My personal reaction to Trump flags is more of pity than offense. Life is tough enough without being deprived of a moral compass and even a meager level of intelligence. In any case, we see such displays in ever-decreasing numbers, …
Author: craigshields
Doubling Down
One of the many unique and disgusting features of today’s GOP is that they don’t back down when they make a mistake, regardless of how obvious and indefensible that mistake may be.
Tagged with: disgusting features of today's GOP
Nationalism
To paraphrase the late American historian Howard Zinn: If you’re, say, Norway, and you don’t go around the world starting wars, patriotism and a sense of national pride is not a problem. If you’re the United States, with your imperialism …
She’s “Low IQ”
One has to wonder how much more gas Trump has in the tank when he calls those who disapprove of him (especially blacks and women) “low IQ.” Aren’t we approaching a point when this type of stupidity will cease to …
Sharia Law
Does Sharia Law pose an actual threat to Americans? Are we on a path to chopping off the hands of shoplifters? Passing laws that concern what people can and cannot eat? Polygamy? Forcing women to wear the hijab? Maybe. Or …
Another Thought on Tucker Carlson
Carlson’s about-face on Trump is huge, as it signals that public intellectuals who wish to be taken seriously at this point cannot support the president, as his mental condition deteriorates and his criminality becomes ever more brazen.
In America, We Love S***
There is nothing Trump could say, regardless of how laughably absurd, that would make his base question his sanity, for example: I would have put a man on the moon long before Kennedy. Obama (or Biden or Hillary Clinton) is …
Tagged with: American idiots
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson has made a huge public apology for having supported the psychotic in the White House, Donald Trump. It’s all over the news and will probably remain so for the next few days. But what made it happen? What …
Not All Trump Supporters Are Idiots
What Robert De Niro says here is largely correct; most of Trump’s supporters are intellectually inferior to the U.S. population at large. This is not universally true, however. There are plenty of brilliant minds who will stand behind him to …
Tagged with: moral bankruptcy, next pandemic, Trump allows homeless veterans to die of treatable diseases, Trump attacks the U.S. educational system, Trump cuts healthcare from tens of millions of our citizens, Trump gets away with attempting to overthrow the U.S. federal government, Trump kills vaccine requirements, Trump launches a useless and illegal war that cripples the American economy, Trump orks to insert Christianity into our schools, Trump removes dozens of environmental regulations, Trump supports Big Oil by destroying the clean energy industry, Trump war crimes
Ignorance and Confidence
Until Trump came along, I would have said that the Twain quote here was intended as humor. Now we can see how true it is, as we have an entire voting bloc rooted in ignorance and confidence.
