Hate Sells category archive
Twits Own Twitter 0
Sam suggests that what Elon Musk is doing with Twitter is a case study of why billionaires can be corrosive to our society. Watch the video for his reasoning.
DIs Coarse Discourse 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Guy Harrison interviews Timothy Redmond about what’s gone wrong with our politics and what we need to do to fix them.
Just go read it.
The Real Groomers 2
In looking at the results of Arizona’s elections, the Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts identifies the real groowmers. A snippet:
I have had neighbors who worked the polls on election day.
It’s a grueling long day that starts before dawn and doesn’t end until the votes are counted.
They did it because they cared about the country and they cared about democracy, and they tried to do it right. If they are paid at all, the pay is de minimis.
They certainly don’t deserve to be reviled and abused by a bunch of whiny sore losers whose ultimate motivations, when you dig through the layers of gibberish and obfuscation, are racism and bigotry and hatred.
America’s Establishmentarians 0
Thom cites the Founders, who, though not perfect by any measure, were not stupid.
As the Twig Is Bent . . . (Updated) 0
Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin is looking to bend him some twigs.
Afterthought:
Hillsdale College was in on the rewrite.
Somehow or another, I got on Hillsdale College’s propaganda mailing list.
Talk about right-wing agitprop . . . .
Addendum:
A bit of a backtrack.
Freedom of Screech 0
They’re just fighting for their right to be mean for the sake of mean.
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet more hate-full twits.
All the News that Fits, It’s Bubblicious Dept. 0
Sam and a caller discuss the right-wing news bubble and confirmation bias.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, University of Miami Professor Seth Schwartz explores why many white Americans, particularly Baby Boomers, seem so hostile to immigrants, despite having been raised in a country which once proudly billed itself as “a nation of immigrants.”
It is a perceptive, thoughtful, and timely piece worth the three or four minutes it will take you to read it.
Republican Family Values 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., marvels at the heartlessness of the party of mean for the sake of mean.
A Shining City on a Hill
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Trudy Rubin thinks the shine has worn off from Reagan’s “shining city.” A little bit from her article:
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they’re mailing it in.
(snip)
At least three businesses here (The Bronx–ed.) including Archie’s tap and table and Caliente’s seafood – another black owned business – were allegedly targeted.
The story goes on to say that, for all practical purposes, that particular neighborhood used to be a sundown town.
Facebook Frolics 0
Yet more hate-full frolics.
Twits Own Twitter, Reprise 0
Sam and his crew discuss Elon Musk’s latest Twitter temper tantrum.
A long time ago, while I was doing yard work, I listened to an interview with one of the founders of Twitter; it was about the time that Twitter was being launched. I don’t remember who the interviewer was or which Twitter founder it was, but I do remember his prattling on about how this new thing would contribute positively to our discourse. He succeeded in convincing me to avoid Twitter like the plague it has proven to be.
Drive Carefully on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Psychologist Mark Travers observes that “(s)ocial media can bring out the worst in people.” Follow the link for tips on how to avoid getting sucked into muck.
And, remember, “social” media isn’t.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
Gordon Weil comments on persons’ willingness to believe what they want to believe, regardless of facts and evidence, and how “social” media, though it did not create this willingness, feeds into it.
No excerpt or summary can do his piece justice; I commend it to your attention.