Hate Sells category archive
Misdirection Play, the Art of the Con Dept. 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun reveals the deal.
The Unwelcoming 0
At the Kansas City Star, Toriano Porter tells the story of the behavior that greeted a black family when they moved into a new town seeking better schools.
Spoiler Alert: It’s not pretty.
They Must Be High on Something . . . 0
. . . but, whatever it is, it won’t be Coke.
The ban passed during a Board of Commissioners meeting on May 17 with a 3-2 vote as a direct response to Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey’s comments calling the voting law “unacceptable” and “a step backwards.”
More news of the petty racist stupidity at the link.
Misdirection Play(s), Florida Man Dept. 0
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell takes a look at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s practice of building windmills just so he can tilt at them, with a focus on DeSantis’s latest shibboleth, Critical Race Theory. Here’s a bit; much more at the ink.
The declaration scored the governor the headlines he craved. (Washington Times: “Ron DeSantis vows action on critical race theory that teaches children to ‘hate their country’“)
Except for two key points:
1) That’s not what Critical Race Theory actually does.
2) No local school districts actually teach this theory as part of their curriculums.
The Lies of the Land 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, David Morrell argues that Donald Trump’s big lie is not the first to bedevil (at least some of) the American people. Here’s a bit:
From my experience, the lies surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection are no less blatant, no less absurd and no less grotesque than those that fueled the Vietnam War more than a half-century ago.
He was there in the command structure, not in combat, and he saw the lies being crafted first hand.
I was eligible for the draft back then. I knew that the Vietnamese War was, at best, a mistake and that my friends and I were subject to being drafted and sent to die for, at best, a mistake.
But, even then, I did not realize how big the lie was.
The Aggrieved 0
You will sometimes hear folks on the left theorizing that right-wingers do hate-full things solely to “own the libs.” Steve M, though, thinks there is more to it than that. In an article about the recent anti-vaccine stunt by hatWRKS, he observes:
Follow the link for the complete article.
The Lies of the Land 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Gary Wenk explores the human tendency to believe in lies. A snippet:
Follow the link for his answer to that question.
The Void 0
At NJ.com, a woman describes witnessing first-hand an outburst of hatred against an aged man of Asian descent. It is quite appalling. But, in her article, I think she may have gotten to a nugget of truth:
Follow the link and read the rest.
Vaccine Nation 0
Kyle Whitmire looks at Alabama’s recent ban on vaccine passports immunization records and concludes that it is a bill passed by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing (except potential fodder for campaign rhetoric).
They Can’t Handle the Truth . . . 0
. . . so they want to make it go away.
Suffer the Children 0
A sadistic shopper:
Aside:
Am I the only one to see a contradiction in the last two sentences of the excerpt.
Parler Talk, Stringing Apple Along Dept. 0
When you browse to a web site, your browser sends a “user agent” string which typically identifies the browser, the operating system, and other information about your system. (Depending on your browser, you may be able to customize your user agent string.) Generally, the information transmitted is innocuous and betrays no personal information.
Now comes Parler, which is customizing itself especially for iPhones.
I suspect that they are doing so by using iPhone users’ user agent strings to tailor their behavior.
Mean for the Sake of Mean Money
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LZ Granderson takes a look at what’s behind the recent spate of legislation to ban transgender children (which, I would point out, is a miniscule minority of the populace) from participating in school sports and concludes it’s all about the Benjamins. An excerpt (emphasis added):
The real sick thing about all of this is that we have state legislatures willing to hurt democracy, dismiss mental health, even target elementary school children all in an effort to mobilize and monetize the country’s prejudices and worst fears.
“Foxmania” 0
Capitol insurrectionist claims that Fox News made him do it.
All the News that Fits 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sophia Moskalenko identifies four factors which she believes encourage the spread of “fake news” (also known in some circles as “lies”). Here’s her list; follow the link for a detailed discussion of each one.
1. True lies
2. Mythmakers
3. Heralds
4. Mass emotions
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
George Santayana’s famous saying has never seemed more apt: Those who do not remember the past (or, in this case, those who would pretend the past never happened) are condemned to repeat it.
The Spate of Hate 0
Senator Mazie Hirono talks with Thom. Among the topics is the rise in hate-full acts and crimes against persons of Asian descent.
