Politics of Hate category archive
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.)
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders . . .
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A fellow Tech Billionaire calls Elon Musk to task. A snippet:
“Hard for me to support someone with no values, lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants like me,” Khosla replied. “He may cut my taxes or reduce some regulation but that is no reason to accept depravity in his personal values. Do you want President who will set back climate by a decade in his first year? Do you want his example for your kids as values?”
The Lake Effect 0
David decodes de code.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments on the Youtube page:
Mangy Fetlocks is a proud Wisconsinite, and although he wasn’t REALLY asked to write the official Republican National Convention Song, he learned from Trump that it’s not what you do, but what you SAY you do that matters in our post-truth MAGA America, and Mangy SAYS he wrote the National Convention Song and Mangy has been an official in a children’s soccer game once, so his claim is just as honest as Trump’s pussy-grabbing statements or his “I never took any documents” claims.
More Mean for the Sake of Mean 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Charles Hebert looks at the recent decision by the Supreme Supremacist Court allowing jurisdictions to criminalize homelessness; he sees no good coming from it.
He makes four main points. Follow the link for a detailed exploration of each one.
- The Supreme Court decision on homelessness has downstream detrimental effects on vulnerable individuals.
- Persons experiencing homelessness often suffer with mental illness.
- The involuntary displacement of unsheltered individuals with substance use disorders increases overdose risk.
- The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified the number of those experiencing homelessness.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom Hartman looks at the series of opinions by the Supreme Supremacist Court and concludes that
In America 2.0, there is no right to vote; governors and secretaries of state can take away your vote without even telling you (although they still must go to court to take away your gun). .
Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.
Establishmentarians 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler argues that life has started to echo Monty Python.
As the comedy troupe Monty Python once said, “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.”
I certainly didn’t expect it in Oklahoma.
But Inquisition 2024 came to our neighboring state on Thursday, when Oklahoma’s authoritarian superintendent of public instruction, Ryan Walters, issued an edict that every classroom from fifth to 12th grade must have a Bible in it, and every teacher, regardless of their own beliefs, has to teach from it — or else.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
And, in a related piece, Marty Ryan points out that there is a certain–er–lack of consensus on the number and wording of the Ten (or so) Commandments.
Our Trumpled Polity 0
Thom runs the numbers that show that, since Donald Trump entered the political scene in 2015, hate crimes have escalated dramatically.
Thom also notes that “hate is a cheap effective political weapon” and warns not to be taken in by it.