Political Theatre category archive
A Civil Tongue 0
At Above the Law, Tyler Broker explains how the civility con works.
The Dom and His Subs 0
Joel Connelly marvels at the meekness.
Bellweather 0
Martin Longman wonders whether the North Carolina Republican Party presages the future of the national Republican Party.
Just the Vaxx, Ma’am 0
At The Sacramento Bee, Mike Madrid argues that the anti-vaxx movement is a symptom of the unraveling of the social contract. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the rest.
This self-selection by anti-vaccine “warriors,” as they call themselves, is the manifestation of a growing self-righteous ideology that believes we have no obligation for the health or well-being of each other. This emerging attitude is precisely the opposite sense of community that drove millions of Americans to be vaccinated in the early days of immunization efforts against polio.
Ism Schism? 0
Mike Littwin argues that the upcoming Presidential election, regardless of the charges of various “isms” that might be thrown about, will not be about ideologies. A snippet (emphasis added):
It can’t be about ideology when Trump has no ideology, other than to please his base, and to make sure he can encourage as many people as possible — especially those who work for him or hope to flatter him — to stay at Trump properties around the world. It sure beats my Marriott rewards plan.
He fears that, if Trump’s opponents do not understand this, they will fail. And methinks he has a point. The sad fact is that most Americans, if given a test to identify various ideologies from unlabeled, dispassionate descriptions of them, would be lucky to get an F-.
In the United States of America, we don’t “discuss” ideologies. We use them as slurs and libels labels.
Purity Tests 0
I have from time to time mentioned by contempt for liberal political purists and their purity tests. You know who I mean–the kind of persons who throw their votes away on the Jill Steins and Ralph Naders or, worse, don’t vote at all, because the Democratic candidate does not match their particular favorite shade of blue.
I now pass the gavel to El Jefe.
