Hate Sells category archive
Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Kate Murphy, pastor at The Grove Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, pushes back at the current wave of they-call-themselves Christians and their push for establishmentarianism. A snippet:
If the governor of Florida can, by the power not vested in him, unilaterally declare that the church of Satan isn’t a religion, then he can also wake up one morning and decide that Islam isn’t a religion, or Hinduism, or Catholicism or any faith that allows women to preach or doesn’t handle snakes.
The point of the separation of church and state, as any fourth grader with a reasonably competent history teacher can tell you, isn’t to limit a citizen’s ability to practice their faith, but to protect it.
(Broken link fixed.)
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*Methinks in this context, “Christian” is New Speak for “Secesh.”
American Taliban 0
Rebecca Watson discusses the establishmentarians’ efforts to (en)force their creed on the polity.
Or you can read the transcript.
Establishmentarians 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts has a question:
In related news, Leonard Hitchcock, writing in the Idaho State Journal, notes that:
Follow the links for context.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Today, it is Lynne Roy, writing at the Portland Press-Herald, who hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
Our Trumpled Polity 0
Thom runs the numbers that show that, since Donald Trump entered the political scene in 2015, hate crimes have escalated dramatically.
Thom also notes that “hate is a cheap effective political weapon” and warns not to be taken in by it.
Republican Thought Police 0
Writing at the Kansas City Star, Joe Kohlburn offers an explanation for recent mobilization of the Republican Thought Police SWAT teams across the country:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Transmogrification 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Keith Burris discusses the path from populism to nationalism to fascism. Though I’m not sure I agree with everything he says, I think it a timely read. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Reaction is the ignition and the fuel. Not conservatism, not preservation, but reaction.
And reaction often leads to wrecking balls.
That is when nationalist populism turns into something properly called fascism.
Methinks a lot of the antics of the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians fits right in with Burris’s thoughts on reaction.
Political Climate 0
Thom and a caller discuss why fascism seems to be on the rise in Europe and the U. S. and how the effects of climate change may be fueling fascist impulses.
It’s short piece and well worth a listen.
The New Golden Rule 0
According to right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians. it’s “do unto others.”
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Heather Lynch explores how dis coarse discourse got so coarse.
American Taliban 0
Thom discusses the danger posed by right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Via Rolling Stone, meet one of the New Secesh.
Real Big Men 0
No doubt you’ve heard of Harrison Butker’s misogynistic commencement address at Benedictine College this past week.
At the Kansas City Star, Melinda Henneberger writes of the response from the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica to said remarks. They–er–had some quibbles with his statements. (As a side note, the Sisters co-founded that college.)
Just go read it. No excerpt of summary will do her piece justice.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Robert Reich argues that the America’s second Civil War has already begun.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Courting Disaster 0
Speaking as an ex-husband, my experience tells me that “blame the wife” is seldom a productive strategy.
Red Scare Redux 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth takes issue with Senator Rick Scott’s use of the phrase, “the free state of Florida” in a series of ads raising that spectre of Commies and socialists are coming Florida’s way. Here’s a tiny bit of Ruth’s article:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
If this is not de facto secession, I don’t know what is.