Hate Sells category archive
Merchants of Death, Reprise 0
Bill Torpy explores how one gun manufacture promotes its portable phalluses. Here’s one little example; follow the link for more.
The ad showed a boy, maybe 4 years old, with a semiautomatic rifle in his lap, along with a Bible passage: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Untruth in Labeling 0
The Salt Lake Tribune’s Robert Gehrke argues that it’s all about the Benjamins.
451 Fahrenheits 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jesse Robison considers the recent resurgence of book banning in the United States. Here’s a bit of his piece; follow the link for his reasoning.
Merchants of Death 0
Ryan Busse joins Thom to share why he changed from being gun user to campaigning against their use in the US.
Activating Acting Out 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mark Travers discusses anger as a conscious tactic. He focuses on sports, but, given the state of dis coarse discourse, I think his article can help understand some of the political tactic we see daily, particularly on the right.
Taking the Veil 0
So much for “render unto Caesar.”
Aside:
This is a dead giveaway–it’s all (or at least mostly) about the Benjamins.
The Fear Factor 0
Emma, Matt, and Brandon react to a caller’s idea that fear is one driver of conservatism.
Words Have Meaning 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., in responding to some critical comments he has received, finds it necessary to read the dictionary for his critics.
Facebook Frolics 0
The restaurant that posted this claims it did not realize what this was, which leads one to the question: which is worse, conscious, intentional bigotry or ignorant unthinking bigotry?
Personally, methinks it’s a toss-up.
Establishmentarians, Reprise 0
These people worship no Jesus that I know.
An Underlying Factor 0
Steve M. considers the self-delusion that made Republicans susceptible to Trump’s Big Lie.
Methinks he’s onto something.
Establishmentarians 0
Amy Lefkof spells it out.
Establishmentarians 0
This quotation from Barry Goldwater is surfacing a lot these days:
The reason is simple. He was right.
“Paranoia Strikes Deep” 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Charlie Jane Anders tries to under stand the sudden explosion in fear and paranoia about trans people. (I would argue that it’s because hate always seems to find a ready market, but that’s just me.) Given the waves of hate crashing into our eardrums every day, I recommend it as a worthwhile read. Here’s bit:
But the past few years have felt different.
The drumbeat of anti-trans articles and rhetoric seems organized, coordinated. And I’ve seen the effects in my own world. A couple of years ago, a liberal cis woman who used to go out for drinks every week with a group of trans women, including myself, suddenly “came out” as a transphobe and started spouting views that wouldn’t have felt out of place in right-wing media. I couldn’t recognize my friend anymore, and I still don’t understand.
Warning Flags 0
They are waving them right in front of us and we are not paying attention.
It Can’t Happen Here? 0
University of Arizona professor Stuart Brody recently visited Auschwitz and his experience left him with a wonder:
Follow the link for his story of the visit.
