Recommended Reading: Law and Order and Fascism

This Week's Recommended Reading on Substack: Noah Berlatsky, Annika Brockschmidt, Jared Yates Sexton, Parker Molloy, Justin Ling, Erin Reed, and Dr. Emma L Briant

The Week's Recommended Reading on Substack:

Noah Berlatsky

writes “polarization scholars aren’t just coincidentally supporting Trump. They’re work buttresses him because they are part of the same tradition of white supremacist unity that he orangely embodies. National unity in the US has almost always meant white unity. Warning of the dangers of political conflict has almost always meant warning of the dangers of letting Black people vote and thereby dividing white power.”

Our Problem Isn't Polarization. It's Fascism.

Annika Brockschmidt

writes that “violence is at the heart of White Christian Nationalism. And no, it’s not surprising that the GOP, the self-described party of ‘law and order’ is legalizing attacks on protesters, or that Greg Abbott wants to pardon a murderer, because he killed a protester (after announcing it to his friends) from his car - because ‘law and order’ never applies to their own, only to those perceived as the other.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is embracing Fascism

Jared Yates Sexton

writes “I’ll be honest. I’m so tired of this garbage. For years now we’ve watched this threat get worse and worse and worse and Nichols and people like him, who helped create this mess in the first place, have been paid so much money in order to muck up the discourse and obscure what is actually happening.”

Of Fascist and Fascistic Movements: Special Video

Parker Molloy

writes "I’ll be entirely honest: watching the Hasan/Taibbi interview was uncomfortable, but it was a good discomfort, and it was something that was memorable. What was memorable about Stahl’s interview with Greene? Aside from the part where Stahl let Greene push anti-trans nonsense? Let’s also be clear about something: it’s the Stahl side of this that is the current norm in U.S. news media."

A Tale Of Two Television Interviews

Justin Ling

writes "it’s easy to rage against the critics, kooks, and quacks. But how we got here raises some uncomfortable questions about the medical consensus, the media, and how we dealt with the pandemic more broadly. The unfortunate reality is: They have a point."

Ron DeSantis Wants to Put the Whole System on Trial

Erin Reed

writes "there are over 472 bills moving through the United States that target transgender people, and many of these defy the previously mentioned categories. Some of the most harmful new pieces of legislation target transgender people’s bathroom rights in Florida, adult health insurance coverage in several sates, and expand on 'Don’t Say Gay' bills that ban books, classroom discussion, and more."

Adult Trans Bans, Drag Laws, And More: Anti-trans Legislative Digest For Mid April

Dr. Emma L Briant

writes “the Discord leak is embarrassing for the National Insider Threat Task Force, a government-wide program under the Director of National Intelligence tasked with deterring, detecting, and mitigating threats just like this one.”

The Air Force Loves War Gamers Like Teixeira

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