Politics of Hate category archive
Welcome to Sweden 0
Wayne Beach thinks that, if predictions are accurate, the electorate may have gone stir-crazy.
I refer, of course, to the phenomenon of a captive developing an irrational sympathy for his or her kidnapper. Having made good on an early announced intention to block the president at every possible turn, the Republican-controlled House has effectively held the country hostage for the past four years. In the process of trying to exact its ransoms, it has shut down the government, threatened default on our debts, given a lasting stain to our international reputation, blocked proposals for infrastructure improvement that could have created new jobs and demonstrated a sweeping refusal to deal with climate change.
Follow the link for the complete diagnosis.
Race at to the Base
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Yes, indeedy-do, teabaggery is all about race.
Any Southerner could have explained that to you, except, natch, the ones who don’t want to admit it, even to themselves.
Facebook Frolics 0
He left out the part about “violence with guns” being inherent to white culture. There is no NRACP.
In defending himself, he doth protest loudly that he has no prejudice because of course he doesn’t.
Also, pigs, wings.
Freudian Tee Shirts 0
The other day, I was in line at a checkout behind an old white man–older than me–wearing a “Tell Congress that Guns Save Lives” tee shirt.
The back of the tee shirt proclaimed that
The reign of hate and fear ends on January 20, 2017.
Not wanting a confrontation and not knowing whether or not he was packing, I refrained from pointing out that the “hate and fear” were his and no one else’s.
Fear and Mongers of Fear 0
Yves Smith asks a question:
Isn’t it likely that the anti-government, low-tax and pro-wealthy/pro-big business policies of the GOP politicos that have run these states for several decades have something to do with these negative results, and that the more progressive policies in the northeast and northwest are reflected in the much more positive results in those areas?
Yet rural, southern populations continue to proudly proclaim their allegiance, against their own economic interest, to ill-fated Reaganomics that favors tax cuts (for the wealthy and big business) coupled with use of old-time, regressive consumption taxes (toll roads, sales taxes and property taxes), privatization of public functions (e.g., charter schools managed by for-profit, nontransparent corporations), socialization of losses, militarization, and de-regulation.
The answer is simple: That’s what the hatin’ is all about.
As Lyndon Johnson once said,
Fear and Mongers of Fear 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear has another excellent blog post on Republicans’ skills at turning fear into power.
Just read it.
Fear and Mongers of Fear 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear can smell the fear. A nugget:
Conservatives market fear because fear stops thought.
Suffer the Children 0
The Daily Show takes on the border goons.
Excerpt:
If this is Operation Normandy and the children are invading us, wouldn’t that make us the Nazis?
Below the fold because it may autoplay.
Hate Sells. It Also Pays 0
Chauncey Devega gives an example.
Playing the Victim 0
In other news, George Smith points out that more and more caissons are rolling along.
Image via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.
On the Ground in Ferguson, Mo. 0
(Audio only. At times, the language gets emotional.)
