Hate Sells category archive
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet another lying twit careens down the Disinformation Superhighway.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time. That’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
A Shot at a Beer 0
We are a society of stupid.
Aside:
I don’t like Bud Light either, but that’s because, as far as I’m concerned, it’s not beer.
Guinness is beer.
Republican Family Values 0
I was not aware that “mean for the sake of mean” was a family value, but apparently it is.
American Establishmentarians 0
A Navy veteran speaks out against what he refers to as Florida Governor DeSantis’s “religious fascism.”
As I mentioned earlier, today’s Republican Party seems not to care much about the United States Constitution, particularly the bit about “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
The Twitter Fails 0
Rebecca Watson dissects the deception buried in Elon Musk’s and Matt Taibbi’s “Twitter Files.”
. . . or you can read the transcript.
Parallels 0
Thom discusses how Hitler rose to power by exploiting fear, bigotry, and hatred.
Aside:
Speaking of culture warriors . . . .
This New Gilded Age 0
Michael in Norfolk sums up the strategy. A snippet (emphasis added):
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Scott Maxwell looks at the latest strategy to turn the Statue of Liberty into a liar. Here’s how his article starts:
Follow the link for the rest.
Plus ca Change 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, history professor Jonathan S. Perry looks back in time and sees parallels to Florida Governor DeSantis’s attempts to pretend history isn’t.
Unbalanced, Unchecked 0
Thom argues that Florida Man is going full-on fascist.
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Decoding de Code 0
Robert C. Koehler explains the unstated wishes of those who are “anti-woke”:
Follow the link for context.
The Republican Party Personality Cult
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At the Las Vegas Sun, Casey Harrison explores Republicans’ fealty to Donald Trump in the face of the evidence of–er–somewhat questionable behavior. A snippet (emphasis added):
(snip)
“Unlike figures like Richard Nixon, who faced severe political consequences from his party in the light of the Watergate scandal, Trump has had no consequences meted out to him by the current Republican Party for his antagonism,” Benning said. “In this way, his supporters see a figure who shares their personality traits and values, who promises to put them on top of society, even though Trump has antagonistic and disinhibited traits that would make it difficult for him to enact those promises.”
The complete piece is worthy of your attention.