Politics of Hate category archive
Repairing the Disinformation Superhighway 0
In an article syndicated by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, three scholars speak out on the role of “social” media in spreading mis- and disinformation, suggesting possible remedies to the flood of falsehoods pouring out of our screens. Here’s a bit of what one of them, a Michigan State professor, has to say (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
The bit I put in bold reinforces something I’ve observed since my earliest days participating in computer bulletin board systems and Usenet: For some reason, persons will believe unquestioningly something they read on a computer screen when they won’t believe the same thing if if happens right before their eyes.
And the reverse is also true: persons will refuse to believe something that happens before their very eyes if some rando on “social” media tells them that it didn’t happen (see the link to Dan Casey’s article in the previous post).
We are a society of stupid willing to cling to the stupid if being stupid makes us feel better, regardless of the harm it will bring in the end.
I am not sanguine.
“Inside the Trump Hate Tunnel” 0
Congressperson Debbie Dingell discusses the voicemails she has been receiving from Trump supporters for over two years.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
The Kult of Kyle 0
This is just creepy.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It is also a key element in the strategy of American racists and bigots going back over a century and a half.
An Ill-Advised Alliance 0
PoliticalProf is concerned that Republicans have clasped a viper to their bosom (and, by extension, to that of the polity itself).
The Great Roll-Back 0
The Las Vegas Sun editorial board considers a speech at a recent right-wing gathering and concludes:
Follow the link for their reasoning.
Anime Antics 0
The writer of a letter to the editor is less than impressed with antics of Arizona’s Paul Gosar.
Supply Change, Reprise 0
Clogged up supply chains around the world have garnered much publicity, especially as the time for holiday giving approaches. At the San Francisco Chronicle, Christopher S. Tang takes a look at conflux of factors why we may not be able exactly what we want exactly when we want it oh poor wittle us-ens. A snippet:
“A House Divided” 0
Chris Huston is less than optimistic.
The Partisan Purist 0
Republicans no longer have a political party participating in the polity so as to perfect policy. They have become a cult of personality dedicated to disestablishing democracy and effectuating autocracy.
(Ask me nicely, and I’ll tell you what I really think.)
Image via Job’s Anger.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
San Marcos, Texas, Police Department sued for tearing a new sheet out of an old book.
“Come Home” 0
The author of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times issues an invitatioh to the Trumpettes. A snippet; the whole thing is worth the minute or two it will take to read.
Please come back to us. You are being led astray by a person who does not care about you. He is using you. He is hateful. He is abusive. He is selfish and self-important. He is not that into you, but he knows you will do anything for him, so he is mad with that power.
The Harvest 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts reminds Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk that those who sow the wind reap the whirlwind.