Politics of Hate category archive
Precedented 0
Bill Adkins, writing for the Lexington Herald-Leader, sees an echo of the past (I saw the article at the Las Vegas Sun). A snippet:
Today in the United States, 7.2% of the population is LGBTQ. That’s about 24 million people. This year, nationwide, legislatures have passed 21st-century versions of the Nuremberg Laws. They have passed at least 45 laws so far that attack LGBTQ marriage, endanger their employment and their First Amendment rights, limit what can be taught or discussed in schools and make them victims of persecution. The politicians also target those who defend the victims of these laws, as the Republicans did when they attacked the education commissioner in Kentucky.
I have cited this quote from Mark Twain before, and we see proof of it daily: “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
I commend Adkins’s entire piece to your attention.
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Precedented 0
Steve Bousquet, columnist for the Florida Sun Sentinel reminds Florida’s Governor DeSantis that, to paraprhase Mark Twain, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
The Refugee 0
In the Tampa Bay Times, a Florida mother explains why the hate-full antics of Florida’s Governor DeSantis have convinced her to take her family and leave the state.
CPAC Unpacked 0
Stephen unpacks the CPAC crazy.
The truly chilling thing is that so many persons are onboard with the crazy.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Stephanie Hayes thinks she has identified the location of said pulpit.
The Oathkeeper 0
Word Prey 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Angry Grammarian thinks he may have identified the word in the right-wing’s crosshairs:
Now it’s intersectionality’s turn.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
It’s Celebration Time, Come On! 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier remarks on how one celebrant observed President’s Day. A snippet (emphasis added); follow the link for the complete piece.
But most American are not Marjorie Taylor Greene, congresswoman from Georgia, who celebrated Presidents Day by honoring her favorite president, Jefferson Davis.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Afterthought:
I trust you realize that this meets the textbook definition of terrorism, i. e., violent acts to induce fear for political gain.