Troutfishing's Profile
My real name is Bruce Wilson. I co-founded Talk to Action, a blog dedicated to the intersection of politics and religion, with Frederick Clarkson.
Diaries published: 796 (2190 days since last diary on Sat Dec 09, 2017 at 12:58 AM PST)
Comments posted: 15459 (1419 days since last comment on Sun Jan 19, 2020 at 01:55 PM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: "This is sedition in slow motion", 624 comments, 1200 recommends
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“So, I’m asking all proud Southerners of our kith and kin, blood and soil nation to become Southern nationalists and join with us today. Come prepared to do battle for your survival. Together, we will be strong enough to throw our enemies into the sea...
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on Sat Dec 09, 2017 at 12:58 AM PST
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[Author’s note: this extended report is the result of my month-long investigation into a deeply troubling pattern to Roy Moore’s recent career — which not only mainstream media and alternative media but also liberal advocacy groups have largely...
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on Fri Dec 08, 2017 at 10:29 AM PST
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In a satirical September 27, 2017 Washington Post op-ed, former Prairie Home Companion public radio show host Garrison Keillor wrote,
“The triumph of former judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary was a ray of sunshine for those of...
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on Sun Dec 03, 2017 at 05:54 PM PST
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Within the last hour, the New York Times has broken another startling story that indicates the extent to which neo-Confederate thinking permeates the Trump White House:
“The email forwarded by John Dowd, who is leading the president’s legal team,...
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on Thu Aug 17, 2017 at 05:59 AM PDT
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Many people contributed to the flash campaign to persuade industry leaders and CEOs to resign from the President’s Manufacturing Council, in protest his public support for white supremacists and neo-Nazis. The Daily Kos was one of the organizations in...
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on Wed Aug 16, 2017 at 11:29 AM PDT
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Thank you, Jerry Seinfeld ! Remember the notorious “Soup Nazi” Seinfeld show episode ? Well because that’s deeply embedded in pop culture, it’s now a potent tool for persuading Denise Morrison, the CEO of the Campbells Soup Company, to resign from...
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on Tue Aug 15, 2017 at 09:22 AM PDT
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- Discovering that terrorists can look like the guys next door is a jarring thing, especially if that’s not how you’ve been conditioned to think of such matters. In Michigan this week, cognitive dissonance has been thick on the ground—especially as...224 comments 334 Recs
- In my previous post on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, I wrote that it would have been a mistake to focus on Amy Coney Barrett’s membership in the ecumenical group People of Praise. I have changed my mind. Popular...17 comments 12 Recs
- Like a lot of people, I’ve been thinking about how we got here and why it caught so many of us by surprise. And like a lot of people, I keep coming back to this being a country founded in the cognitive dissonance of a slaveowner writing “All men are...35 comments 55 Recs
- For most of its existence, the “Patriot” militia movement has been described by those monitoring its spread as “antigovernment”—which isn’t fully accurate, since most of its adherents openly say that they don’t have a problem with government...67 comments 184 Recs
- The armed militiamen, “Boogaloo Bois” and anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists who have been leading the protests against COVID-19 lockdown measures are gearing up for a repeat performance Thursday of their April 30 anti-lockdown protest in Lansing,...366 comments 232 Recs
- Ammon Bundy didn’t waste his opportunity Tuesday: A video began circulating virally that day in far-right circles showing an Idaho mom being arrested at a playground closed under the state’s anti-168 comments 142 Recs
- The Age of Conspiracy Theories in which we are now immured has produced a kind of bastard offspring: the Shared Violent Fantasy. Exhibit A is the “Boogaloo,” the far-right’s ironic name for ...260 comments 172 Recs
- Remember the scandal that erupted last year when the entire junior boys class at Baraboo, Wisconsin, was photographed giving the Nazi salute? Remember how the school district wound up just ...265 comments 222 Recs
- Thanks to an encouraging tweet from Donald Trump, militias around the United States are preparing to assemble in Richmond, Va., on Monday, to protest gun-control legislation—many vowing to bring their guns, in open defiance of Gov. Ralph Northam’s...365 comments 216 Recs
- Methane is many times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. It’s not mentioned as often when considering the greenhouse effect behind the climate crisis because it’s released in comparatively low volumes and will gradually degrade over...85 comments 165 Recs
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