February, 2022 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
And we are again reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
All the News that Fits 0
It turns out (no surprises here) that pictures can lie (or, more accurately, liars can picture).
Why Is the Elephant Afraid of the Maus? 0
At Boston.com. Northeastern professor Hillary Chute tries to answer that question. A nugget:
“I was surprised because it’s so ridiculous and the reasons given were so specious,” she says, “but in some ways I wasn’t surprised, because ‘Maus’ has always been a lightning rod.
(snip)
“So I can see why that would be an argument that is terrifying to people who want to deny that history happened, the way it happened, and so, in some ways I wasn’t surprised,” she says.
“Laboratories of Autocracy” 0
Sam talks with David Pepper about how Republicans craft their skills to gut out the vote.
Decoding De (Color) Code 0
Gordon Weil translates.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
If the Truth Hurts, Make Stuff Up 0
At the Hartford Courant, Ethan Frankel calls out Connecticut GOP Chair Ben Proto’s duplicitous double-talk.
In the interest of fairness, you can read Proto’s piffle.
Stray Thought 0
If HUAC were still a thing, it would be compelled to investigate today’s Republican Party.
Plus Ca Change 0
At The Roanoke Times, Jeff E. Shapiro argues that, in Virginia, it’s 1885 all over again.
The Politics of Moral (Pseudo) Panics 0
Thom wonders, “Who are they going after next?”
Facebook Frolics 0
BadTux sees a glimmer of hope.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu notes a trend.
She speaks specifically about Iowa, but it ain’t just in Iowa folks. Here’s the beginning of her column; follow the link for her evidence that bigoted, racist, hate-full behavior is trending.
Two days earlier, an online meeting of Black Democrats in the Legislature was Zoom-bombed with yelling, racial slurs, threats of violence, swastikas, monkey imagery and profanities, making some members fear for their lives.
It sounds like a coincidence, but reading more about recent vicious threats is enough to make you wonder about a trend.
