“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Charles Blow thinks he may have uncovered a common denominator in America’s epidemic of gunnuttery.
No other country has the level of American carnage, but no other country has American Republicans.
Follow the link for his explanation of that statement.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clyde W. Ford points out that there’s nothing new about “replacement theory.”
The flaw is that equality is not “replacement” in any way. Nobody is being “replaced.”
QOTD 0
John Larroquette, in the voice of Dan Fielding:
I’m a lawyer, for God’s sake. I was trained to ruin people’s lives, not save them.
Suffer the Children, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Dept. 0
Sam and his crew foresee an effort to return to the days of child labor and sweatshops.
It’s All about the Benjamins, Reprise 0
At the San Jose Mercury-News, Louis Klarevas, Sonali Rajan and Charles Branas call out the absurdity of the NRA’s plan for the proliferation of portable phalli. Here’s a bit from their article:
One the same topic, the writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times calls out the misdirection play:
Shooting up a supermarket is not what a well-regulated militia does.
Follow the links for the rest.
It’s All about the Benjamins 0
The Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson follows the money.
A Pillow of the Community 0
Court appears ready to tell Mike Lindell to get stuffed.
Birth of a Nation 0
Thom discusses the origins of today’s Republican Party.
Aside:
Would that I were as optimistic as he.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Houston Chronicle, Jeffrey Littlejohn opens a photo album and sees the history that Governors Abbot and DiSantis and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers don’t want taught in schools.
Chaos Agents 0
The Arizona Republic’s Elvira Diaz explains.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Both in raw numbers and on a percentage basis, the United States has one of the worst responses to COVID-19. At Psychology Today Blogs, Clifford Lazarus looks at how disinformation, spread largely on the disinformation superhighway, has contributed to this and, indeed, has harmed to polity in general.
He makes three main points.
- Misinformation results in a dangerous erosion of trust because it makes it very hard for people to share a common set of agreed upon facts.
- Without trust in one another our country will fracture and fragment creating a vicious circle leading to the decay of our democracy.
- Misinformation is very deadly and highly “contagious.”
Follow the link for a detailed discussion of each.
American Exceptionalism . . . 0
. . . appears to mean making an exception for portable phalli.
Our Own Tower of Babel 0
In a fascinating discussion, David interviews Jonathan Haidt about what led to our becoming a society of stupid (hint: “social” media isn’t).
Read Haidt’s article.
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