Politics of Hate category archive
How the Piker Became Wall-Eyed 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Molly S. Caselltoe analyses the psychology of walls (or, as Bob Cesca might say, “the psychology of wall”). A snippet:
“Mean for the Sake of Mean” 0
In The Roanoke Times, Nancy Liebrecht sums up the Trump administration’s governing philosophy. A snippet:
Donald Trump and his administration clearly view cruelty as an appropriate means of achieving their aims.
Follow the link for context.
The Wall-Eyed Piker Makes a Call 0
The cartoon above highlights the obvious self-serving nature and irrationality of Donald Trump’s wall call (as when he declares a “national emergency” while saying he doesn’t need to do so, leading persons to wonder, “Where’s the emergency?”).
But this is not a game. Will Bunch warns against ignoring the implications of Trump’s action, however shallow-minded and short-sighted Trump himself may be. A snippet:
Image via Job’s Anger.
The Lies of the Land 0
Thom looks back at the State of the Union address; he also notes the irony of Donald Trump’s bringing up Dachau while his administration is putting children on concentration camps.
Suffer the Children 0
Yastreblyansky marvels at the contortions to which the Trump administration is willing to go to justify stealing children from their parents.