Politics of Hate category archive
A Cabinet of Horrors 0
Farron reviews the resumes.
Not to mention Matt Gaetz for Attorney-General.
And PoliticalProf predicts the next ones.
Establishmentarians 0
Sociology professor Art Jipson takes a deep look at New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), one of the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christian groups that have anointed Donald Trump as Jesus 2.0.
Afterthought:
Methinks the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christian movmment is not at all about the spreading the gospel of love.
It’s about the propagating the power of preachers.
After the Trumpling 0
Jim Wright is somewhat less than optimistic.
The Rule of Lawless 0
TYT Sports spotlights the hypocrisy of Trump’s sycophants.
The Back-Up Plan 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier offers his take on Donald Trump’s campaign–er–strategy. A nugget; follow the link for his reasoning.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes.”* 0
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman hears a rhyme.
So too does Yastreblyansky.
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
A Trump-appointed judge wants law schools to commit originalist sin.
The Wannabe 0
Seth takes a closer look at the news that Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, has attested that Trump meets the definition of a fascist and that Trump has praised Hitler in his presence.
My father fought against Hitler in the Ardennes.
He did not do that so we could elect a wannabe Hitler to be our president.
Please watch this. It is worth your while.
Courting Disaster 0
Robert Reich looks the danger Donald Trump poses if he gets to appoint more Justices to the Supreme Supremacist Court.
Or you can read the transcript.
“The Good Old Days” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Eva M. Krockow takes a look at what she calls “declinism,” which I would loosely describe as the notion that the world is going to hell in a handbasket coupled with a yearning for the mythical good old days. She suggests that this feeling is can be fed by news reporting, which quite naturally focuses on stuff that goes wrong, and by politicians seeking to appeal to persons’ fears and unease. She closes her piece with some suggestions as to how to avoid declining into declinism.
A couple of snippets (emphasis added):
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One example of political declinism includes the Brexit campaign slogan “Take Back Control,” which implied the need to regain sovereignty to prevent further decline. Another example is Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” which suggested that things were better in the past.
Methinks this a timely read.
Afterthought:
You might ask some Brits how Brexit is working out is working out for them. (Hint: It isn’t.)
