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Paul Berman on slogans
Paul Berman on slogans
“Bad faith is when you don’t like the truth so you lie about it. Then you lie about having lied about it. You might even convince yourself that in lying about lying you’re not lying. That’s bad faith. It’s a twisted consciousness. We’re seeing a mass movement for a twisted consciousness.”
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Paul Berman on slogans
Turtles all the way down
Turtles all the way down
The paranoid style in American politics is never at a loss for explanations: another layer of theorizing can always be added to support a rickety conspiracy theory. It’s turtles, or theories, all the way down.
#culture#democracy#politics#truth#autocracy
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Turtles all the way down
Signage in the dark
Signage in the dark
At our end of the block, we had signs made with bright reflective tubing (courtesy of the organizers) that read, à la Burma Shave, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Signage in the dark
“Trump’s caravan hysteria”
“Trump’s caravan hysteria”
Adam Serwer: “The apparent spark for the worst anti-Semitic massacre in American history was a racist hoax inflamed by a U.S. president seeking to help his party win a midterm election.”
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
“Trump’s caravan hysteria”
What Susan Collins didn’t talk about
What Susan Collins didn’t talk about
The White House’s limits on the FBI investigation, the many potential witnesses never interviewed (there’s no possibility of corroboration without a genuine investigation), Deborah Ramirez’s allegation (for which there are contemporaneous witnesses), Brett Kavanaugh’s defensiveness and evasiveness in responding to senators’ questions, his blatant dishonesty under oath, the many doubts about his ability to be an impartial and even-tempered justice.
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
What Susan Collins didn’t talk about
Kavanaugh loses the Jesuits
Kavanaugh loses the Jesuits
“For the good of the country and the future credibility of the Supreme Court in a world that is finally learning to take reports of harassment, assault and abuse seriously, it is time to find a nominee whose confirmation will not repudiate that lesson”: the Jesuit magazine America has rescinded its endorsement of Brett Kavanaugh.
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Kavanaugh loses the Jesuits
July 1
July 1
A compelling analysis by Philip Bump The Washington Post: “Kavanaugh is pressed on the key July 1 entry in his calendar. But only to a point.” Why couldn’t a senator have put these pieces together?
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
July 1
Three points that should have been made
Three points that should have been made
1. It’s not a victim’s responsibility to gather and present evidence of a crime. 2. Contra Brett Kavanaugh’s breezy claims about three witnesses refuting Christine Blasey Ford’s story: For one thing, they weren’t witnesses. 3. Contra Brett Kavanaugh’s breezy claims that these (non-) witnesses have refuted Christine Blasey Ford’s story: No. Not remembering ≠ refuting.
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Three points that should have been made
Wishful thinking
Wishful thinking
I wish that every member of the United States Senate understood civic duty — and courage — as well as Christine Blasey Ford does.
#culture#politics#truth
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Wishful thinking
Tea and truth
Tea and truth
The words on my Celestial Seasoning tea-bag tag this afternoon are from Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.”
#tea#truth#culture
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Tea and truth