Culture Warriors category archive
The Welcome Zap 0
Somehow, I don’t think this is what Emma Lazurus had in mind when she wrote
Afterthought:
Metninks that the crucial item that our “news” media fears to address is this:
The core value that unites Trump with the Trumpeetes is racism.
Without that, they have nothing.
American Stasi 0
Grung_e_Gene notes that the underlying force in the Trump maladministrations war on immigrants brown people is America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racial superiority that was created to justify it. Here’s a tiny little bit from his article:
American Stasi, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
Via Above the Law, Techdirt reports that
Follow the link for details.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
- Thom hears a rhyme from the American right wing
That sounds just like “make America white again.”
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*Mark Twain.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice argues that the Trump maladministration’s legal attach on Southern Poverty Law Center makes gossamer look like corduroy and offers a theory as to why the SPLC is under attack. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
Why does such a flimsy a case get brought?
Well, from the president on down, the administration has clearly and, frankly, loudly proclaimed that it brought these charges for the purpose of punishing the SPLC for shining a spotlight on hate groups that Donald Trump considers valued supporters.
Real Big Men 0
At the Psychology Today website, Barbara J. Risman takes a look at Pete Hegseth’s wierd fixation with testerone. She makes three main points; follow the link for her article.
- There is no good scientific reason for testing troops’ testosterone levels.
- Hormones affect us, but not in linear fashion; high levels of testosterone don’t trigger killer instincts.
- Screening for low testosterone provides a seemingly objective way to push women out of the military.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Gustavo Arellano decodes de code.
Republican Thought Police . . . 0
. . . always fighting for your right not to know.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been amply proven, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Republican Newspeak 0
Clarence Page decodes de code.
Republican Thought Police 0
Thom sees a disturbing pattern in the Trump’s attempt to change history into his story.
Domestic Tranquility 0
I gather there’s a movement called “tradwives,” women yearning for the good old days when men were men and women were possessions. (I also gather that some these self-styled “tradwives” are busily monetizing themselves on various “social” media platforms, but that’s a topic for another day.)
At the Psychology Today website, Melissa Rampelli explains why Victorian women were–er–content to remain housebound. A snippet:
Victorian doctors increasingly prescribed sedatives and opiates for middle-class women.
Follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom explains how Doanld Trump’s campaign against Haitian immigrants is rooted in racism and how the Republican-controlled Supreme Supremacist Court chose not to see the truth when it was right there in front of their faces.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority manufactured to legitimize it continue to exact their toll.
American Stasi, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
Deport them if they dare to disagree.
In these Trumpled times, it seems that’s the new American way.
Real Big Men 0
Veteran journalist John Young argues that today’s Republican Party carries the taint of the Tates.