Politics of Hate category archive
Criminalizing Camping 0
Emma talks with investigative reporter and journalist Rebecca Burns about the right-wing’s effort to punish homeless persons for being in this new gilded age.
A Questioning of Identity 0
Thom calls out Republican race-baiting and puts it into historical context.
What’s in a Name? 0
Boston University Professor Joshua Pederson offers a theory as to why Donald Trump continually and (apparently) intentionally mispronounces Kamala Harris’s first name (and, note, it is not a difficult name to pronounce). Here’s a bit from his article:
Read the full article for context.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
And, just as Rebecca Watson predicted, dis coarse discourse gets even coarser.
The outrage surrounding William Formica came after an alleged comment on a social media post.
He’s accused of writing that Kamala Harris performed a sex act in response to a question about the vice president’s political accomplishments.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal predicts an avalanche of sexism in response to Kamala Harris’s run for president. She starts by discussing an email signed “A Friend” that she received in response to an earlier column:
This sexism will come from the mouths of friends, strangers, family members and household names.
I think her prediction will be borne out and commend her article to your attention.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam and the crew debunk the racist lies that Republicans, who are citizens of this “nation of immigrants,” are using to demonize immigrants.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Now comes James D. Zirin, writing at the Washington Monthly, who hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
Name that Tune 0
Why it’s Donald Trump’s One-Note Samba!
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks at the flood of racist, sexist slurs with which Republicans have responded to the presidential run of Vice President Harris and concludes that, well, they just can’t help themselves. Here’s a tiny bit of their editorial:
Asking such epic restraint is clearly asking too much.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
This time it is Kim Brening Solomon, an American expat living in Vienna, Austria, who hears a rhyme. A snippet:
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Family Values 0
Steve M. points out that, in Republican World, not all families are valued.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Tennessee Representative, Tim Burchett, recently said the Kamala Harris had been the “DEI choice for Biden” when he ran for president, meaning that Kamala was only picked, as part of “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” meaning that she was picked for her ‘color,’ not qualifications. The highly-unqualified Burchett, (who was picked for his color, along with so many of his Republican colleagues) ironically never thought to credit the previous Republican DEI selection criteria (selecting only those white guys who were Dumb, Egotistical and Insecure) for his current position in the House of Representatives.
This New Gilded Age 0
David remarks on Kamala Harris’s attack on the “Heritage” Foundation’s Project 2025. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)