Culture Warriors category archive
Establishmentarians 0
At The Seattle Times, Heather L. Weaver and Daniel Mach parse the sophistry in the Supreme Court’s decision the case of Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the case about the preying praying football coach. A snippet:
Death Sentence 0
Aside:
Many years ago, a friend and co-worker of mine died of AIDS, back when it was still referred to by many as GRID (gay-related immune deficiency disease) and was therefore considered by far too many persons, somehow and sickeningly, to be no big deal.
At the time, he was still in Washington at Amtrak headquarters and I had been transferred to Philly, but, after his diagnosis was known to those that cared, I had the good fortune to run into him on the platform at Washington Union Station and we shared a farewell hug.
(I will add that his supervisor, one of the company’s vice presidents, treated him with kindness, consideration, and charity.)
He was a good man and a good friend.
These hate-full bigots who call themselves “Christian” worship no Jesus that I know.
Deja Vu All Over Again 0
As Mark Twain once said, “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
School Daze 0
Above the Law’s Chris Williams surveys the havoc that Florida’s “Stop WOKE” act is working in Florida’s schools. A snippet:
The people who call anything they don’t like “woke”, “communist”, or “socialist” want you to stop calling them fascist because it’s divisive.
— Stefan ? (@stefanthinks) August 29, 2022
Am I missing something, or is it ridiculous to call out CRT for “Creating Racial Tension” on the one hand and self identify as a (white) Christian Nationalist prepared and happy to start crusading on the other?
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., explores the reasons underlying the failure of Jackson, Mississippi’s water system.
Afterthought:
No surprises here.
A Class Act 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal thinks that the sentiment agains President Biden’s student loan forgiveness is rooted in concepts of social class, that those who are being helped are somehow the “undeserving poor.”
Methinks she is on to something. Follow the link for her reasoning.
Originalist Sin 1
Mark W. Schwiebert points out that the concept of Constitutional Originalism is, in fact, contrary to the thoughts of those who originated the Constitution.
Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
Aside:
To be blunt, the motivating factor behind “Constitutional Originalism” it to restore the 3/5s clause, if not de jure, at least de facto. All the rest is smoke screen.
Suffer the Children 0
It’s not scripture. It’s Republican policy.
Aside:
The percentage of the population that is transgender is minimal, almost infinitesimal. I don’t get the right-wing furor about it.
Oh, wait a minute.
I get it.
It’s red flag for the haters.
Florida Man 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., tells the tale of Captain Florida.
Closing Books, Closing Minds 0
At AL.com, Frances Coleman wonders why the right-wing has decided that banning books is the new in thing. Here’s a tiny bit of her article (emphasis added):
Water Deviltry 0
Nor any brain to think . . . .
(snip)
But a new report from Votebeat and the Texas Tribune shows that the harassment and threats that ultimately drove Gillespie County’s elections department staffers to leave their jobs stemmed specifically from activists invested in conspiracies related to fluoride in local drinking water.
We are a society of stupid.
Details at the link.
Closing Books, Closing Minds 0
Michael in Norfolk looks at the motivation for the right-wing’s current book-banning frenzy. A snippet: