Politics of Hate category archive
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Thom points out that racial hate seems to be the only strategy that Trump and Vance have left.
He also notes that their racist tactics are–er–not unprecedented in America’s history.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin debunks de bunk. A snippet; follow the link for context.
(snip)
Whether the apartment buildings in question — housing mostly Central American migrants — are dilapidated and run down and have been cited over the years for a long list of code violations is not up for debate. It’s true. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Aurora in Congress, called the conditions “squalid” in a tweet while saying the gang issues are “grossly exaggerated.”
And also not up for debate is whether Aurora is a war zone or a migrant wasteland. That’s simply false.
Aside:
Methinks the reason Republicans lie so much about so many things is that truth is not on their side.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron comments on J. D. Vance’s doubling down on his racist lies about Haitian immigrants..
PoliticalProf adds an observation.
As I have noted before, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
It is now the party of the New Secesh.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
Along those lines, AL.com’s John Archibald points out that today’s self-styled “conservaatives” are keeping somewhat questionable company.
Mongers of Fear 0
Speaking of that platform of fomenting fear . . . .
Dynastic Desires 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey makes a compelling case that Donald Trump does not aspire to be president.
Rather, he aspires to be king. And that’s one reason why he’s running on a platform of fomenting fear.
A snippet:
The foreign threat comes from brown-skinned folks who want to experience life in America. The king hates these largely innocent people because they may not be open to supporting his kingship. On the other hand, he is happily willing to become besties with all the dictators of Europe and Asia and allow them full and complete access to his court. He allows them to cross our borders clandestinely at first in order to influence our elections, and then openly later, in order to influence our economic and political policies. Why does he love them so much? Because they are autocrats like him.
The domestic threat comes from the middle class and the working poor, who want economic mobility and human rights. Highly contemptible what these ignorant commoners want. Don’t they know they aren’t smart enough to have rights? Many of them are Democrats who want rights for women and minorities, the ones clearly least deserving of rights in God’s kingdom.
Actualizing Fiction 0
Robert Reich looks at Donald Trump’s and J. D. Vance’s attitudes (and, in the case of Trump, documented behavior) and warns,
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Notion of Immigrants, Carrion Crows Dept. 0
The parents of Aiden Clark have had enough of Republicans’ politicizing the death of their son. Aiden died in a traffic accident involving a Haitian immigrant in Springfield, Ohio.
Here’s bit from Aiden’s father’s statement before the Springfield City Commission:
They can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants. The border crisis, and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However, they are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed, to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio. I will listen to them one more time to hear their apologies.
Follow the link for the video and more background.
“This Is What Racism and Xenophobia Look Like” 0
San and the crew discuss how the right-wing spins lies about immigrants and how Trump seizes on and amplifies the lies. (The post title is a quote from the video.)
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Various right-wing commentators operatives have been criticizing Kamala Harris for “code-switching.”
At Above the Law, Mark Herrmann notes the fatuousness of that attack. He writes
. . . don’t blame Kamala Harris for code-switching.
We all code-switch in endless situations.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Afterthought:
Of course, to anyone who can decode de code, this criticism of Harris is a coded–you will pardon the expression–attempt to appeal to racists without sounding overtly racist.
Republican Family Values 0
Apparently, suffer the children (and the parents and the grandparents) is a Republican Family Value.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
In a letter to the editor of The Charlotte Observer, Dan Busch describes a sign of the times.
The Fifth Columnist 2
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts is less than pleased at how Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers has embraced fascism.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Thom looks at the right-wing’s use of bullying as a political tactic.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Roanoke Times, Jeanne Larsen highlights Republicans’ hypocrisy.