“The summer began on May 25, when the police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suffocating his pleas for life. Largely peaceful demonstrations followed, and Trump tweeted: ‘These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen.’ He added, ‘When the … Continue reading The Hate Machine Essays: Cherry-Picking for an Affluent Liberal Class.
Author: Brian Barbour
Reader, Writer, Smoker, Dad.
The Hate Machine Essays: Internal Plagiarism as Narrative Control
So the Great and Powerful Orange made an appearance with Chris Wallace this weekend and gave the national media machine its weekly dose of talking points that will serve Hayes, Maddow, Reid, Cooper, Hannity, Carlson, Ingraham, and Lemon hours of material until at least Wednesday. He was able to cover everything in a spray tanned … Continue reading The Hate Machine Essays: Internal Plagiarism as Narrative Control
In My Life
7/19/80 I was hell bent on getting that dog to stay in that box. I had spent all morning on trying to create a home for him so he could sleep in my room. He was having none of it hence why I’m holding him in the picture. As soon as my mother snapped the … Continue reading In My Life
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
“Our job as Americans…is to dislodge the traitors from every place where they've been sent to do their traitorous work.” This quote represents the ongoing fight in America against the tyranny of a long held destructive philosophy. The man who spoke it chose his side against an evil that was corrupting minorities within the social … Continue reading Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Monkey Wrench
Over the past two weeks there has been a toxic bath of sludge brewing in the liberal left media. While cancel culture has been having a field day, pockets of the traditionally left media have taken time to examine how the establishment as a whole (liberal media establishment) has misreported, misidentified, covered up, ignored, and … Continue reading Monkey Wrench
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Now, more than ever, we need to invest in local news. The national media, with complete disregard to any kind of truly objective reporting on events, has lost all credibility to local communities. We are at a moment in our history where we will have to sever ties with the northeastern elite media machine and … Continue reading Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Territorial Pissings
When I was a teenager, my friends and I used the word “retarded” to denote something that seemed idiotic or stupid. Through different outlets that we were exposed to in our youth, we were taught how to treat disabled people and value them as human beings. Sesame Street, Life Goes On, Mask, and Mr. Rogers … Continue reading Territorial Pissings
For What It’s Worth
The protests have exposed one important thing that most news outlets are not giving a lot of attention to: political polarization is slowly starting to erode. That’s right - for the first time since the neo-cons came to power in the late 90s and early aughts, we are starting to see the long held political … Continue reading For What It’s Worth
Fortunate Son
Only three members of my family have been to Europe. My uncle (mom’s brother) served in the Air Force and did a short tour in Germany and Spain. My father too was in the Air Force where he did his tour in England. And then there was my grandfather – my mother’s dad. He saw … Continue reading Fortunate Son
Helter Skelter
The national media has been lost to corporate profits and the Washington machine. We know this. Yet we still watch them, read them, listen to them. Why? Because we’re addicted to them and we refuse to kick the habit. On June 1, I posted “ShortFiles #5” in which I (rather quickly and kinda sloppily) broke … Continue reading Helter Skelter
