Category: The Nature of Evil
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And How Exactly DOES One “Compromise” With Evil?
Too much of the American news media still has it in their heads that “both sides do it”. Whatever rotten things Republicans do, plenty of reporters, before they get to the rotten things, will remind their audience that it’s not just Republicans who do this rotten thing, “both sides do it”. Got proof? Do both…
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It’s Time To Admit It — Europeans & European Culture Are BULLIES
There are protests now all over the world in support of Black Lives Matter and their mission to end police violence. That’s remarkable if you think about it. Three months ago, Black Lives Matter couldn’t, um, “get arrested”. What’s even more remarkable? The protests happening outside America aren’t just protesting what happened to George Floyd…
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In A Way, The Rule Of Law Is “Do Unto Others” With Teeth
The genius of our Constitution for all its failings — and it’s got some serious failings (it gave all the political power to white men and we’re still dealing with slavery ffs) — is its establishment of the Rule Of Law as its organizing principle. The bottom line for law-making isn’t the whim of some…
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We’re ALL Greedy In One Way Or Another; Our Obligation — Keep “Our” Greed In Check
[NOTE: This blog post is being shared with our sister site “The Faitheism Project“] Not everyone is greedy for money. Some people are greedy for love and couldn’t care less about money. Some of us are greedy for credit. We’ll take ownership of work and labor that we did not do. Some are greedy for…
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I Grew Up In The Shadow Of The Holocaust
It’s National Holocaust Remembrance Day. According to Donald Trump, “Jews” are a “nationality”. That’s not the first time a country’s leader has started down that road… Historically, it never ends well for Jews. I was born in 1959, 14 years after the Nazi concentration camps were liberated. In my brain, those camps never went away.…
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American Christianity Has Turned Itself Into A Death Cult That Would Have Horrified Jesus
Though I am a hard core (I’d even say devout) atheist, I consider myself a “fan of Jesus”. I don’t know for certain if Jesus actually existed (at present, no one can prove that he did, but, I suspect someone vaguely like him did exist — heavy emphasis on the word “vaguely”) but even a…
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I Grew Up In The Shadow Of The Holocaust
It’s National Holocaust Remembrance Day. According to Donald Trump, “Jews” are a “nationality”. That’s not the first time a country’s leader has started down that road… Historically, it never ends well for Jews. I was born in 1959, 14 years after the Nazi concentration camps were liberated. In my brain, those camps never went away.…
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“Karma’s A Stone Cold Bitch” – MOSCOW MITCH MCCONNELL EDITION
When we get to the end of this sorry-assed saga, Mitch McConnell will stand as one of American history’s Uber-Villains. If you want to know how severely damaged Moscow Mitch is — he’s a lonely bully having his revenge on the rest of the schoolyard — read Jane Meyer’s excellent piece on Mitch in the…
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Donald Trump Is The Poster Boy For The Banality Of Evil
Aside from all around assholery, Donald Trump is “good at” exactly nothing. If not for Tony Schwartz’s skill as a writer, we wouldn’t see any art whatsoever in Trump’s dealings. We’d see corruption and criminality. If not for Mark Burnett inventing the character of Trump, Master Deal Maker — I doubt even Russia could have…