Politics of Hate category archive
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.
Foxy Shady 0
Emma and the crew take another look at Fox News’s attempt toe make birtherism great again.
Snakes on a Campaign 0
Charles M. Blow make the case that Donald Trump has a way with the reptilian amongst us. Here’s how his article opens:
One wouldn’t be wrong to think that this results in a treacherous environment. But Trump prefers this sort of snake pit because he understands snakes.
Follow the link for his arguments.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk feels a need to point out what is obvious to anyone willing to look. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
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.