Hate Sells category archive
Merchant of Hate 0
In a brilliant article at the Des Moines Register, Kathy Kiely, veteran reporter and Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, calls out the hate-full remarks of Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen.
Just go read it for yourself.
(Broken link fixed.)
Establishmentarians 0
Thom wonders why so many they-call-themselves Christians seem to miss the point of what the Bible reports to be Jesus Christ’s own words.
Establishmentarians 0
Michael in Norfolk is less than sanguine about the new Speaker of the House. A snippet:
Tricky Treating, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
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.
The Coronation 0
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:
Follow the link to find out what he really thinks.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Aside:
You can listen to the threatening phone call for the Congressman’s wife.
Republican Thought Police 0
Florida Man plans to enforce Newspeak, Florida style.
Who Is Picking Up the Tab for Hate? 0
Once again, the Southern Poverty Law Center follows the money. A snippet:
Follow the link for the evidence.
Republican Thought Police 0
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):
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much,
Dis Coarse Discourse Dept.
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At her blog at Psychology Today, Marlynn Wei explores the who benefits from AI lies and deep fakes. A snippet:
In a world of AI-generated videos and audio, the liar’s dividend benefits people who use this technology to dispute and raise skepticism about objective evidence; in other words, a strategy to deny reality.
I commend the entire article to your attention.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
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.
The Endless Loop 0
At the Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin tries to make some sense out what’s going on. His article is worth your while.
(Syntax error fixed. In case you are interested, I included an arrow —> in the alt text and the > broke the image embed.)
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Clarence Page sees an uncomfortable parallel. A tiny bit from his article:
Yes, also new in this campaign, Trump’s attack invokes a theme from Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto, “Mein Kampf,” in which the Nazi Party leader railed about what he called the impurity of immigrants, Jews and interracial couples.
Chaos Agents 0
Robert Reich, not one given to wild ravings, fears that there is method in the madness. Here’s how he opens his article; follow the link for his reasoning.
Reagan is still revered, especially by Republicans, but his negative view of government has morphed into an authoritarian fervor within the Republican Party.
And that fervor has become the basis of a strategy — led by Trump — for seeking to persuade the rest of America that the nation is ungovernable as a democracy and therefore in need of an authoritarian strongman.
The Weather Vane 0
The Kansas City Star’s Melinda Henneberger reviews recent events in the Republican Party, particularly in the House of Representatives. She comes to a disturbing conclusion and offers a way of predicting what might happen next.
And none of the current chaos on or off the Hill makes any sense unless you ask yourself this question: What would Putin do?
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Sam and the crew talk with lawyer Mark Bankston about the libel suit he filed on behalf of Ben Brody against Elon Musk for Musk’s failure to exercise “reasonable care” in propagating an online lie. (Bankston is the lawyer who successfully sued Alex Jones.)