Culture Warriors category archive
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron debunks de bunk that Trump and the Trumpettes spew to justify sending persons who don’t look like them to concentration camps (I do not use that term loosely) in foreign countries.
Trump has succeeded in at least one thing.
He has made me ashamed of being an American.
The Politics of Us vs. Them 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Glenn Geher points out that
(t)he current administration uses verbiage that amplifies differences between groups of people.
He goes on to explore the dynamics of xenophobia as a societal and political phenomenon and recommend ways of ameliorating its toxic effects.
I think you will find it a timely read in these hate-full times.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at AL.com, Will Ferniany reads the famous piece, “First They Came,” and hears a contemporary rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
Word Salad 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini tries to make sense of the anti-DEI* bill passed by the Arizona legislature and finds that it doesn’t–make sense, that is.
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*Remember, that translates to pro-uniformity, pro-inequality, and pro-exclusion.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
More mean for the sake of mean:
The story goes on to point out that, natch, he’s not illegal, he’s not an immigrant, and he’s not even of Mexican descent.
We have lost our way.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
If you get deported by ICE, you can expect to fly the fiendly skies.
Republican Family Values . . . 0
. . . are a malleable thing.
In a longer piece in which he discusses how the MAGA movement is fed by, and feeds on, white nationalism and racism, Field notes an irony:
I commend the entire article to you attention.
Suffer the Children 0
Again, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
From mass deportations, to mass firings to the crippling of our social support institutions, in two short months we have changed into something unrecognizable; Something we could accurately call “The Broken Promise Land.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they’re not even trying to pretend about it any more.
Republican Family Values 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy makes a compelling case that a particular Idaho legislator is, well, just plain nutz.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
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Little Marco takes the time
To find himself a rhyme.
Now don’t you have a fit, Sir,
When you find it rhymes with Hitler.
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*Mark Twain.
The Rule of Lawless 0
David comments on Brian Kilmeade’s argument for ignoring constitutional rights. Spoiler: David finds it to be somewhat questionable. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
Oh, and speaking of Fox News . . . .
A Moment of Duh! 0
It came to me today, as I was reading about this, that the reason the white right-wing is against DEI is right there in the words themselves.
The opposite of DEI is UIE: uniformity, inequality, and exclusion.
The Unwelcome Mat 0
Sam and the crew discuss how Trump’s hate-full behavior is turning tourists, especially Canadian tourists, away from the United States.
Republican Thought Police 0
Heaven forbid that school students should be equipped to deal with America’s racism problems.
