Culture Warriors category archive
There’s a Price Tag on Prejudice 0
Farron runs the numbers.
Republican Family Values, American Stasi Dept. 0
In the midst of a longer article about conditions at a privately-owned ICE detention center concentration camp, New Jersey Congressman Rob Menendez offers his theory as to why the Republican-controlled House and Senate are resisting efforrs to look into conditions at said locations:
Methinks he may be onto something. Follow the link for the context of his comment.
And, while we’re on the subject . . . .
Establishmentarians 0
Michael in Norfolk looks at Republicans’ flouting of the Constitutional mandate for separation of church and state.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, John Archibald grieves the Supreme Supremacist Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. He notes the role that events in Alabama, from Selma to church bombings to the murder of civil rights activists, had in leading to the passage of civil rights legislation in the 1960s, then laments:
That Alabama would erase the brave, peaceful, legacies of Lewis and Martin Luther King and so many more is not surprising. That the federal courts would ignore those moments of hard fought freedom, the acts that gave meaning to the promise of equality, is something else.
It is heartbreaking, a halt to the progress of the 20th century, a twisting of the arc of the universe away from its just destination.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via the Tampa Bay Times, Scott Maxwell identifies a sub-species of the Republican thought police, which he has dubbed “bro-flacks.” Here’s how he defines them:
Bro-flakes are convinced they’re victims. So they get enraged when anyone offers facts that contradict their narrative of self-pity. They want history books censored and all talk of racial disparity silenced — unless it’s their talk about how white guys have it rougher than anyone else.
They’re angry snowflakes … so bro-flakes.
Follow the link for examples of bro storms.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom talks with David Daley about the Supreme Supremacist Court’s efforts to gut the Voting Rights Act and the legal fictions created to you-will-pardon-the-expression white wash the ruling.
Reality Bites 0
As Professor Shade used to say, history is irony, and, I must say, I find this story delightfully ironic. Here’s a bit from the first few paragraphs:
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After building his political career denouncing “wokeness” on the left, at one point dismissing “the myth of white supremacy” during his 2024 presidential campaign, he is trying to steer his party away from the extremist fringes that have flared up in his own race.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk listens to the Trump maladministration and hears a rhyme:
All of this . . . traces back to Richard Nixon and his “Southern Strategy” . . . .
Follow the link for his parsing of the poesy.
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*Mark Twain.
Indoctrination Nation, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
If you don’t like historical fact, why, just teach students historical fiction.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At AL.com, John Archibald hears a rhyme from a long ago time. Here’s how he opens his article:
The words of the notorious John B. Knox come to mind.
“And what is it that we do want to do?” he asked. “Why, it is, within the limits imposed by the Federal Constitution, to establish white supremacy in this State.”
It was May of 1901, 125 years ago this month if it sounds like yesterday . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
Mongers of Hate, Misdirection Play Dept. 0
Thom discusses the normalization of political violence and what may be behind it and offers some possible solutions.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Several U.S. states are passing laws to incorporate the Bible into public schools, focusing on teaching it as “historical or literature content” rather than doctrine. Key initiatives include Utah requiring Bible instruction in grades 3-12, Oklahoma directing its inclusion in curriculum, and Louisiana mandating the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Establishmentarians 0
When Jesus said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” I somehow don’t think that this is quite what He had in mind.
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0
The Rude One argues that the Supreme Supremacist Court has traded in their robes of black for the gray.
(Warning: Rudeness.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Gene Nichol is fed up with originalist sin. Here’s a bit of his article about the recent Supreme Supremacist Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. A snippet:
Go read the full article for context.