Hypocrisy Watch category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini looks at how right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians are reacting to the indictment of Donald Trump and concludes
Follow that link for context.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
The image is from a blistering take-down of both-siderism at Stanford Law at Above the Law. I commend the article to your attention.
Foxy Shady 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye asks
Can you get a judicial order to put the toothpaste back in the tube? Fox News is aiming to find out.
Follow the link to find out what sparked her question.
Hoist on Their Own Petard 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Poor dumb Republicans. They planned to have what they thought would be a blockbuster hearing showing how Democrats manipulated Twitter to disadvantage Republicans, but instead they highlighted the fact that Trump pressured Twitter to take down unflattering posts about himself. So much for their dream of a ‘liberal-biased big tech’ expose. Mangy Fetlocks has known a few idiots in his many years, but James Comer, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Tater Greens, and friends display record-breaking ineptitude and stupidity.
The Chutzpah Confounds 0
The Trump Organization tries to argue that it isn’t.
The Microcosm 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Debbie Peterson suggests that George Santos is, in many ways, the personification of this New Gilded Age. A snippet:
The Pandora Papers Investigations (citation at the link–ed.) identified high-level officials, oligarchs, and billionaires from around the world who were shielded with the help of attorneys, commercial real estate brokers, title companies, banks, and company formation agents who were able to act anonymously and, in turn, obscure the identity of their clients. Corrupt overseas corporate investors operate through virtually unidentifiable shell companies and trusts, unrecorded real estate and company formation transactions, and offshore accounts. The service providers who facilitate corruption also escape regulation, supervision, and accountability.
Do please take a look at her article.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Issac Bailey notes that we are seeing a trend of would-be oppressors claiming to be victims: Persons who wish to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, etc., are claiming that they are the real victims of discrimination because they are not allowed to discriminate. It’s a marvelous mental mobius strip of malicious mendacity.
Bailey also notes that such claims have a long history in the United States. Here’s a bit of his article:
Now, a growing number of white conservatives and others have been making the case that being called racist or the removal or rethinking of traditional standards that had long favored them is the real discrimination.
American Exceptionalism 0
Once again, the United States sets an example that others follow.
Afterthought:
Americans need to stop kidding themselves that loftiness of the American dream somehow washes away the reality of America’s history.
“But I’m the Victim Here” 0
Right-wingers, racists, and, especially these days, evangelical they-call-themselves Christians often claim that they are being persecuted for their beliefs, they they are, to quote the cliche, “the real victims here.” Their definition of “persecution,” match, is not getting everyone else bend to their will.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Araya Baker explores why these folks portray themselves as–indeed, can convince themselves that they are–victims. It is a complex and timely article and well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it.
Muskrat Love 0
Hypocrisy much?
“Less than 12 hours later, multiple technology reporters have been suspended.”
I suspect I’m not the only person who has come to suspect (to put it rather mildly) that Elon Musk doesn’t know what the heck he is doing and also does not understand the concept of accountability, which is not surprising if one has never been held accountable for anything ever.
Afterthought:
Driftglass sees a pattern here.
Sioux City Stiffed . . . 0
. . . by a guy who’s notorious for not paying his bills.
Freedom of Screech 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Morgan N. Weiland argues that Elon Musk’s concept of free speech does not fit easily into the concepts of the traditional political left or political right (though the right seems to be embracing it, think primarily because of Musk’s tolerance for hate speech). Rather, Weiland suggests that it has other roots. An excerpt (emphasis added):
Instead, Musk is letting information flow, and we are drowning in it.
As an aside, it occurred to me a couple of days ago that, for all right’s concern about “cancel culture” (which is, I think, their term for “accountability”), they do not realize that they are canceling civilized discourse.
Or perhaps they do.
Empty Suits . . . 0
. . . have long been an essential element of Donald Trump’s wardrobe.
