Hate Sells category archive
Manufactured Malice 0
David Roth is fed up with the mongers of the phony non-existent “War on Christmas.” Here’s a bit from his article at the Idaho State Journal:
A Notion of Immigrants, 0
Thom suggests that Republicans are trading on a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Afterthought:
Methinks Thom is onto something.
I doubt that this is some sort of conservative conspiracy. Frankly, I don’t think the American right is capable of thinking that far ahead. (Indeed, their preference is to look back, not forward.)
Nevertheless, given the pervasiveness of “social” media (and I think Americans tend to forget that other countries have are plagued by it too), I think he makes a strong case that one society’s rhetoric could affect other societies’ perception of reality.
Save Just What, Exactly? 0
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I have found that those who trumpet most loudly their own patriotism, those most likely to wrap their bodies in the stars and stripes (in violation of the Flag Code, by the way, but that is quite another issue) while waving the Stars and Bars–the flag of treason, for Pete’s sake–are also those most likely to reject the idea that “all men are created equal,” however imperfectly it might have been practiced at the time of the Founding.
Rather, they would will restore if they could can America’s original sin of chattel slavery.
I say this as one whose ancestors wore the grey.
I’m a Southern Boy who grew up under Jim Crow.
I know racism when I see it.
“He’s Making a List . . . .” 0
Afterthought:
As they betray Jake Tapper’s grandfather, who died in World War II, they also betray my father, who fought in World War II, but was fortunate enough to come home to a long and full life.
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
A One-Act Play 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Given the security that is provided a former President of the United States, it is pretty hard to believe that white supremacist and insecure small-boy, Nick Fuentes, was simply allowed to waltz into a Mag-a-Lardo dinner with Donald Trump simply by accompanying “Ye” (formerly known as a guy with a normal name). This explanation of events sounds remarkably like most of Trump’s rally speeches or Fuente’s vlogs. (In other words, unadulterated BS)
Mangy Fetlocks imagined how access to the Trumpster might REALLY have been granted to Fuentes, and he wrote a short musical drama to illustrate his theory. He hopes it will soon be produced on Broadway, becoming a Tony-Award-winning mini-musical, netting Mangy a host of offers for free donuts from his adoring fans.
Freedom of Screech 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Barbara S. Held argues that the proliferation of poisonous rhetoric is polluting our polity.
Methinks she has a point. You have only to pay attention.
A snippet (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
Her article is worth your while.