Culture Warriors category archive
As the Twig Is Bent . . . (Updated) 0
Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin is looking to bend him some twigs.
Afterthought:
Hillsdale College was in on the rewrite.
Somehow or another, I got on Hillsdale College’s propaganda mailing list.
Talk about right-wing agitprop . . . .
Addendum:
A bit of a backtrack.
Freedom of Screech 0
They’re just fighting for their right to be mean for the sake of mean.
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet more hate-full twits.
All the News that Fits, It’s Bubblicious Dept. 0
Sam and a caller discuss the right-wing news bubble and confirmation bias.
Dis Dishonorable Discourse 0
For Veterans Day, Frances Coleman shared some memories of her father, who fought in World War II (as did my own father).
She mused about what he fought for–and about what he didn’t fight for.
Especially, they didn’t die so that this country’s worst enemy could become its own people.
Follow the link for the rest of her article.
Facebook Frolics 0
Yet more hate-full frolics.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Sam and his crew discuss the most fragile ego of them all.
Afterthought:
If Elon Musk destroys Twitter, as seems quite likely at this point, he will have quite inadvertently performed a positive public service.
People of the Book 0
At Chron.com, University of Texas at Austin Professor Eric MacDaniel examines what’s behing the emergence of “Christian nationalism” as a political force. Frankly, I do not find his findings at all surprising; it goes back to original sin–America’s original sin of chattel slavery justified by racism, that is. A snippet:
Follow the link for a detailed and thorough analysis.
Originalist Sin 0
At AL.com, Auburn University Professor Colin Gabler parses the phraseology that makes some rights seem less inalienable than others.
(Stupid writing error corrected.)
Lies and Lying Liars 0
Gordon Weil comments on persons’ willingness to believe what they want to believe, regardless of facts and evidence, and how “social” media, though it did not create this willingness, feeds into it.
No excerpt or summary can do his piece justice; I commend it to your attention.
I Think I No the Answer 0
Michael in Norfolk has a question:
Follow the link for his thoughts on the matter.
Underground Railroad Redux 0
Thanks to Der Spiegel, we are again reminded of Mark Twain’s statement that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
Facebook Frolics 0
Merchants of hate who frolic on Facebook.
Honest to Betsy, Facebook is where all the cess goes to pool.
The New Translation 0
The “Christian conservative” revision:
The Graham Cracker Grumbles 0
Emma and the crew discuss Lindsey’s Graham’s defense of Herschel Walker’s Republican Family Values.
The Privatization Scam 0
Martin A. Davis, Jr., takes issue with Virginia Governor Trumpkin’s maligning the efficacy of Virginia public schools by misrepresenting the meaning of certain national test data. He points out that, despite the Governor’s spin, the numbers show that “Virginia is performing as well as most every other state in the union, and better than a significant number.”
It’s a cynical ploy based on the faulty belief that competition makes everything better.
Education is not a business. It is a public good. And public education in Virginia is doing quite well relative to other states.
Follow the link for more details about the data.