Political Theatre category archive
A Question of Unity 0
Sam and Emma are skeptical that “unifying the country” will be as easy and point out some of the reasons why (hint: the answer is foxy shady).
Presidented 0
At The Roanoke Times, John Freivalds highlights some disturbing parallels between the recently departed federal administrator and a certain historical figure.
I’m not sure I agree with him, but methinks he makes some points not easily dismissed.
Suburban Guerillas 0
The Washington Post reports on the domestic terrorists next door.
Misdirection Play, Insurrection Resurrection Dept. 0
Thom marvels at the Republicans’ attempts to blame anybody but themselves for what happened at the Capitol on January 6. As an aside, this segues nicely to Paul Krugman’s article linked in my previous post. (The relevant comment starts at about the four minute mark, after the introduction.)
Freedom of Screech, Reprise 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson offers a primer on the First Amendment.
Parler Talk 0
Parler has sued Amazon for pulling the plug on its website.
I (am not a lawyer) doubt they have a case. The Constitution’s freedom of speech clause guarantees neither an audience nor a platform.
Also, hosting providers have things called “Terms of Service.” I know my hosting provider does. I’ve never read them through, because I try to behave myself in public, but, once when I was on the phone with tech support, the support person said to me, “Nothing I see on your site violates our terms of service.”
It will be fun to watch this play out.
Above the Law has more.
Aside:
I think it very likely that, after the storming of the Capitol, the right-wing nutbags have worn out their welcome with the larger polity, at least for a while.
But they won’t give up.
They are always rising again.