September, 2022 archive
Suffer the Children, the Children Strike Back 0
Sam and his crew discuss Virginia students’ protest against Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin’s bigoted actions towards trans kids, who, ass the writer of a letter to the editor of my local rag pointed out, are a minuscule percentage of the population.
It wasn’t just in Northern Virginia, folks.
Misdirection Play, Thought Police Dept. 0
Clarence Page, in a longer article about attempts to ban books and shove ideas under the rug, sums up the current, exptremely popular misdirection play on the part of the right-wing. He even mentions our own Governor Trumpkin:
Follow the link for context.
Afterthought:
I share Page’s opinion of Huckleberry Finn.
Despite the prolific use of the n-word, as was common in the time that the novel was written, the arc of the story is a powerful indictment of racism; Huck chooses friendship and humanity over bigotry. Those who are distracted by the n-word miss the message of the missive.
Mark Twain understood America, and he understood the stain of its original sin.
(Spellink erorr corexed.)
Freedom of Screech 0
Joe Patrice notes that “people pointing out that you’re stupid is not an attack on freedom of speech.”
Indeed, I would argue that it is quite the opposite.
Descent into the Maelstrom 0
Thom and David Corn discuss the Republican Party’s decades long descent into extremism.
Florida Man 0
I think that Florida’s Governor DeSantis has plucked Grung_e_Gene’s last nerve.
Methinks he is onto something.
After all, I’m a Southern Boy who grew up under Jim Crow. I am familiar with–er–DeSantis’s type.
Illegal Procedure 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson takes takes a long look at Brett Farve’s role in misappropriating public funds intended to help the needy. Johnson points out that
Follow the link for the play-by-play.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, an oxymoron “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsibility.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
At Above the Law, psychology professor Christian Hart looks at what motivates pathological liars.
I urge you to read his article and see if it casts some light on the behavior of anyone you know (of).
Twits Who Would Own Twitter 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice looks at the latest twist in Elon Musk’s attempt to weasel out of his deal to buy Twitter.
The Disinformation Industrial Complex 0
Joe Pierre, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, is less than optimistic about the role mistrust and misinformation play in dis coarse discourse. Here’s a bit of what he says; follow the link for the rest (emphasis added).
Now, why is there so much misinformation out there? Misinformation and disinformation—the deliberate spread of falsehoods—is a for-profit industry where the pay-offs are financial and political.
Those sitting atop of the disinformation food chain are masters of exploiting the normal cognitive machinery that we use to process information, taking full advantage of our propensity for confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and motivated reasoning that all act in the service of preserving a stable sense of self where ideology and identity are fused.
Monetizing Sadism 0
Republicans are fundraising on being mean for the sake of mean.
The irony is that, unless they are descended from Native Americans, they are descended from immigran–oh, never mind. They are beyond irony.
They are, indeed, beyond caricature.
We are a failing state.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Thom and Chris Lehmann of The Nation discuss the possible implications of Florida Governor DeSantis’s kidnapping and transportation of immigrants who were legally seeking asylum in the United States.
Thom is less than sanguine.
While we’re on this topic, the editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun offers its opinion.
The Maddening Maddened Crowd
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Yet another (particularly vile) example that “social” media isn’t.
Suffer the Children 0
As Michael in Norfolk points out, that’s the policy of our own Governor Trumpkin.
