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That notorious letter and the free speech debate
So as some of you may have heard by now, Harper’s recently published a letter decrying “a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor … Continue reading
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Pundits begging us to mock them
Remember Kevin Williamson? The right-wing twerp currently seething with outrage that Atlantic denied him a columnist slot just because he says women who get abortions should be executed? Ed Kilgore of New York asked Williamson what punishment he really believes … Continue reading
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The not-so-wonderful WASPs
Five years ago, I wrote about how columnists David Brooks and Joseph Epstein thought we were better off under a hereditary WASP elite (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) than under our current meritocracy. Now Ross Douthat uses Bush I’s funeral to thump … Continue reading
No, Senator Sasse, loneliness is not the issue
Senator Ben Sasse has published a new book, accompanied by a media blitz and columns explaining that our real political problem is that politics substitutes for “other communities that actually can make you happy … President Trump can’t fix this. … Continue reading
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Senator Richard Burr — anti-immigrant, anti-family bigot or craven coward?
So this past week, I called North Carolina’s Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Richard Burr, about the Trump policy on snatching immigrant kids from their families. Since then, Tillis has co-sponsored with a bill to end the practice while “ensuring … Continue reading
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First women, then guns: a link post
Various suggestions for going beyond the Bechdel test (is there a woman of color as a major protagonist? Are the walk-on roles at least half women? Is there at least one female character with her own story arc?). Andrew Sullivan … Continue reading
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Religious scumbags, racist remarks and more political links
As a Christian, I really despise some of the right-wing shitbags who belong to my faith. For example, megachurch pastor Andy Savage confesses to assaulting a teenager twenty years ago (confessing because she’d gone public), describing it as a sexual … Continue reading
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Hypocrites and Pharisees, i.e., Republicans
As I’ve mentioned before, pointing out Republicans don’t live up to their own supposed standards sometimes comes off as if that’s the problem with Republican policies. It isn’t. Even if they walked the walk, their policies on abortion, birth control, … Continue reading
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My first political link-post of 2018! Gasp in awe!
Vox explains why the fall of Weinstein, Franken, Keillor, Lauer, etc. without a conviction does not violate their rights. And no, it won’t be the death of flirting. According to Trump and Breitbart backer Robert Mercer, the Civil Rights Act … Continue reading
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Let idiocy rain down like water
For starters Sen. Lindsay Graham who led the latest Obamacare repeal effort while admitting he knew nothing about the issues beyond Obamacare = Satan. But he really had fun working on taking away health care from millions, so it’ s … Continue reading
