Politics of Hate category archive
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
The play’s the thing with which to Trumple–the cast?
Doms and Subs 0
David Pakman tries to understand Pat Robertson’s fantasy world.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Someone shows politeness to Muslim family:
“It’s been scary,” said Kathryn Piper, who recently opened Five Pillars Butchery with her husband, Hussam “Sam” Al-Rawi. “It’s an attack on our home, it’s not just our business.”
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Piper said she’s worried about the safety of her family, including her two young children. She believes someone targeted their business because of their faith.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Thom explains how Nixon’s odious Southern Strategy led to Donald Trump.
A Question of Identity 0
David Pakman interviews Amanda Marcotte, discussing the right wing’s identity politics and double-standards. Whether or not you agree with all the points made in the discussion, it’s worth a listen.
Twits on Twitter 0
Wall-eyed twits:
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
A Trumpled nurse:
Houston’s KTRK reported Friday that the Muslim nurse, who was wearing hijab, believes the attack was religiously-motivated based on slurs the attacker yelled at her, calling her a “raghead” and a “sand n**ger.”
Face it: Bigots see Donald Trump’s electoral success as permission to be themselves.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpling Fox News (I know–that sounds redundant):
“When you are one of the few black Democrats that appear on Fox News and use your voice and platform to speak out against racial and economic injustice, this is what you receive,” she wrote of the threat on her Instagram account. . . .
The threat in question was an email that simply read, “Keep running your mouth, n*gger. Someone will introduce you to an AR-15.”
“Boots on the Ground” 0
Elie Mystal discusses the implications of Donald Trump’s desire to use the military to enforce immigration laws. It’s not pretty.
Here’s a bit:
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I don’t expect that President Trump understands that law, or cares why it’s there. He’s pissed that Ann Coulter didn’t send him an Easter card, and so he’s blurting random, untrue things about immigrants again. He seems to be under the impression that there is some kind of “caravan” of brown people bearing down on us from Mexico. Maybe they’re being led by Charlzie Theron down the Fury Road. Honestly who can know what’s in this man’s head.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
This is your country on Trump.
Detroit’s WDIV 4 reported Friday that attacker John Deliz, a recently-discharged patient, came up to the 19-year-old woman wearing hijab while she was checking in to see if she had broken her jaw when falling on ice earlier in the day on February 20.
The American Dream ix now the American nightmare.
Return of the Words 0
The Las Vegas Sun reports that someone listened to Donald Trump. Trump probably wishes he hadn’t.
A snippet (emphasis added):
But in his order rejecting the motion to dismiss, Garaufis pointed directly at Trump, noting that his numerous “racial slurs” and “epithets” — both as a candidate and from the White House — had created a “plausible inference” that the decision to end DACA violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
“One might reasonably infer,” Garaufis wrote, “that a candidate who makes overtly bigoted statements on the campaign trail might be more likely to engage in similarly bigoted action in office.”
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumplers like violence because they smell so nice:
This phenomena is unique to Trump rallies. “Things got vicious, no matter how much Mr Trump liked to claim his events were ‘love fests,’” one observer noted in The Independent.
Follow the link for the rest.
None Dare Call It Terrorism 0
Thom comments on the Austin bomber and other issues.