Hate Sells category archive
The Profiteers of Prejudice 0
David follows the money. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Establishmentarians 0
David French looks at the behavior of right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians and asks a question: “Why are so many Christians so cruel?”
Here’s a bit of his answer; follow the link for the rest.
The idea that right deserves might is different and may even be more destructive. It appeals to our ambition through our virtue, which is what makes it especially treacherous. It masks its darkness. It begins with the idea that if you believe your ideas are just and right, then it’s a problem for everyone if you’re not in charge.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The SPLC takes a deep dive into the growth of anti-Haitian rhetoric lies and how they feed division and hatred.
Here’s a bit from their article (emphasis added. The whole piece is worth your while.
“The extremist forces behind the Springfield attacks know that they can only succeed with division,” she wrote. “They employ the machinery of antisemitism and racism to distract from the root causes of our collective struggles and turn us against each other.”
A Notion of Immigrants . . . 0
. . . let Texas Governor Abbott introduce you to Republican family values.
it’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 0
Everyone seems to angry, and, as mentioned in an earlier post today, many in politics and news media are feeding anger to advance their agendas.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Steven Stosny suggests that
(t)he worst thing about living in an angry world is turning into what we despise
and offers some suggestions as to how to avoid falling victim to the hawkers of hate..
Normalization Nation 0
Methinks the Rude One makes some good points.
Aside:
I gave up on television news, whether broadcast or cable, a long time ago. (Except if there’s a snow storm, and, as the climates they are a-changing, it’s been several years since we had even a little one of those.)
Real Big Men 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini marvels at the machismo.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Robert Reich argues that X has truly become the bullies’ pulpit, with Musk as the Bully-in-Chief.
Karen Karen-Like 0
Meet a Karen who flies the fiendly skies.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Dick Polman is fed up, or perhaps, more accurately, tired out. In his article bidding farewell to the political column he has written (and I have followed) for two decades he notes, almost in passing, the damage done by the disinformation superhighway:
I commend his entire piece to your attention.
Republican Family Values 0
Methinks persons could be excused for concluding that a primary Republican family value is mean for the sake of mean.
OH! And speaking of Republican family values, Idaho State Senator Melissa Wintrow has a question.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers hears a Thanksgiving rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron points out that the Trump administration plans to target not just immigrants, but naturalized citizens.
Establishmentarians Establishing Establishmentarianism 0
Sam and the crew discuss how establishmentarians prayer on the polity.
The Answer: Hate Feeds on Itself 0
The quandary:
Follow the link for the rest of the quandary.