After the mass murder in Maine last week, we again have a lot of conservatives saying that the problem is the person, not guns. OK, fine. The person had made terroristic threats. The police did nothing. His ex-wife was literally in hiding because he was a threat to her life and the life of their … Continue reading “Mass Murder and Selective Enforcement”
The best definition of conservativism is: The belief that there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect (Wilhoit’s Law). You might expect that a conservative society would have two sets of laws — one set for the ingroups and a different … Continue reading “Selective Enforcement”
Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance states that if a society tolerates intolerance, that allows intolerant people to destroy tolerance over time. Therefore, a tolerant society must not tolerate intolerance (or intolerant people). In practice, it isn’t really an ethical paradox because intolerant people have chosen to violate the social contract, and are therefore no longer protected … Continue reading “Proportionality”
The results of a recent political poll have been released, and they indicate that 30% of Republicans believe violence may be necessary to solve the problems facing the United States. One in five of the respondents, representing 20% of all Americans or 64 million people, agreed that, “Because things have gotten so far off track, … Continue reading “America: Still Crazy”
Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of Facebook kicking all of the leftist pages and their admins off their platform; coincidentally, a Taliban spokesperson made some nice points about corporate censorship yesterday as well. The Taliban are not good people — they are right-wing extremists — but Zabihullah Mujahid was absolutely correct that Facebook censors … Continue reading “Freedom of Speech”
To figure out what’s coming next, we need to understand what happened on January 6 at the Capitol. The participants in that insurrection included insurrectionists, law enforcement, and politicians. The insurrectionists were: – Donald Trump: Incited the insurrection at his rally directly before that, but had been preparing right wing radicals to reject democracy since … Continue reading “Analysis: Status of the US Through January 20”
It’s nice that Tacticool Girlfriend is making all these super-relevant gun videos because it is saving me a huge amount of time. Watch the video, and then I’ve got a few things to add after. It’s kind of surprising how much I agree with this video. So, consider all of the below to be nitpicking. … Continue reading “My AR-15 Build | Tacticool Girlfriend”
If you’ve spent much time online, you’ve probably seen a Republican claim that the KKK were Democrats. It’s a clever oversimplification that furthers the Republican party’s most popular defense: “I know you are but what am I?” — aka, the Peewee Herman Defense. This deception works because it is technically true: At the time of … Continue reading “Republican, Democrats, the KKK, and Richard Nixon”
