Republicans are always talking about how there is a shadowy conspiracy of Satanic pedophiles out there that needs to be found and executed. Well, we’ve uncovered some of them by reading the news! First off, we found some Satanic pedophiles in Missouri who conspired to set up a reform school for girls so they could … Continue reading “We Found Those Satanic Pedophiles”
A consistent thread in American politics — going back to before the US declared its independence from Britain — is that there are Satanists among us, organizing, controlling things, and coming for our children. One of the most prominent features of QAnon is this very thing — they say that the Democratic party is made … Continue reading “Who are the real Satanists?”
I noticed an article in the National Review today — a rebuttal by Paul Kengor of a negative review also published in the National Review about his book The Devil and Karl Marx. You can already tell from the title that it is yet another element of conservative culture’s inevitable return to freaking out about “Satanism”. … Continue reading “Paul Kengor and the New Satanic Panic”
“Far-right influencers claim singer is ‘Pentagon asset’ conspiring to ‘manipulate’ voters after ‘rigged’ Super Bowl favors Chiefs.” (The Guardian) Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Taylor Swift conspiracy theory. If you are not ready to learn the exciting ending, you may want to skip this post until February 11! This is the funniest thing … Continue reading “The Taylor Swift Factor”
Conservatives have a great many narratives that serve as both an introduction to a far-right (fascist) worldview and as dog whistles for fellow conservatives. Understanding and being able to identify those narratives is an essential starting point to working against fascism and even possibly having productive conversations with people who might be vulnerable to falling … Continue reading “Right-wing Dog Whistle Narratives”
Thanks to Spoonermeme, I recently learned that Columbia’s mayor, Barbara Buffaloe has flown all the way to Dubai to attend the UN’s 28th climate change conference. As Spoonermeme pointed out, Columbia, Missouri is a city that can’t even figure out recycling but it is spending many thousands of dollars to send their mayor to a … Continue reading “UN COP 28: Climate Action Conquered”
I sometimes feel like I’m beating a dead horse, but it is clear that Americans do not understand how right wing their politics are, and that “centrist” can be a very deceptive concept. Here it is again: The Republican Party is far-right (fascist). The Democratic Party is near-right (not great, but mostly not fascist). Neither … Continue reading ““No Labels” and the False American Center”
When a Republican says something genocidal, I don’t think it affects leftists the same way it affects the specific group they’ve decided to genocide today. We’re simply too familiar with what’s been going on, and we’ve been targeted so many times that it just seems normal now (please imagine that James Franco meme here). There’s … Continue reading “Incitement to Genocide Against Trans People”
There’s this ongoing political conversation wherein liberals say, “We must ban assault rifles,” and then conservatives respond with an overly pedantic definition of “assault rifle” in order to mock the liberals, who rightly see the conservative response as a steaming pile of horseshit. But maybe we should all be clear on what an assault rifle … Continue reading “The Assault Rifle”
Agape School in Missouri has been closed down after the state of Missouri was able to confirm 10 stories of abuse. According to the Missouri Independent: The Christian reform school in Stockton faces mounting accusations of abuse, lawsuits and calls for its closure by former students, who described being physically restrained, sexually abused, starved as … Continue reading “Who are the child abusers? A case study”
