Politics of Hate category archive
“Undermined from Within” 0
I don’t know to what extent I buy this, but the truly scary thing is that it does not sound impossible.
You can find another take in the same vein here.
“Five Signs of Totalitarianism” 0
Christopher Lebron lists them at the Boston Review. Do any of them sound familiar?
Sign 1: Leader Insists on Mass Public Adoration.
Sign 2: Regime Controls the Truth.
Sign 3: Regime Suppresses Knowledge Producers.
Sign 4: Regime Invents Common Enemies.
Sign 5: Leader Is Surrounded by Cronies and Sycophants.
Follow the link for a detailed discussion of each one.
Lies and Lying Liars
(and the People Who Love Them)
0
Warning: Language.
All the News that Fits 0
Facts never survive the Reince cycle.
Stray Thought, Going Rogue Dept. 0
The uncomfortable truth–the one that no one dares to talk about–is that the United States of America has Trumpled its way to becoming a rogue nation.
The next stop is pariah.
Frankly, if things continue on the course of the past week, I’d not be surprised if civilized nations begin to impose sanctions on the Trumpled States of America within the next six months.
Distressed and depressed. Not surprised.
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses
Oh, Forget It
0
In the true spirit of Trumpery and the Republican Party, this is just mean for the sake of mean.
Trump Beta 0
Alex Steed argues that the tenure of Maine’s openly racist Governor LePage is a preview of the Trumpling. He is not optimistic, though he finds the continuing protests a reason for hope. Here is a bit:
Don’t keep waiting for Trump to do something so outrageous people will wake up. They won’t.
“Can You Give Me Sanctuary . . . .” 0
A lawyer looks at Donald Trump’s action on “sanctuary cities” and finds it to be–er–of questionable legality. A snippet (this is one of the milder bits):
Treadmill Hamster Cage to Oblivion
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Shorter Booman: This is nuts and can’t go on.
I fear implosions–or I hope to God not but would not be surprised, explosions–are closer than I thought.
Garrison Keilor suggested the other day that Republicans did this and they need to fix it.
Afterthought:
Yeah. Good luck with that.
Branding Trumps Reality 0
Really, it does (as any Jeep buyer knows). Douglas van Praet explains. Here’s a snippet:
Donald Trump tapped into a growing community of angry voters by riding a groundswell of anti-government disdain and anti-immigrant anxiety never before seen in American politics. . . .
It should come as no surprise then that Donald Trump had run the most effective campaign, despite a long list of false facts or questionable truths. This may also explain Trump’s tendency to ignore or embellish the facts to mold reality, however far-fetched, to his purpose at hand.
Elsewhere, Francis Wilkinson points out how hate-full imagery Trumps reality.
The Otherization of Americans 0
Peter Sussman tells a story. Here’s an excerpt–follow the link for the rest:
I was heartbroken. Our 9-year-old grandson had learned that, in Trump’s America, our family could be broken down into component parts: one part this race, one part that, with frightening real-world implications.
Witness the Trumpling of America.
All That Was Old Is New Again 1
Despite what Republicans would have you believe, magickal thinking does not work.
There is no magic; there is only the con.
