Just like a cat arches its back to make itself look larger as it hisses a warning at an enemy, the steadily decreasing number of Trump’s remaining supporters seem to be doing the same in their anti-social interactions.
Racism (Us vs Them)
Texas Tries to Erase Its History of Racism and Slavery with a Slanted School Curriculum
Removing historical teachings of slavery, racism, oppression and genocide from education is clearly an effort to erase awareness of a past where these atrocities were considered normal.
Are Holocaust Deniers Resorting to a Tactic Taken from Climate Change Deniers?
The Holocaust is an undeniable part of human history. Failing to learn from history is one thing, but then there is denying it has happened. Looking at this squarely one sees the corollary: trying to get history to repeat itself.
How Big Tech Threatens Our Culture
Facebook and its big tech ilk bombard us with vitriolic content, and their algorithms help to divide Americans. Local-government leaders need to keep this in mind when they offer up incentives to attract their operations.
Survey Shows that Way Too Many Americans Think Violent Insurrection Is a Solution to Their Election Disagreements
Only a small percentage of people who hold extremist views ever actually commit acts of violence, but the findings of a survey by University of Chicago reveal how many Americans hold views that could turn them toward insurrection.
Slavery and the Continuing History of Voter Suppression
Voter suppression for African-Americans began when their right to vote a fantasy. When our founding fathers were crafting our Constitution, the issue of voting rights was raised, and Afro-Americans were deemed to be ¾ of a person, which was a step up from slavery…or not.
Propaganda and the Fact-Free Cult
After the Civil War, a propaganda campaign was launched against the recently freed African-Americans. They were labeled animals, shiftless, lazy, dumb, poised to take a white man’s job, but perhaps their biggest sin, the biggest lie propagated, was a suppose desire to rape white women. In other words, all lies, no facts.
Why Not Say the Word, “Fascism?”
Since calling out fascism after it succeeds would be like finally agreeing to be vaccinated while they’re hooking you up to a ventilator, ideally more voices will join this candid cadre to make it part of the 2022 election conversation.
Are Some White People Just Suckers for the Con of Racism?
Whites still grasp onto the delusion, still believe in the con of racism that Dixieland was some kind of utopia. Perhaps you could say it was for the slave owners, but they were a very unhappy, paranoid lot, soaked in the blood of their terrorism.