Politics of Hate category archive
The Festering 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Susan Benesch makes the case that hate-full speech corrodes the polity, not all at once, but slowly, over time. A nugget:
Every time Trump has made an inflammatory, hateful, and/or false remark since, journalists and Democrats called it out. But not Republicans, with the rarest of exceptions . . . .
Freedom of Screech 0
From the Bangor Daily News editorial board, in considering Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s discomfiture at being held accountable for his actions:
The First Amendment doesn’t say Simon & Schuster shall publish all books
Give it a read.
Who Cudda Knowed? Reprise 0
Shorter Werner Herzog’s Bear: Anyone and everyone.
“The Pottery Barn Insurrection” 0
Writing at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch notes that most of the persons who stormed the Capitol last week were not poor and downtrodden. He points out that
He goes on to explore why persons from the middle, if not upper, echelons of society chose to attempt to overturn the election. Follow the link for his conclusions.
A Picture Is Worth 0
At the Inky, Tim Tai explains.
Phoning It In 0
The Roanoke Times’s Dan Casey is making a list for the “Democracy Stoppers Hotline.”
Parler Talk 0
He’s a braver person than I am: Bryan Parker joined Parler to see what it was like.
President Dump 0
A lawyer representing Donald Trump’s reelection committee in a Pennsylvania case has petitioned the court for permission to withdraw from the case. His reason for the request may take you aback.
Or it may not.
