So he does three things: he works to improve himself. He comes to love the people around him. And he uses the skills he learns to help make life better for the those other people, he becomes their guardian and protector and helper. Read more
So he does three things: he works to improve himself. He comes to love the people around him. And he uses the skills he learns to help make life better for the those other people, he becomes their guardian and protector and helper. Read more
"Notes on Nationalism" is not just relevant to the resurgence of traditional nationalism we are experiencing, it shows how that phenomenon we now call "identity politics" rests on the same basis. Read more
While I'm far from "perfect", whatever I do is as natural as starshine or a thunderstorm. The crow does not compare it's caw to the songs of other birds. Read more
The Trump administration's recent acts, leaving refugees and immigrants stranded, are a national disgrace -- literally, a "dis-grace", a failure to abide by the ethical grace of hospitality. Read more
That's part of Tiny Train World: every story is subject to change, with past versions being stuffed down the Memory Hole at the click of a mouse. Read more
Captain America explicitly takes a stand for free speech over Nazi punching, saying "Don't you realize that in your attack, you've attacked your own freedom as well?" Read more
This notion that it's fine and good to assault people we decide are Nazis is disturbingly similar to the idea of glorious struggle that fuels fascism. Fascism tells people that they face an existential threat that can only be met with extraordinary and violent measures. It invites them to put rationality aside and jump on board the wave of emotion. Violent anti-fascism -- "antifa" -- simply casts fascists in the role of existential threat and invites people to join an anti-rational violent leftism. Read more
This started as such a photo, a few objects from the "Metal and Wire - Non-Electrical" box in my tool and hardware closet -- the original photo is below. Read more
Today I made the random decision to leave my holiday lights on until Imbolc. (It's one string of LEDs, very little power.) I usually turn them off after my birthday party, which was Saturday, but I found myself depressed by the thought. It seems like we can use a little extra light right now. Read more
I want to talk about the socialist who understood the intersectionality of race and class, and who rather than getting stuck in identity politics worked across the color line for "a new co-operation, understanding, and a determination by poor people of all colors and backgrounds to assert and win their right to a decent life"; the strident anti-war activist who understood that the United States government was often a force for violence and evil, "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today"; the man who advocated peaceful protest but never denied the right of self-defense, who wrote that "When the Negro uses force in self-defense, he does not forfeit support -- he may even win it, by the courage and self-respect it reflects." Read more
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