Politics of Hate category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
TYT Sports spotlights the hypocrisy of Trump’s sycophants.
The Back-Up Plan 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier offers his take on Donald Trump’s campaign–er–strategy. A nugget; follow the link for his reasoning.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes.”* 0
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman hears a rhyme.
So too does Yastreblyansky.
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
A Trump-appointed judge wants law schools to commit originalist sin.
The Wannabe 0
Seth takes a closer look at the news that Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, has attested that Trump meets the definition of a fascist and that Trump has praised Hitler in his presence.
My father fought against Hitler in the Ardennes.
He did not do that so we could elect a wannabe Hitler to be our president.
Please watch this. It is worth your while.
Courting Disaster 0
Robert Reich looks the danger Donald Trump poses if he gets to appoint more Justices to the Supreme Supremacist Court.
Or you can read the transcript.
“The Good Old Days” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Eva M. Krockow takes a look at what she calls “declinism,” which I would loosely describe as the notion that the world is going to hell in a handbasket coupled with a yearning for the mythical good old days. She suggests that this feeling is can be fed by news reporting, which quite naturally focuses on stuff that goes wrong, and by politicians seeking to appeal to persons’ fears and unease. She closes her piece with some suggestions as to how to avoid declining into declinism.
A couple of snippets (emphasis added):
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One example of political declinism includes the Brexit campaign slogan “Take Back Control,” which implied the need to regain sovereignty to prevent further decline. Another example is Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” which suggested that things were better in the past.
Methinks this a timely read.
Afterthought:
You might ask some Brits how Brexit is working out is working out for them. (Hint: It isn’t.)
Republican Thought Police 0
In an article from the the Washington Monthly, Smith College professor Carrie N. Baker takes a deep dive into right-wing plans, as detailed in Project 2025, to turn the nation’s colleges and universities into engines of wingnut indoctrination.
No summary or excerpt will do her article justice. Just go read it.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth hears a rhyme.
And, while we’re on the subject of voices from the past . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
They are fighting for the freedom of repress.
Deportation Nation 0
Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Viola, reportedly responded to Carter-Goodheart, “I’m so sick and tired of this liberal bull (expletive). Why don’t you go back to where you came from?”
Per the news report, Trish Carter-Goodheart is of Native American descent. Her ancestors were here a millennium before Foreman’s.
The stupid. It burns, and the hate, well, it metastasizes.