Category Archives: Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc.

Cartoon: The Six Kinds of Republican

This was originally published on Fusion. They have a lot of great cartoons in their archives. If you like this, consider supporting my Patreon! There’s a tendency among conservatives to act as if racists are unicorns . That is, they … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Contemporary Racism, Elections and politics, Racism | 57 Comments

I honestly feel bad that I only scored 14

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Jack Chick, Creator of Unintentionally Ludicrous Evangelical Comics, RIP

Jack Chick, arguably one of the most widely-read cartoonists in the world, has died. He was in his nineties. If you’re not familiar with Chick Comics (those tiny little comics fundamentalist preachers give out on street corners), here’s a fairly … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Comics other than Hereville!, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., In the news | 10 Comments

Quote: The Deep Story of the Right

From I Spent 5 Years With Some of Trump’s Biggest Fans. What the people I interviewed were drawn to was not necessarily the particulars of these theories. It was the deep story underlying them—an account of life as it feels … Continue reading

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Journalists Can’t Be Bothered To Fact-Check Their Stories About College

In The Atlantic, Columbia professor Jon Cole writes: Today, nearly half of a random sample of roughly 3,000 college students surveyed by Gallup earlier this year are supportive of restrictions on certain forms of free speech on campus, and 69 … Continue reading

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Rick Snyder’s Staff Knew About Flint Water Crisis By October 2014

As far back as October 2014, Rick Snyder’s staff: 1) Knew that Flint’s water was an urgent crisis. 2) Said the decision was made by the Snyder-appointed emergency manager, contrary to what Synder and other Republicans have claimed. 3) Actively … Continue reading

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If There Were A Prize For Terrible Homophobic Logic, We’d Name It The John C Wright Award

I don’t usually write “look at this stupid thing this guy said” comments, but this comment by John C. Wright is too jaw-dropping not to share with someone (I cannot bear this burden alone!). Not just because Wright equates homosexuality … Continue reading

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Eight Points About The Armed Anti-Government Activists In Oregon

In a nutshell: Some armed anti-government folks – they claim to number 150, but probably the real figure is closer to a dozen – have occupied a Federal wildlife management building in Burns, Oregon (which is a long way from … Continue reading

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A Lesbian Who Should Not Have Been Fired, And A County Clerk Who Should Be

Both these stories have, I think, the same moral: You have a right to be a bigot, but not on the taxpayer’s dime. Catholic School Teacher Suddenly Fired After Parents Find Out About Her Wife Of 8 Years Margie Winters, … Continue reading

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, Same-Sex Marriage | 24 Comments

Red Pills and Ants

Recent events at a blog that rhymes with Shmetal-Moptimized reminded me of the existence of sociobiology and of people who imagine that human beings – and ants and bonobos and every other species — are driven primarily by biological imperatives, … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Economics and the like, Feminism, sexism, etc, Fiction, Gender and the Body, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, literature, Men and masculinity, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sex | 14 Comments