Politics of Hate category archive
Precedented 0
Thom hears echoes of the past in oue present.
To echo Maya Angelou, when someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Afterthought:
My father did not fight fascism in the Ardennes so that today’s Republican Party could embrace fascists.
Honest to Pete, if Ev Dirksen or Nelson Rockefeller came back today, they would be appalled at what their party has become. (Richard Nixon, maybe not so much . . . .)
Furrfu.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports on Donald Trump;s efforts to protect his freedom of screech.
I linked to this yesterday, but, really, Gene Collier nailed it.
The Transmogrification 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, letter writer Darryl Cornelius traces the path of the Republican Party from the party of Lincoln to the party of stinkin’.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Mona Charon discusses how threats of violence, both implicit and explicit, have come to pollute our polity coincident with rise of Trump. A snippet:
Follow the link for her supporting evidence.
The Artful Codger 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jesse Robison marvels at how Donald Trump inspires so much loyalty when, if you look closely, you will see that there’s no there there. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Afterthought:
Methinks it’s not the promises that attract the Trumpettes.
It’s Trump’s giving them permission to hate in public.
History teaches us that, all too often, hate sells.
Will Bunch: “Red States Have Become Laboratories of Autocracy” 0
Let Will Bunch explain why he said that.
He can explain his reasoning much better than can I, but here’s a teeny bit more context for the above statement:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Bangor Daily News, University of Maine professor Nicole Coffey Kellett argues that truth-full truth matters.
A Stark Choice 0
Melinda Henneberger lays it out.