2016 archive
Trumpling the Women 0
At the Boston Review, Kate Manne explores the relationship between sexism and misogyny as manifested in Donald Trump and his supporters. She argues that misogyny can be thought of as the enforcement mechanism for sexism: sexism is believing that women belong “in their place,” which is inherently inferior to and servile to men, while misogyny is a means of putting and keeping them there if they dare step foot beyond their prescribed bounds.
It is a long and thoughtful piece that warrants your attention. Here’s a bit.
But his misogyny is, for better or worse, strictly limited. This is because of a striking and alarming limitation of Trump generally: he seems to lack a superego, or even the ability to mimic one. This explains both his remarkable shamelessness and the non-moralistic quality of his misogyny. It isn’t moralistic because Trump isn’t either. His normative words are simplistic and aesthetic terms of praise: “best,” “beautiful,” “great,” and “winning,” are some of his favorites. When he tries to engage in moral talk, he becomes uncharacteristically flummoxed.
Twits on Twitter 0
Daniel Ruth doesn’t get the fascination of twitting.
Follow the link for Exhibit B &c.
Do You Want Fries with That Nothingburger? 0
I’ve said before why I think the Hillary Clinton email scamdal is rightwing con job fueled by hatred of all things Clinton mixed with ignorance of how email, computers (those magickal mystickal black boxes), and networks work, stirred with the Fox News Mixmaster, and baked in wingnut fever dreams.
Accordingly, I paid little attention to yesterday’s kerfuffle other than to form two opinions:
- It would eventually become clear that, once more, there was no there there.
- The FBI screwed the pooch.
Eventually seems to have come sooner than I expected.
BadTux, more patient than I, has dug into the details. I commend his analysis to your attention.
Deplorable and Proud Of It, By Gum 0
Voter intimidation was what it was all about, was it not?
And, in more news of the deplorables . . .
The stupid. It burns.
Everybody Must Get Fracked 1
Farron rips on President Obama for not doing anything about fracking. He may have a point, but given the Congress of the last six years, it’s a very small one.
Like Sanduskies Through the Hourglass, These Are the Knaves of Our Lives 0
Penn State has to pay for protecting a pederast.
In case you wonder why I no longer pay attention to college football, follow the link for one example.
I can no longer ignore the corruption. Like Crabby Appleton, it is rotten to the core.
The Curiouser and Curiouser Campaign 0
Dick Polman notes another first in this increasingly bizarre election season:
But Bill Weld actually did it.
Follow the link for details.
None Dare Call It Terrorism 0
White Privilege
Jesus.
Were it a private dwelling, the deed would have been a “home invasion.”
Work with me here. Just for a moment, imagine that they were Not White.
Think about it.