Politics of Hate category archive
Freedom of Screech 0
Elizabeth Dye points out that someone’s having been a Harvard Law School Professor doesn’t necessarily mean that he understands the law.
“How Come There’s Always a Smoking Gun with These People?” 0
Seth returns from hiatus and looks back at events while he was away.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
I know someone with relatives in Hungary, relatives who just happen to be Jewish.
I know from them that Orban is as bad as bad can be.
Chaos Agents 0
Writing at the Jersey Journal, Joan Quigley expresses being puzzled at the malevolcnce of certain (not Democratic, by the way) elected officials. A snippet:
But I really can’t understand how so many ordinary members of Congress brag about fostering chaos and stagnation. They brazenly promised their constituents to go to Washington and work to make the world a better place, while secretly pledging to do all they could to obstruct progress, refuse to help, and to make people miserable.
Follow the link for context.
All the News History that Fits
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As one who trained as an historian (focus on ante bellum U. S. Southern), who has never lost interest in it, and who has ancestors who held slaves (as the saying goes), I can attest what Hawley would pass off as America’s history is a fable, a tale told by an idiot, unmoored from fact and adrift in a sea of white supremacy. (I’ll stop now, lest I sink into profanity).
We are a society of stupid.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
New Jersey woman exercises her freedom of screech.
Stray Thought 0
CPAC is not a “political action committee.”
It’s a society of sociopaths.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Dan Patrice suggests that renting out the National Guard to the highest bidder is not a good thing. A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for context.
The Making Up of a Martyr 0
Michael in Norfolk considers the effort by Trump and the Trumpettes to turn an insurrectionist into an idol.
Nixon’s Southern Strategy Marches On 0
Thom examines the Republican Party’s strategy to flood the zone with excrement.
When the Truth Hurts, Hurt the Truth, One More Time 0
A Texas museum has been pressured not to talk about the role of slavery in Texas history.
Authors of the book, titled “Forget the Alamo,” and the publisher, Penguin Random House, say the cancellation of the event, which had 300 RSVPs, amounts to censorship from Republican elected leaders and an overreaction to the book’s examination of racism in Texas history.
Much more at the link.
The Courage of Their Conniptions 0
January 6 Capitol rioters are deleting their “social” media posts.
And it’s not working. Here’s a bit from the AP report.
Posts made on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms are recoverable for a certain period of time, and authorities routinely ask those companies to preserve the records until they get court orders to view the posts, said Adam Scott Wandt, a public policy professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who trains law enforcement on cyber-based investigations.
Authorities also have other avenues for investigating whether someone has tried to delete evidence.
Afterthought:
Note the use of the phrase, “delete evidence.”
When the Truth Hurts, Hurt the Truth 0
At The Hartford Courant, a history professor muses on Republicans’ fear of historical fact. A snippet (emphasis added):
Raging against Reality 0
The phrase, “white rage,” has been bandied about lately in the wake of General Milley’s takedown of the racist fulminations of Matt Gaetz.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rupert Nacoste offers a definition of what exactly that is. Here’s a bit (emphasis added); follow the link for the full article.
“White rage” is racial neo-diversity anxiety catching that fire. Imagine being made to feel safe by a false sense of racial superiority and then suddenly having to deal with real information that made it clear that your beliefs about “them” were false; they were stereotypes that had nothing to do with real people. Panicked distress; violent emotions; erratic, irrational (lashing out) behavior (call the police); all that occurs because of having to face the now-very-real member of that group — one of “them” standing up to you demanding respect.
Afterthought:
If all you’ve got on which to hang your identity is the color of your skin, you are poor and hollow person indeed.
All the News that Fits, Backlash Dept. 0
Sam and his crew discuss Tucker Carlson’s white rage.
Aside:
I wish I could write “rage against the marine,” but General Milley is not a Marine.
Need To Know 0
General Mark Milley responds to statements from Matt Gaetz regarding critical race theory.
Via Juanita Jean.