Politics of Hate category archive
Misdirection Plays, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
David looks back at a year of Foxy shadiness.
The Propagation 0
The Des Moines Register’s marvelous Reka Basu looks at the effects of three years of Trumpery. A snippet:
At high school sports events, fans have used the chants to intimidate opposing teams’ nonwhite players. In 2017 after a high school girls’ basketball varsity game between Mediapolis and Columbus Junction (which has a large Latino population), a message saying “Go back to the border” and “Go Trump” was scribbled on a whiteboard in a locker room.
Close Encounters 0
In The Seattle Times, Elisabeth Becker Topkara recalls her grandmother’s warning her that antisemitism would not go away during her granddaughter’s lifetime. She offers proof that her grandmother was correct.
Follow the link for the rest.
The Replication 0
Matt Welch muses about how the Republican Party is remaking itself in the image of Donald Trump. A nugget:
“Modern Day McCarthyism” 0
Mike considers the potential fallout to the polity from Donald Trump’s campaign against decent and upright government officials. (Warning: Language.)
Read the column that Mike refers to.
The Melted Pot 0
Thom and his caller consider whether the United States is at point of no turning back.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mitch Prinstein considers the implications of Donald Trump’s bullying of Greta Thunberg. A snippet (emphasis in the original):
“If the President can cyberbully why can’t I?”