Liberty protects but does not bind

Tyranny binds but does not protect

Bloomberg Democrats are just the new Reagan Democrats

I believe that I can go to the store and purchase a sense of security. Once I own a gun, I can indulge in revolutionary fantasies that aren’t complicated by material conditions.

Safety is just another thing we’ve commoditized. No need to struggle against my own alienation or form coalition with my neighbors.

It’s a direct quote

It’s religious mythology built atop historical cultural standards. Arguing over the age at which a literal angel impregnated a virgin is fucking absurd and has nothing to do with modern morals either inside or outside the religious traditions predicated on it.

Two-thousand years later, members of this same Christian faith have overhauled both the cultural and legal standards for marriage around the globe. Meanwhile, outspoken atheists like Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss ended up all over the Epstein Files, despite unburdening themselves of archaic religious dogma.

Mary was 13 when she gave birth to Jesus.

There is absolutely no verifiable documentation of Jesus’s birth, much less Mary’s age at the time of pregnancy. Might as well complain about the ages of Alcmene or Deichtine.

This kind of rhetoric is playing straight into the magical realism of the biblical literalists. Next, you’re going to start accusing Adam and Eve of incest.

Catholic here. Not as difficult as you might think.

Trump’s not going to remove her leash until he’s on his way out of office.

The Telegraph and LBC are both right-wing propaganda mills.

Case in point:

In 2022, Hilda Griffiths, 81, died after Brian Fitzgerald, a Credit Suisse director and member of the Muswell Hill Peloton cycling club, collided with her while riding with other members at about 29mph in the 20mph zone.

Police could not prosecute Mr Fitzgerald because “there were no criminal Acts” which could be applied to cyclists who speed, the elderly lady’s inquest heard.

That’s pure horseshit.

Who can forget the time a cyclist ran a red light and killed sixteen people?

I would argue she’s protecting herself, given that her closest associate ended up with a Hyoid bone fracture in police custody after unaliving himself. It’s not like they can put her in double-jail with contempt of court charges. Why would she say anything at all?

I mean there really is no previous state of political system that would really benefit the NFL moreso than the modern day liberal government.

Economically, sure. But you could say the same thing about golf. Hasn’t stopped the Saudis from gobbling up the PGA.

The ownership model for the NFL is borderline aristocratic. The management of the franchises is a barely-regulated monopoly. The players themselves are well compensated serfs. I would not call the operation of the league “liberal” in the economic sense.

No, the liberal aspect is paying someone to belt out “Lo Que Le Paso a Hawaii” while vicariously partaking in the economic colonization of a state like Hawaii.

We’re getting dangerously close to

The benefit of engaging in political liberalism is that you can do both.

The benefits of political liberalism accrue to the capital class, not the labor class. This performance was an expression of, by, and for the labor class. Specifically, the colonized people of Puerto Rico.

I guess you can argue everything on broadcast TV is just liberalism, because broadcast TV is a privatized commodity. But then you’re arguing propaganda doesn’t influence the public. At which point, you have to wonder why anyone is paying so much for the Superbowl ad space.

i used to use “i’m pagan”

Oh cool, I’m also a Catholic.

I mean, if the goat shepherds have some strong moral positions, I don’t see why they’d be disqualified. Ethics isn’t something we invented in the 21st century, ffs. Bronze Age humans had as much a claim to it as anyone. Just ask Socrates or Confucius or Nezahualcóyotl.

Given the current state of the 21st century political scene, I’m not bending over to give modern day philosophers extra credit. Say what you will about Thomas Aquinas, he doesn’t appear anywhere in the Epstein flight logs. That’s more than Noam Chomsky or Peter Mandelson can claim.

Not so confusing when you define liberal in its original political terms.

I would go so far as to call the NFL reactionary, rather than just liberal.

Technically there’s nothing more liberal than engaging in ethically ruthless free market trading while also engaging in cultural virtue signaling.

I don’t think belting out “Lo Que Le Paso a Hawaii” is an expression of support for ruthless free market trading, though.

Bit more than coded, tbh

Hilary wanted him dead because if he ratted on Bill then it would hurt her election chances

In 2019? Hillary was well past her expiration date by then.

He was fine before be became political. But he couldn’t go Woke, so he went Broke.

Joss Whedon

That one really hurt for me. He was the launch pad for so many great talents and iconic media. Total turd of a human being.

Oh man, this makes me think of Hulk Hogan. Talk about a guy who aged like milk.