calvacade 0
Now we switch to Spocko for the round-up.
“Some People Are More Equal Than Others”* 0
Andres Oppenheimer wonders why it took so long:
Where were McCain, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and dozens of other high-profile Republicans who didn’t break with Trump until the Oct. 7 release of Trump’s now infamous video?
Most of them, like McCain, explained that they had made their difficult decision because “I have daughters.” Where were they when Trump demonized Hispanics? Don’t they have any Hispanic friends?
Read the rest.
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*With apologies to George Orwell.
The Bright Side 0
Dick Polman:
He goes on to point out that he’s writing in the morning, and no one knows what today might bring.
Meanwhile, in The Charlotte Observer, Keith Larson marvels at this coarse discourse (emphasis added–more at the link):
Trumpling the Social Contract 0
Professor Wayne Reilly is dismayed. A snippet:
The current presidential campaign presents some disturbing examples of a rejection of this essential element of democracy. When Donald Trump suggests that those who worry about their Second Amendment rights in the event of his loss of the election might resort to violence or when he suggests that the only way he could lose in Pennsylvania would be if the voting process were “rigged,” he is not only indulging in conspiracy theory, he is undermining the whole democratic process.
Read it.
Alien 0
“A Choice, Not an Echo” 0
Jack Ohman cites reasons for supporting Donald Trump. A nugget:
Americans arise each morning and see no nuclear fireball on the horizon, no massive civil unrest in the streets, no calamitous economic disruption.
Americans love scary fantasy movies about presidents fighting aliens, apocalyptic science fiction about nuclear winter, and massive global conspiracies involving bald men in black turtlenecks and fist-fighting aboard Air Force One.
I predict all that would happen under a Trump presidency, and more.