Since we had our discussion a week or so ago about the circumstances within the Republican party that made Trump’s ascent possible, and whether or not the comparison to Hitler is justified, quite a bit has happened. Most notably, we’ve seen Trump’s aggressive, authoritarian rhetoric intensify. And, with this ramped up rhetoric, we’ve seen a […]
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Trump, having given racists permission to come out of the closet, now tells that that, if they really want to make America great again, they need to “toughen up” and start doling out the violence
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged aggression, Alvin Bamberger, birther, dehumanization, Donald Trump, fascism, Hitler, incite violence, ISIS, John McGraw, protesting, racism, subhuman, terrorism, threats to Democracy, threats to humanity, un-American, Untermenschen, violence 101 Comments
Chris Hedges calls Black Bloc anarchists a cancer to the Occupy movement
In hopes of continuing our conversation on the value that Black Bloc anarchists bring to the Occupy movement, I thought that I’d link to this new article on the subject by Chris Hedges. Here’s a clip. The Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland and other cities, are the cancer […]
Posted in Politics, Rants Also tagged anarchy, Anarchy is Stupid, anti-globalism, black bloc, Chris Hedges, democracy protests, Derrick Jensen, Green Anarchy, hypermasculinity, John Zerzan, NAFTA, Noam Chomsky, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, progressive adolescentization, property destruction, protests, security state, surveilance, The Culture of Make Believe, Theodore Kaczynski, Theodore Roszak, Unabomber, vandalism, Zapatistas 18 Comments
Racism at Ground Zero, and the role of FOX
There was apparently a big protest yesterday, around the corner from the site of the former World Trade Center. Crazed, middle-aged, white people, emboldened by the likes of FOX News and Sarah Palin, had taken to the streets to show their displeasure over plans to build a 13-story Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan. And, […]
Posted in Media, Other, Photographs Also tagged al Qaeda, al Qaeda magazine, Alwaleed bin Talal, anti-Muslim violence, Anwar al-Awlaki, Brian Fishman, burn a Koran Day, Evan F. Kohlmann, extremists, Flashpoint Global Partners, FOX News, ground zero, ground zero mosque, hypocrisy watch, Islam, Islamophobia, Jon Stewart, militants, Muslim, New America Foundation, racism, Rupert Murdoch, skull cap, Terry Jones, Under-Armour, violence on the extreme right 13 Comments