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Denny Carter

Denny Carter

A Bad-Faith Presidential Candidate To Save Us All

A Bad-Faith Presidential Candidate To Save Us All

I can see it so clearly in my mind’s eye: A Democratic presidential candidate adorned in all the trappings of 21st century jingoism, using the no-holds-barred language of conservatives, bulldozing his way through Republicans and into the hearts and minds of normie voters who love this shit. This presidential

Be The Tree

Be The Tree

Social media, once you’ve breached a certain follower threshold, is like a nonstop party begging for your attendance. For some folks, that threshold is a few thousands followers. For others, it’s tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. I don’t say any of this to garner

Why No One Cares About The Biden Impeachment

Why No One Cares About The Biden Impeachment

There was a time in American history – around 36 months ago – when articles of impeachment against a United States president was a Big Fucking Deal, a Thing That Demands Attention. It meant the president had done something extraordinarily illegal and was deemed no longer fit for office even by the

Book Burning And The Power Of Bad Faith

Book Burning And The Power Of Bad Faith

In what could very well be a deleted scene from 2006’s Idiocracy, but what is instead a real clip from our increasingly dumb and dangerous political landscape, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Missouri recently used a flamethrower to set books aflame as giddy supporters cheered on. This scene could

We Need To See More Pain

We Need To See More Pain

The cushy trappings of modern life have tricked us into believing the conflict between labor and capital belongs to a bygone era. You’re not working fourteen hours a day in the pitch black of a coal mine so you might put food on your family’s table. Your boss

The Incredibly Gross Bad Faith of Birth Rate Worries

The Incredibly Gross Bad Faith of Birth Rate Worries

The love for their children was in every gesture, every word, every look. You could sense it – feel it – even from a distance. A mom and dad, dressed in what appeared to be used clothing – him in an oversized collared shirt with a small hole in the shoulder, wearing oversized

The Disadvantage of Caring About Anything

The Disadvantage of Caring About Anything

For all the energy I expend on detailing the deleterious effects of the right wing’s political bad faith, I acknowledge – through a clenched jaw and gritted molars – that it is a useful tactic for which there is no easy counter. The vitality of bad faith attacks launched by the