Politics of Hate category archive
Tipping Point? 0
Josh Marshall thinks that the reaction to Indiana’s recent law permitting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is qualitatively different from what’s happened in the past and that Indiana’s bigots did not anticipate it. A snippet:
Now Gov. Pence is reduced to lamely complaining that his and the legislatures efforts have been misunderstood or distorted. “I just can’t account for the hostility that’s been directed at our state,” Pence told the Indianapolis Star. “I’ve been taken aback by the mischaracterizations from outside the state of Indiana about what is in this bill.” He can’t even manage the standard, conservatives in my state are being victimized by the axis of gays and liberals. He seems genuinely surprised.
The Blame Game 0
Steven M. is keeping score.
Visions Delusions of the Fall Foul
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It seems that one of the constructs of the racist right way is something called “white genocide,” which, as near as I can figure out, means not getting their racist right-wing way and therefore not returning, if not to slavery, at least to Jim Crow.
Don’t believe me? Listen to the audio at the link.
Patriot Games 2
According to Atlanta’s Channel 2 News, conservative “patriot” Michael Sibley confessed to police that he was trying to educate people that terror strikes can happen anywhere and without warning when he planted the bombs last November.
Words fail me.
Facebook Frolics 0
The idea of a black man in the White House continues to drive Republicans bonkers.
Signs of the Times 0
Steven M. savages wingnuts’ compulsion to hurl feces at those with whom they differ.
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet another racist twit.
No Huddled Masses Need Apply 0
Jim Wright looks at the current kerfuffle over immigration and pulls no punches. Here’s a bit of one of his typically long and scathing posts (emphasis added):
Republicans say the government is broken, and they’re going to keep on breaking it until they’re proven right.
Read the whole thing.
None Dare Call It Terrorism 0
In the Charlotte Observer, Glenda Gilmore, an ex-pat North Carolinian now living in Connecticut, comments on the case of Craig Hicks, who killed three Muslim students for reasons that remain unclear.* A snippet:
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
Joe Conason contemplates the Republican Party’s incoming House whip, Steve Scalise, fellow traveler of white supremacists.
Follow the link for Conason’s thoughts on the matter.
My thoughts are quite simple. Richard Nixon set out to capture the bigot vote with his odious Southern Strategy. The bigot vote now has captured the Republican Party.
Via Progressive Populist.