In the past, we have focused on the deplorables who suck all the oxygen out of the national stage. This is unfair to the millions of deplorables who work hard at the state and local level to spread their messages of hatred and despair to the deplorable masses. So, today, we're going to focus on the lesser known deplorables, the people who may not get international coverage for the horrible things they say and do, but who nonetheless live in the basket on the merits of their behaviour. The vile, vile merits of their behaviour.
Then, She Organized
The basket of deplorables does not discriminate. Whether you're the poorest, least educated person in the country, or the wealthiest, whether the colour of your skin is white, black or orange, your qualification for entry is the degraded quality of your thought, your willingness to use words and/or actions to make the lives of other citizens more miserable.
Which, I suppose, is a form of discrimination against decent, compassionate people. If any of them complained about being discriminated against, I suppose I would have to set up some kind of affirmative action programme to ensure that they were properly represented in the basket.
Discrimination politics is hard. Just ask lawyer Barbie.
Apparently, though, it's easy for University of Michigan-Flint professor Mark Perry. White males are today's discriminatory targets of choice. White males do not make up a majority of corporate boards and positions of power...other than the fact that they do. And, they do not dominate politics and political discourse...even though they do. They certainly don't make substantially more than women for doing work of the same value. Except -
Okay, but white males aren't allowed to attend after-school programmes intended to help black girls, who are underrepresented in universities and colleges, get an education and contribute to society. So, young white males are the truly oppressed group, here!
Lawyer Barbie wept.
This Is Bad For A Whole Host Of Reasons
Why am I stuck with the image of a womb offering people cheese and crackers and threatening to break out the Pictionary if people aren't having a good time?
According to Oklahoma state Representative Justin Humphrey and Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva - or is that Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva and Oklahoma state Representative Justin Humphrey? It can be hard to tell Republicans apart these days without a birth certificate - not that they would be willing to share theirs with the public - once they become pregnant, women stop being autonomous beings with a will and aspirations of their own. Instead, they become incubators with limbs and great smelling hair.
Trust the party of motherhood to turn pregnancy into a Cronenbergian horror show.
It's good of Humphrey and Oliva to let women choose not to have sex. Granted, this sounds exactly like the same idea of abstinence they've been preaching since...forever, really. Still. What about pregnancy due to rape? The choice they offer women seems to be: rape never happens, and if it does happen, it is always the woman's fault and...well, those are the only choices. Sorry about your luck, but the next nine months of your life belong to us.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Humphrey and Oliva have come to the same conclusions in almost exactly the same way. The basket of deplorables has a state-of-the-art communications system, one you would be hard-pressed to differentiate from telepathy.
The Madness Of The Current Political Moment Is Kubal In Your Head
Thank you, Dave Kubal, president of the Religious Rights group Intercessors for America, for pointing out the greatest threat American democracy faces today. A resurgent nuclear Russia? Pfft! - we can handle that, no sweat! The slow dissolution of alliances such as NATO and the EU? Pshaw! - what have they ever done for us?
No. the main problem in America today is witches that are casting spells on President Trump intended to make his presidency fail.
If they do exist, they can't be very good, given that Trump is still president. Could it be that there is a coven of warlocks at the Department of Homeland Security hard at work casting counter-spells? Why not? There could be nature spirits hard at work fighting global climate change. And, no justice system would be complete without a cadre of exorcists ready to drive evil spirits out of the guilty.
This explains a lot. Even if it isn't true.
