Politics of Hate category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
Retired professor Peter S. Wenz wonders why Pete Hegseth has purged a book that he coauthored, Faces of Environmental Racism, from the Navy. Here’s a bit of his article:
My more serious guess is that the term “racism” is the reason for the book’s expulsion.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Hoist on His Own Petard 0
As my old professor of the Early Federal Period delighted in pointing out, “history is irony.”
And some ironies are more delightful than others.
Much more at the link.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
It’s just my opinion, but I do not think that “enforcing the law” and “mean for the sake of mean” are synonymous.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme–one that I am also hearing–and it’s given him a straw at which to grasp.
I hope he’s right about said straw.
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*Mark Twain.
A Contradiction in Terms 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sheri Berenbaum explains why fighting prejudice, in this case antisemitism, while also opposing DEI is an oxymoronic objective, regardless of what Trump and the Trumpettes would have us think. Here’s a tiny bit from her letter to the editor (emphasis added):
A Notion of Immigrants 0
For the life of me, I can’t see anything behind this but racism, bigotry, and mean for the sake of mean.
A Notion of Immigrants Meets the Rule of Lawless 0
Shorter Steven Miller: Constitutional rights? We don’t care about no Constitutional rights.
Trade Deficient 0
The Trump maladministration is trying to get foreign countries to comply with its anti-DEI (that is, racist and bigoted) “policies.” Here’s a bit from the report at Mediaite:
Specifically, U.S. embassy officials in Stockholm gave the city’s planning office 10 days to sign an agreement stating that Swedish officials would comply with U.S. anti-discrimination laws and eschew DEI policies that run afoul of them. The agreement would apply to contractors that do work for the U.S. embassy.
Republican Thought Police 0
It looks as if things didn’t go so well for the Republican thought police in the recent school board elections in Texas.
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette’s Gene Collier warns of some arresting developments.
Republican Thought Police 0
If the truth hurts, well, just tell truth to take a hike.
The Middle-East Misdirection Play 0
Kenneth Obel and Jennifer Obel are Jewish parents raising two daughters. From that perspective, they write at the Philadelphia Inquirer about the Trump maladministration’s efforts to dictate to universities what they can and cannot teach.
In particular, they submit that right-wing operatives are disguising efforts to restrict freedom of speech and learning under a cloak of fighting antisemitism. Here’s a tiny bit from their article:
This includes rounding up and incarcerating foreign students and misusing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to make drastic cuts in federal funding to universities. These actions do not protect Jews — they endanger the very freedoms and institutions that have made Jewish life in America possible.
Their piece is worth the few minutes it takes to read.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Suffer the children. It’s a Republican family value.
So is mean for the sake of mean.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Field argues that we must remain vigilant as the Trump maladministrationn seeks to (further) undermine the rule of law.
The Republican Thought Police 0
The Republican Thought Police have deployed a new unit: The Establishmentarian Thought Police.