Politics of Hate category archive
The Recycle Heap 0
David argues that Donald Trump’s proposed policies, such as tariffs, deregulation, trickle on economics, etc., amount to recycling failed policies from the past and will fail again.
Admissions Test 0
Michael in Norfolk sums it up:
Follow the link for context.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Writing at the Des Moines Register, Bruce Lear argues that we have become an uncivil society and will suffer–are suffering–for it. Methinks he has a point.
A tiny bit:
. . . we seem to have forgotten how to be civil or to compromise.
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Republican Family Values 0
Thom talks with Jacob Soboroff about the film, Separated, which documents Donald Trump’s policy of ripping children from the arms of their parents.
It would appear the “suffer the children” is a Republican family value.
You can learn more about the film at this link.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom and Heidi Siegmund Cuda hear some very scary rhymes. A quote:
It can happen anywhere where you can get a mob together over fear and othering and have them become your foot soldiers for fascism.
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*Mark Twain.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears some rhymes.
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*Mark Twain.
The Vice of the Turtle 0
Writing at the Portland Press-Herald, Lincoln Paine voices his fear that the election of Donald Trump may signal the death knell of American democracy (and, frankly, I doubt he’s alone in that fear). And he points a finger:
But the people who lost our democracy are the Republican leadership, starting with Mitch McConnell.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Answer: Hate Feeds on Itself 0
The quandary:
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The Trumpler 0
Trump’s consiglieri adviser appears to be a real piece of work.
Republican Family Values 0
Steve M. points out that a significant Republican family value is to be “mean for the sake of mean.”
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk notes that they are phoning it in.
