Politics of Hate category archive
. . . the Bible Tells Me So 0
Dick Polman stands aghast at the Trumpling of the Bible to justify ripping children from their parents.
No except or summary can do his piece justice. Just read it.
Foundation and Empire 0
When Isaac Asimov* conceived the Foundation Trilogy, I doubt he imagined a foundation as venal as this one.
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My favorite Asimov book is Pebble in the Sky.
North Wind 0
Another pace on the path to pariah . . . .
Suffer the Children 0
Thom talks with Senator Jeff Merkley about the Senator’s visit to a “processing” center for “processing” immigrant children ripped from their parents.
Afterthought:
I think part of the motive for this practice is simple sadism.
Bullshit in a China Shop 0
Paul Krugman tries to figure out what happened at the G-7 Summit. He is not sanguine.
A snippet (emphasis added):
He didn’t put America first. Russia first would be a better description. And he didn’t demand drastic policy changes from our allies; he demanded that they stop doing bad things they aren’t doing. This wasn’t a tough stance on behalf of American interests, it was a declaration of ignorance and policy insanity.
Republican Family Values, One More Time 0
Mike considers Donald Trump’s only significant accomplishment and how today’s events were presaged by a movie 50 years ago. (Warning: Language)
Ryan’s Derp 0
In tangentially related news, the Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu tells the story of one dreamer, a high school senior, who was “repatriated” to Mexico, a country he had never known, only to die as “collateral damage” from gang violence within a month.
“A Nation of Immigrants” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Arash Emamzadeh explores why citizens of a country which has proudly billed itself “a nation of immigrants” and who are themselves descendants of immigrants* have chosen to hate immigrants.
Give it a read.
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*I exempt Native Americans from this statement. They aren’t doing the hating.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpling the luxury hotel pool.
You realize, natch, that the Trumplers believe that Trump’s some-would-call-it-an-“administration” has given them a license to Trumple and that they believe themselves to be reel Amurricans.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
David unpacks the fuss over Roseanne.
In a related piece, Melissa Burkley explains why referring to black people as apes is racist, in case you don’t get it already.
