Hate Sells category archive
The Obvious Will Out 0
Emma points out, “Lay in bed with a tiger and it claws your face.”
He laid in bed with a tiger. It (figuratively) clawed his face.
The Authoritarian Appeal, Reprise 0
Uriel Abulof, like Daniel F. Seidman whom I mentioned yesterday, is exploring the appeal of authoritarianism.
In Part 2 of two-part series (Part 1 is linked at the link), he makes three main points:
- Some leaders are like toxic therapists: By displaying both power and victimhood, they abuse people’s fears and frustrations.
- People tend to project their pains onto their leader’s wounds and introject the leader’s strength to seek revenge and redemption.
- Some Americans feel like victims, a sensation that may be driven by narcissism and manipulation.
Follow the link for a detailed discussion of each.
The Authoritarian Appeal 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Daniel F. Seidman compares and contrast democracy, authorianism, and laissez faire approaches to making decisions, with particular attention the the first two. Along the way, he discusses what attracts persons to authoritarianism. Much of what he says sounds eerily familiar . . . .
Here’s a tiny little bit:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Melinda Hennenberger marvels at the pretzel logic fantasy world of the New Secesh. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sometimes the Freudian slips . . . .
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who rain on the parade.
Yes, indeedy-do. “social” media does contribute to dis coarse discourse, of coarse it does.
School Daze, Futile Fortification Dept. 0
Sam and Emma talk with a caller, an architect, who discusses how architects feel about hardening schools from mass shootings.
The Back Story 0
At AL.com, Frances Coleman, who believes that abortion is wrong, struggles with why she finds the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade disturbing. It’s a powerful article worth your while. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
It may be immoral to gamble away your paycheck, but it’s not illegal. And it is, in my and many others’ view, immoral to strap a person to a gurney and kill him, but it’s perfectly legal.
There was a time when the members of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed above partisan politics. But that’s only a memory now, as this most recent decision clearly shows.
On a related issue, Badtux reports that one of his friends is fed up with the purists, those self-proclaimed “progressives” who refuse to vote if they don’t find a candidate perfect in every way. Here’s a snippet from that article:
Twits on Twitter 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
A Maddest Proposal 0
You’ve heard of Veterans’ Day and Memorial Day?
Michigan Republican proposes Traitors’ Day. (He doesn’t call it that, but that’s what it would be.)
We are a failing state.
“A Democracy, If You Can Keep It” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., is, shall we say, concerned about Republicans’ embrace of violence to gain their ends. Among the examples he cites are the January 6 attempted coup d’etat, threats against Adam Kinzinger and his family, and Eric Greiten’s combat cosplay.
Here’s a bit of his article; follow the link for the rest.
(snip)
This is now our norm. Republicans no longer talk policy or ideas. Republicans only threaten.
Isaac Asimov famously called violence “the last refuge of the incompetent.” But violence — self-defense excepted — is also the last refuge of the loser, the last gasp of those who have no more words, the tacit confession of those who know, but are loath to admit, that they got nothin’.
The question is stark. Whose last gasp will it be: theirs or our democracy’s?
A Question of Identity 0
Rebecca Watson takes a look at right-wing provocateur Matt Walsh’s recent efforts demonize LGBTQ persons. It is a timely video in the context of the current Republican war on transgender school kids (which is, again, a very small number of persons). (Warning: language.)
Transcript here.