Politics of Hate category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Or,”If you want them to have a work ethic, don’t spare the whip.”
Words fail me.
Trumpling the Discourse 0
Jennifer Lin shares her misty water-colored memories of dealing with the Donald when she was young reporter for the Inky.
Then he called her editor and referred to Lin as “that c-,” Lin said.
Details at the link.
Trumpling Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Reg Henry remembers Monday’s debate and reaches a disquieting conclusion. A snippet:
That may seem contrary, but debates occur in the culture of their times. In a sane world, Ms. Clinton would be judged the winner, but that is the very world willfully abandoned by many Americans. They may suppose a debate is just a shouting match; it’s all just words and the important thing is to steamroll your opponent with them. This he did.
He was helped by a culture that has become fact-free and in thrall of the Big Lie as practiced by the Nazis, the idea that if you tell a lie big enough and often enough, people eventually will come to believe it, no matter how absurd.
Immunity Impunity, the Poisoning of Flint Dept.
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Unspeakable venality.
The Middle Finger Having Writ . . . . 0
(Open tag fixed)
William Jones, president of a small Christian* college in the midwest, tells his tale. Here’s how he begins:
They drew a chalk outline of a dead body with the words “rest in peace my friend” and “make Lindsborg white again.” They wrote messages that were disgusting and completely contrary to Bethany’s core values and intellectual identity.
A few days later, a man who is not a student at Bethany and does not even live in Lindsborg called my office at the college to say that he and four other people were the ones who had committed this despicable act. He refused to disclose who his companions were, and no others have admitted to participating. And then he said something chilling: He said that he wrote the chalk messages because Bethany College has been recruiting students of color – and because I have adopted two biracial children.
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*I’ve not heard of his school, but I must say that it sounds like a “Christian” college in the “Christian” sense of the word, rather than in the “conservative” sense of the word.
Fair Game 0
Thom and his guest, Professor D. Watkins, explore why cops and their supports are okay with killing black folks.
Rotten Apples Fall from Rotten Trees 0
Shorter Alfred Doblin: Like father, like son.
Culture Wars and Mongers of Culture Wars 0
Jackie tries to pick a side.
Legacy, Bushie Style 0
Thom wonders when, if ever, the buck will stop where it belongs.
Flagging Interests 0
Jingo bells, jingo bells, jingo all the way . . . .
And, for our second number, let’s have a resounding rendition of Oh, Comply All Ye Faithful.
