/5 …and every time you’ll find plenty of Americans applauding the abusers and crowing that kids who don’t say the pledge or stand for it should be kicked out. The American instinct for totalitarian conformity is so strong that it influences even our immigrants.
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Massachusetts people aren't cold and unfriendly. They're just minding their own business.
Good curators are a gift and a treasure.
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the question isn't "omg how can i be good despite knowing I'm only human", the question is "do you care enough about being only human to try and be good".
both make us fundamentally broken
I mean, it usually means you are doing something you know is objectively bad, but find some reasons to justify it to yourself and others.
And a wee bit of vengeance. Just a taste. Because we are weak and sometimes we need to hear the whimper of useless ignorant bastards.
“I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them.”
We didn't create this system for tolerant liberals, the system created tolerant liberals.
The system was built to take ppl who had deeply illiberal instincts and steer them into upholding the liberal compromise nonetheless.
-- paraphrasing, obviously
https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/make-no-law/2018/01/fighting-words/
Followers, in unison: We have our own free will.