Politics of Hate category archive
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?
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
Nancy LeTourneau reports on Youtube’s “recommendation engine” and what the engine spawned engineered in Brazil.
What’s in a Word? 0
A raid by any other name would smell as rancid.
Legally Unpresidented 0
Elie Mystal examines the “Trump Defense.”
What is the “Trump Defense,” you might ask?
Follow the link for Mystal’s thoughts on this–er–tactic.
Trump vs. Teleprompter 0
Will Bunch calls the play-by-play. An excerpt:
The Daily Beast: “The Department of Homeland Security has disbanded a group of intelligence analysts who focused on domestic terrorism, The Daily Beast has learned. Numerous current and former DHS officials say they find the development concerning, as the threat of homegrown terrorism—including white supremacist terrorism—is growing.” (April 2, 2019)
Donald Trump’s teleprompter: “We must recognize that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts.” (August 5, 2019)
Trump 2020 campaign ad on Facebook: “We have an INVASION! So we are BUILDING THE WALL to STOP IT. Dems will sue us. But we want a SAFE COUNTRY! It’s CRITICAL that we STOP THE INVASION.” (one of 2,000 Trump campaign Facebook ads purchased recently).
Who do you believe: the person or the machine?