Politics of Hate category archive
The Institutionalization of Sadism 0
That’s what happens when cruelty becomes routine . . . .
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Sam posits that American conservatism has devolved into a mix of greed and racism, then discusses how it intertwines with gunnuttery.
“Otherization” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Pamela Paresky, explores the language of dehumanization and how it fosters an “us vs. them” mentality. A snippet:
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President Trump uses similar dehumanizing language. New York Times Correspondent Maggie Haberman noted that Trump’s terminology of “infestation” makes immigrants into insects. Using metaphors such as insects, vermin, parasites, garbage, and such elicits the feelings of disgust one has for those things and connects that emotion of disgust with the person or group of people described.
Suffer the Children 0
The cruelty just keeps getting more overt . . . .
The Climates They Are a-Changing, Reprise 0
At the Hartford Courant, Gary Yohe and Michael Mann discuss the other kind of climate change.
Both Sides Not 0
David runs the numbers.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Ed Kilgore argues that, when Donald Trump talks about “disloyal Jews”–“disloyal” meaning daring to disagree with Donald Trump–he is talking to his evangelical “Christians” devotees. A snippet:
Maybe he doesn’t; for an Ivy Leaguer, the president is impressively ignorant about an awful lot of things. But it’s more likely that all his talk about the Jews is really aimed at a very different audience: his white conservative Evangelical Christian electoral base, which has its own distinctive and unsettling form of philosemitism.
Suffer the Children 0
The Trump Administration wants to throw away the key.
Body Count 0
Mike muses about the confluence of Donald Trump’s Presidency and the spike in mass shootings. (Warning: Language.)
“Paranoid Delusions” 0
Jason Blazakis argues that paranoid delusions feed right-wing extremism and violence.
A snippet:
He goes on to suggest several remedies.
As most of his suggestions depend on a sane Executive, I do not wax optimistic.
Mails of the Trumpling 0
Elie Mystal reads his email.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rosemary K. M. Sword and Philip Zimbardo point out that we’ve been here before. A nugget:
Follow the link for the rest of the article.
A Notion of Immigrants, Closing the Door Behind Them Dept. 0
Doesn’t anyone else see the irony?