Culture Warriors category archive
Trumpling Women 0
Warning: Language.
Republican Family Values 0
Eric Shepherd reminds us to watch what they do, not what they say.
Wars on Christmas and Mongers of Wars on Christmas 0
In The Hartford Courant, Susan Campbell reminds us that there once was a war on Christmas, and it was waged by Calvinists with a religious agenda, not by wingnuts with a political one. A snippet:
Both Sides Not 0
Afterthought:
“Republican Family Values” has always been a con and a scam.
Republican politicians make “used car dealer” and “real estate developer” look like honorable professions.
Naked Lunch Conference Room
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If you honestly cannot figure out whether disrobing in front of co-workers and subordinates or touching their private parts in work settings is improper, The Denver Post’s Kristin Kafer offers some guidance.
In a related article, Tony Norman writes of recognizing privilege.
Just in Time for Christmas 0
Badtux has a suggestion:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Sexual Devolution 0
There is no rational way to claim that trapping women in one’s office and waving one’s genitals about is legitimate business (or any other) behavior, not in any context.
Not all men are pigs, but far too many are.
The “Family Values’ Caucus Circus
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At Psychology Today Blogs, Nigel Barber muses as to why “family values conservatives” such as “Judge” Roy Moore, Mall Warrior, so often get caught out violating the values that the profess to value. Here’s a bit:
He goes on to talk about the “white bear effect.” Give it a read.
Moore Trumpling, Reprise 0
Bryan Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, marvels at the hypocrisy. A nugget:
I understand the difficulty most people have when the matter is determined by what “he said” and “she said,” and it is difficult to find the line between fact and fiction. But in the matter of Moore, this is a “he said” and “they said” proposition in which no one yet has refused to believe the many female accusers. In fact, there are some who incredulously say they believe the women — which means they believe the abhorrent behavior of the man who seeks their votes — and yet they will still vote for him.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“Republican Family Values” 0
One more time, the piety is a pose, not a practice.
Thanksgiving, the Back Story 0
No Selfie-Awareness 0
No selfie-awareness whatsoever.
Aside:
There’s a sure way to keep your nude selfies from becoming public.