Every local, county, and state initiative across the nation is just a rehearsal for multi-state and national application.Local book bans, voting rights curtailment, denial of medical care, legislated bigotry, etcetera are just tests of whether and which people will tolerate them -- and which arguments will and won't work for and against them.What the ignorant, … Continue reading Beware: All Politics Are National
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Taking Away Rights
Those who would take away others' rights won't stop with those rights. Or those people.Once they're done stripping the rights you don't mind losing -- because their loss hurts mainly people you don't mind hurting -- they will come for (the rest of) your rights, too.I thought this was deeply entrenched common knowledge. Why do … Continue reading Taking Away Rights
The Ultimate Freedom
Authors' Note: To know your fate without a doubt would be a powerful and liberating thing. When you know for certain what lies ahead for you, your worries and obligations no longer have any power over you. It's a blissful state of being, even if it only lasts for a few long seconds. “Skydiving is … Continue reading The Ultimate Freedom