Authoritarianism

Shelby County v Holder Ruling – Keeping Texas Red

Here's another message I've sent to the Supreme Court: On behalf of the Texas Republican Party, thank you. With our…

12 years ago

Supporters of DOMA, Prop 8, and Texas Special Session SB 5 – How Their Authoritarian World View Can Predict Their Actions

While driving home from lunch today and listening to the discussion on NPR's 'Talk of the Nation', the strong unreasonable…

12 years ago

Media Gives Free Reign to Gut Feel While The Nation’s Needs Are Ignored

Right-wing authoritarians (RWA) - those blocking progress in both houses of our Congress and conniving with ALEC to write oppressive…

12 years ago

Teapublicans Are Punishing America for Electing a Black Man President

As we all know, our right-wing minority controlled Congress and many right-wing state leaders have opposed every effort of President…

13 years ago

Moral Values of the Left and Right – History Shows Which Works for All Americans

Throughout this blog, postings have provided details about the strict father and nurturant parent worldviews. Charts in some of those…

13 years ago

The Danger of American Fascism – Then and Now

Back in August 2006, I wrote a post called, "Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?" I think…

13 years ago

Our Two Major Political Parties – The Illusion and Realities of Their Essences

Over the years, some have said that there is little difference between our two major political parties. This is certainly…

13 years ago

Disaster Relief Is Immoral and Requires Privatization – Who Believes This and Why?

Here is a portion of the transcript from the June 13, 2011, Republican presidential primary debate where Romney is asked…

13 years ago

Why Are Some Americans More Concerned About Consuming Than Preserving Their Democracy?

The excerpts below are from a recent article by Henry Giroux, titled "Why Don't Americans Care About Democracy at Home?"…

13 years ago

More Research Invalidates Extreme Right-wing Principle – Solely “Self-made”

The extreme right-wing, strict father, authoritarian family model, which is represented in many ways by the Romney/Ryan twosome, includes the…

13 years ago