Politics of Hate category archive
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.
Facebook Frolics 0
Outside agitator frolics.
Last Thursday night, Rupert posted on his public Facebook page an invitation for “goons” to join him in traveling to Minneapolis, where he said he was renting hotel rooms and planned to wreak havoc and “take hella good videos.”
More at the link.
Southern Strategy Redux 0
Susan Estrich argues that Donald Trump has been waiting for the opportunity to play his own Willie Horton card.
I would counter that he has been playing it continually for forever.
A Divider, Not a Uniter 0
SeattlePI columnist John Connelly looks at the recent riots in reaction to the killing of (yet another) black man for being black. He points out that this is but one in a long series eruptions in the history of white American racism and the legacy of America’s original sin.
Here’s a snippet:
No antidote for endemic racism has been found, not even the election of a Black president. The man who succeeded him spread to falsehood that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. It “spikes” with periodic killings by police. The news media cover protests and riots, but give far less attention to what makes even nonviolent protesters angry.
We’re badly equipped for this spike. President Donald Trump is a deliberate divider, going so far as to encourage violence. . . .”
Suborning Violence 0
The SPLC calls out Donald Trump’s tweet of approval.
Scapegoating Goes Viral 0
“It’s those people you-know-who-we-mean.”
I’m a Southern boy.
I know racism when I see it.