Category: Opinion/Editorial
But I’m Oppressed! (SPOILER: No You’re Not!) (2/4)
Manspreading You are not oppressed because you get manspreaded against. (What the hell does that even mean, anyway?!)
But I’m Oppressed! (SPOILER: No You’re Not!) (1/4)
One of the big debates in politics, journalism and social activism is always going to be… Priorities.
Is Comrade Corbyn Too Extreme… Or Not Extreme Enough?
I often think of Comrade Corbyn as Blair 2.0. He hasn’t brought anything new of substance.
When Good Gods Go Bad? Hitch was Right About the Dalai Lama
The Hollywood Lama (not to be confused with his fellow idealistic cleric and theocratic wackjob, the recently deceased Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State) is a plastic bonze; with a heart for the Dharma, and a stomach for…
Selective Moral Absolutism is Always OK… Or is it?
“Selective absolutism” is a great term. I must use it more! Intolerance is always wrong. Zero exceptions! (Except when I say so).
My Open Letter to the Guy Crossing the Street Against Traffic Without Looking up
Dear person who never looks up while crossing the street, no matter how much traffic there is, Hey, how’s it going? I hope I didn’t interrupt you from anything important. Please, by all means, go ahead and finish texting LOL…
The secret to maintaining your New Year’s Resolutions…
… is never to make any, of course. I mean, seriously. Just look at my track record over the past twenty years.
My Plan to Stop Racist Bigots (A Modest Proposal)
I’m going to tolerate respectable MIC racism for decades and shout down anyone who starts imagining things and calling me a bigot. Then when my racism starts turning into genuinely indecent racism, I am going to let these ignorant right-wing…
A Mini Manifesto
In the first blog post I ever published on the blog, Jonathan Arts and Critique, I said: I am: Pro peace, not merely anti war. Pro privacy, not merely anti state voyeurism. Pro speech, not merely anti censorship. Pro capitalism, not merely…
Derailing & Fallacies Masterclass: Graduate from Yahoo Answers to Topix
Pol Pot’s Pleasure PWNK I can’t stand Pol Pot because he’s really nasty. I don’t think he is my leader. OMG!!! Yeah but isn’t his adversary Ho Chi Minh nasty too? Would you protest if Ho Chi Minh was in power instead?