Politics of Hate category archive
The Trump Kool-Aid 0
Thom and Dr. Justin A. Frank discuss the similarities between Donald Trump and cult leaders and the source of Trump’s appeal to the Trumpettes.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Trump Administration is trying to close the golden door.
Things Were Dullsa in Tulsa 0
Ed at Gin and Tacos suggests that bizarre, convoluted theories that K-Pop and TikTok fans somehow affected Donald Trump’s Dullsa in Tulsa miss the more pedestrian and more likely explanation. A snippet:
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All the News that Fits 0
Sam and his team discuss Tucker Carlson’s hypocritical fragile white guy pity party.
Misdirection Play, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Claire Jack suggests that many tactics we see in our political you-can-hardly-call-it discourse are “emotional and manipulative tactics” that amount to gaslighting on a societal level. An excerpt, referring to the current reaction to the police murder of George Floyd (emphasis; follow the link for the rest.
By the way, the last sentence above captures succinctly why those monuments were erected in the first place.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The editorial board of The Roanoke Times channels George Santayana.
Twits on Twitter, Base Desires Dept. 0
E. J. Montini explores the tactics of the Twitterer-in-Chief. A snippet:
Descent 0
Will Bunch is less than sanguine.