Hate Sells category archive
The Marjorie Taylor Greene New Deal 0
Aside:
Farron missed the undercurrent. Let’s decode the code.
When right-wingers attack “welfare,” they are invoking the spirit and racist imagery of Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queen.” The word “welfare” has become yet another racist dog whistle.
A Notion of Immigrants, Reprise 0
Sam and his crew discuss the Republicans’ weaponization of anti-immigrant bigotry.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
(The flags above the right-hand door are flags of South and Central American nations.)
Dis Coarse Discourse, He’s So Special Dept. 0
Scott Maxwell reports on a Florida legislator who can’t stand it if he doesn’t get his way. A snippet:
Why? Because organizers of a fundraiser at a local Chick-fil-A didn’t invite him to attend. Instead, they invited one of Randy’s sworn enemies, a school board member Randy hates with a white-hot, absurdist passion.
So Randy did what any responsible, faith-promoting person would do — called that woman a “whore” and said funding for the Special Olympics was now in jeopardy.
Fanatics Fomenting Fanaticism 0
Michael in Norfolk opines that, on one topic at least, Barry Goldwater was correct.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end.
Not that racism is intertwined in American society, history, and culture or anything like that there . . . .
Our New Gilded Age 0
Eboo Patel sees echoes of that earlier Gilded Age in today’s events.
. . . in late 19th century America.
A massive economic shift was underway, as industrialization overtook the agrarian economy. A communications revolution was taking place, with the invention of the radio and the telephone. Income inequality was a problem, disease was rampant and racist hate groups were on the rise.
He also finds a bit of hope. Follow the link to read about it.
“Forced Busing,” Redux 0
Methinks Noz has a point.
Aside:
For those of you who don’t know that “forced busing” was, here’s a look back.
Of course, when I was growing up in the segregated South, it wasn’t “forced busing” when I was bused past the all-black school to go to the all-white school. It was just the way things were.
The State Race 0
Will Bunch looks into the reasons behind the race. Here’s a bit of his article:
Imagae via Job’s Anger.
The Marjorie Taylor Greene New Deal 0
Sam and his crew argue that Marjorie Taylor Greene is not an outlier in today’s Republican Party.
Methinks Grung_e_Gene may be onto something.
Live in the Real World 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear reminds us not to confuse rhetoric with reality.
“The Reactionary Trap” 0
(In an interesting bit, David and his guest discuss the role of “social” media in creating bubbles of believers and silos of sycophants. That discussion starts at about the 3 1/2 minute mark.)
Read the article under discussion.
Russian Impulses 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal discusses Putin’s precedent for Florida’s (and other states”) codifying hate over sexual identity in law.
Florida Man Does the Math 0
