Category: Serious Commentary
Were You Born with a Self-Censorship Filter?
I do have an civility filter, albeit an imperfectly cultivated one. But I don’t so much have a self-censorship filter. And I look around, and I see so many other people with a public voice, and I can see that…
“Liberals are So Intolerant!” Hm?
Yes, liberalism is ‘intolerant,’ and will not tolerate the intolerant.
Labour Expulsions and Boozhee Anarchy: What Do They Mean by Anti-Capitalism?
Despite it all, the Trots and Tankies trying to infiltrate the Labour Party don’t seem to be having it all their own way in recent times.
Austrian Burqa Ban: Liberalism Back in Action
This is a good liberal, secular policy that will set similar standards and guarantees of liberty for everyone. In an idea world, you wouldn’t ban clothing. But by this point, the risks of not banning them are greater still.
Brief Open Letter to All My Fellow Liberal Extremists
Show me a Nazi who deserves a punch, and I will show you someone else who DOESN’T (like Julie Bindel or Peter Tatchell), and who will end up getting punched. I have no love for Nazis like Richard Spencer, but…
Excuses for Religious Fundamentalism Also Apply to the Soviet Union
Why do the pure evil bought-and-paid bourgeois MSM only give negative coverage about the Soviet Union? Communism is not monolithic. You’re all essentialists! Anyone who was a true Marxist wouldn’t hurt innocent people. You never get to hear any positive…
Peering Through the Net
Please remember that the great sages of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and most faiths, still have a great deal to teach people. Try and put aside any metaphysical prejudices you may have (or indeed fear of such!) and don’t let…
Acceptable & Unacceptable Collectivism
“Gay community” good, Russian nationalist homophobia bad. “Jewish community” good, Nazi stormtroopers bad. “Muslim community” good, BNP bad. “Transgender community” good, GOP God-botherers bad.
European Court of Justice: No Headscarf Ban, No Pandering to Religions
This is just stupid clickbait from the Whitetop BBC! Regardless of the unduly inflammatory headline, it’s about the wearing of “any political, philosophical or religious sign.”
Trots Vs Tories: Is this the Only Possible Option?
In a well developed economy, you can’t have wealth without reasonable distribution. You can’t have reasonable distribution without wealth. This leads to only one reasonable conclusion: Mixed economies are the realistic, pragmatic approach in a world that has a reality…