Culture Warriors category archive
Real Big Men 0
Robert Reich takes a long look at what he describes as “the centrality of male dominance and misogyny to Trump’s world” and at how it frames and explains much of the behavior of Trump and the Trumpettes.
I commend his article to your attention.
The Moneychangers in the Temple 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers fulminates against the false prophets.
Republican Family Values 0
Afterthought:
I wonder what Dr. Freud would have to say about Republicans’ obsession with other persons’ sex lives.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At AZcentral, Erika Andiola makes a convincing case that those who stir up anti-immigrant fears are deliberately pursuing a strategy of divide and conquer.
Establishmentarians 0
In a letter to the editor of the Portland Press Herald, the Rev. Dr. Douglas Nielsen suggests that America’s far-right evangelical they-call-themselves Christians may have mistaken an identity.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Emma talks with Syracuse University professor Austin Kocher about our immigration system is “brokent by design” and about the racism that underlies much anti-immigration feelings.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
In a longer article about how certain California Republican congresspersons have been–er–taken aback by negative reactions to Donald Trump’s pogrom crusade against immigrants, SFGate quotes a “social” media user who methinks sums it up succintly:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
I think it highly likely that this fellow’s ancestors were immigrants once. Indeed, anyone whose ancestors came here after 1491 is descended from immi–oh, never mind.
We are a society of stupid. And of hate-full.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Illinois Governor Pritzker hears a rhyme.
Via The Bob Cesca Show After Party.
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk gives away the game plan.
The Establishmentarian Privatization Scam 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones deciphers the double-talk.
His article focuses on a proposed law in Idaho, but his arguments can be extrapolated to the larger polity. No excerpt or summary will do it justice. Just go read it.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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A X offender with a notion of immigrants.
Stray Thought 0
It occurs to me that Trump’s MAGA slogan is in rhyming code.
The third word is one that rhymes with “great,” but actually starts with the next letter of the alphabet. And he’s made it come true.
Here’s just one little example.
Disparate Treatment 0
Michael in Norfolk sums the position of the party of the Secesh today’s Republican Party on civil rights (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the rest of his article.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal hears a disturbing rhyme, one that she says “brought me back to Germany in 1938.” Follow the link to find out why.
Aside:
It’s one I also hear.
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*Mark Twain.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
Joe Conason looks at J. D. Vance’s recent remarks during a visit to Germany and makes a strong case that Vance is running with a bad crowd.
Just go read it.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
In a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about today’s Republican Party’s war on DEI, Suzanne Moynihan decodes de code.
The Game Plan 0
In The Minnesota Star-Tribune, in a longer article by ten health professionals about the right-wing’s jihad against trans youth (who, remember, are minuscule portion of the population), the authors sum up the strategy of today’s Republican Party as succinctly as can be done:
Manufacturing a good enemy is the best way to stay in power.
follow the link for their evidence.