Hate Sells category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael Paul Williams takes a look at the recent election in Virginia. Methinks he has a point, for the last thing many white Americans want to do is confront the dark reality of America’s history. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the rest.
In the 1970s, white parents fled to the suburbs rather than have their children sit in a classroom with Black children. Today, parents in suburban locales such as Chesterfield, Hanover, Loudoun and Stafford counties are trying to keep the history of anti-Black racism out of the classroom.
America’s original sin (and the denial thereof) casts a long and dark shadow.
The Courage of Their Conniptions 0
Paul Krugman makes a strong case that, in the Republican Party, the craven have capitulated to the crazed. A snippet:
Follow the link for his list of examples.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Will Bunch takes a look at the right-wing strategy to leverage school boards and curricula to gain political power. A snippet:
But those with big money are betting that this is a winning political strategy.
Spin City 0
Afterthought:
The worst of this is that persons believe uncritically stuff they read on their computer screens when they would not believe the same stuff if it happened right in front of their faces.
Facebook Frolics 0
David Klepper and Amanda Seitz investigate the Zuckerborg’s inaction in the face of users’ spreading misinformation about COVID-19, vaccines, and related topics. A snippet:
“These people are selling fear and outrage,” said Roger McNamee, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and early investor in Facebook who is now a vocal critic. “It is not a fluke. It is a business model.”
Follow the link for the complete piece.
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Confederacy of Dunces Dept.
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The saddest thing about this is that it is completely believable.
All the History that Fits 0
It is an unpleasant reality that truth can be divisive. Indeed, it can alienate those who don’t want to face it.
Just across the river and up the road a piece, the war against truth continues:
Natch, it’s the persons who don’t want to hear the truth who would arrogate to themselves the right to decide what’s “divisive.”
Follow the link for more.
“But There’s No Other Possible Explanation” 0
New York University’s Social Justice Lab explores why persons who lean right politically are more susceptible to conspiratorial thinking than those who lean left. Here’s a bit, in which University of Cambridge (UK) professor Professor Sander van der Linden responds to a question:
Give the entire piece a read. It helps illuminate dis coarse discourse.