This should be automatically disqualifying for any American politician. Millions of Americans sacrificed and served their country to fight a world war to rid the world of Fascism in World War II, and now their descendants are trying to bring Fascism to America. They are contemptible, loathsome individuals who dare to call themselves “patriots” as … Read more
The Republican’s poster boy for anti-Critical Race Theory fear mongering in K-12 classrooms in 2021, Glenn Youngkin, who was elected governor of Virginia based upon this “white fright-white identity” campaign (Terry McAuliffe also ran a bad campaign, so that helped), is now imagining himself as a presidential contender in 2024 – if “Cheetoh Mussolini” decides … Read more
Just like Hitler Youth back in the day. Update to The MAGA/QAnon Cult Turns to Book Banning – Can Book Burning Be Far Behind? Asked and answered. The Washington Post reports, ‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books: Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) attacked Terry McAuliffe … Read more
Above Image: Charles and David Koch, and Leonard Leo. h/t Slate. Christopher Rufo and the right-wing Manhattan Institute for Policy Research have rebranded critical race theory into an appeal to white identity politics. But they are using this new scare word for an ulterior motive. It is the latest attempt by right-wing billionaires to use race … Read more
Beginning with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 (declaring state-sanctioned segregation of the races unconstitutional and ordering desegregation of public schools), the white supremacists have used various scare words to resist desegregation and to unleash an attack on the American public school system. At first they said school desegregation would lead to miscegenation and the … Read more