Culture Warriors category archive
“Mr. Keene,* Tracer of Lost Pumpkins” (Updated) 0
White on white violence plagues public events.
Addendum, a Little Bit Later:
John Cole posts more news of white on white violence.
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*Learn more about the kindly old investigator.
“Traditional Marriage” 0
John Aravosis considers the history that is obscured by “tradition.” A nugget:
So when you hear conservatives, like the National Review’s Mona Charen, talk about the traditional reason behind marriage — the children — she’s half speaking the truth. The traditional purpose of marriage was “male children.” Wives were tolerated as necessary, and little girls were mistakes.
“The Full Elmer Gantry” 0
Daniel Ruth rounds of the right’s reaction to the Supreme Court’s inaction on gay marriage this week–an inaction that effectively ended bans on gay marriage in 30 states. A nugget:
Follow the link for more.
Selective Enforcement 0
John Romano questions the rationale the Florida Attorney-General’s rationale tenaciously defending Florida’s ban on gay marriage. His brief contains several points; here’s a bit on one of them. I selected this bit to except because it is typical of the behavior of culture warriors–they turn blind eyes to what those on their side do.
This argument would carry much greater weight if the Attorney General did not pick and choose which laws and constitutional amendments to aggressively enforce.
Republican Family Values are not “values.” They are tactics. Votes are the value.
If Republicans don’t think they can turn “values” into votes, they aren’t interested in “values.”
“You Can’t Gay Away My Pray” 0
Stephen Colbert considers the recent Supreme Court decision to to hear appeals of lower court decisions overturning bans on gay marriage.
Below the fold because it may autoplay.
Huckleberry Hucksters 0
The God of Hate always has followers, because hate sells.
Sauce for the Goose 0
Jessica Valenti wants parity.
So, before engaging in any sexual act that could lead to procreation, what if all men had to undergo years of male-centric, abstinence-only education to learn about the horrors and all-around grossness of male sexuality? And what if the standards for how we legislated male sexuality and what we taught about it were based on scientific data of the same quality as that which is applied to women?
Follow the link for some examples.
“The History Wars” 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear, history war correspondent, reports:
The evangelical/fundamentalist flavoring of the Tea Party colors its historical vision. America can do no wrong, since it is divinely inspired. To point out any shortcomings, or how the Founders were not perfect and actually even fought with each other, is heresy.
Follow the link for the rest of the report.
American Taliban 0
Sometimes the American Taliban puts on its Sunday go to meeting clothes.
Cenk rips them off.
And Now for Something Completely Different 0
The rituals of the Nacerima Tribe.
It Ain’t Necessarily So 0
Debunking de bunk.
