In this post I would like to begin a discussion of the ideas that religion play in our modern political sphere. I will be going further on this topic in regards to right wing extremism in some other posts; this discussion will center around the ways that faith play into our cultures and different lifestyles … Continue reading Faith in the Cult of Personality
Identity
How Media Fans the Flames of Culture War and Allows Fringe Figures to Gain Power
In our discussions of identity politics to this point I've mostly centered on left/right aspects and divides along race, explaining how statistics have been used in misleading ways to fear monger white conservatives into anti-immigration and supremacist attitudes, stoking their suspicion of any "other" and driving us to the edge of a cliff that half … Continue reading How Media Fans the Flames of Culture War and Allows Fringe Figures to Gain Power
Disproving Misleading Statistics and Analyzing the Harm of Identity Politics
Figures such as Trump, Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, or any number of right wing personalities have preyed upon the history and isolation of rural communities by either justifying their ingrained white supremacy, or presenting racist justifications for the nation’s problems that allow a group to direct their anger from American disenfranchisement at. This manifests in … Continue reading Disproving Misleading Statistics and Analyzing the Harm of Identity Politics
The New Federalist 