Hate Sells category archive

I tried a couple of titles for this post, but I eventually realized that what we are seeing is the New Secesh still rising again, so I recycled a recurring title, because it reflects a recurring theme.

If you are brave enough look behind the rhetoric of Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers, what you will see is racism, bigotry, and hate.

And hate sells, because hate allows persons to avoid responsibility, to avoid caring, to avoid thought.

Via Job’s Anger.

Michael in Norfolk is less than sanguine about the new Speaker of the House. A snippet:

Mike Johnson would erase the separation of church and state and make his dangerous and bigoted form of Christianity the de facto established religion in America,

At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephanie Hayes has some ideas as to what Halloween costumes will be acceptable to Floria Man’s Republican Thought Police.

Dick Polman is less that taken with the Republicans’ choice for Speaker of the House. Here’s a bit of what he has to say:

Just what we need running the House: A evangelical fanatic who touts the blessing of a felonious criminal defendant who yesterday was fined 10 grand for contempt of court. A guy who formerly ranked 213th in House seniority is now second in line to the presidency. Every time we think we’ve hit bottom in this benighted nation, another cellar trap door creaks open.

Follow the link to find out what he really thinks.

Florida Man plans to enforce Newspeak, Florida style.

At the Tampa Bay Times, seven former presidents of Florida universities unite to speak out against efforts in Florida (and other states) to pretend that history isn’t and certain persons aren’t. A snippet (emphasis added):

Two likely unintended consequences we can reasonably predict. First, the ability to participate in debate and discussion in a future Florida Legislature or in the public arena cannot happen if people never learn about their history, their fellow citizens, and the world they live in. Second, prohibition of certain content could well place graduates from Florida’s educational systems at a competitive disadvantage in the global talent hiring pool. Most global corporations value experience in understanding and navigating diversity across all dimensions.

Emma talks with Professor John S. Huntington about the deep racist and anti-worker roots of today’s it calls itself “conservative” movement. Those roots go deeper than you might think.