It’s not that hard to not be at war. I’m not at war with people I’ve never met on the other side of the planet, and can’t see any reason to be. Why can’t others be as civilized?
Author: Kent McManigal
Once Ignorance is Cured, Malevolence Remains
I believe most people support archators out of ignorance. Most. Some people support archators out of malevolence. Almost everyone is a fan of some archators, though, and this is strange.
Government’s Way, or Nothing!
Statists love false “either/or” scenarios. Either you agree to their beloved police state tactics, or obviously you just advocate chaos, death, and destruction. I actually have an example from a few days ago.
Moving Toward Liberty
People who are natural gradualists don’t appreciate that I won’t pretend a tiny improvement is enough. They’ll never stop complaining that “the perfect is the enemy of the good” and settling for any tiny crumb– or even moves in the wrong direction that feel right to them. Gradual is better than nothing, except when it is actually nothing.
Sick, Sick People
On a local FB page, someone had posted a meme begging people not to publicize upcoming police “checkpoints”, saying something like “what if someone’s child dies because you helped a drunk avoid the checkpoint?” I stated that I would rather risk a few drunk drivers than armed highwaymen shaking down travelers for their “papers”.
Looking Through Your Magic Lenses
Yes, a bad guy can become a good guy in a heartbeat, but it requires facing, honestly, the evil he has been doing. Bad guys are never going to do this as long as people keep excusing them and patting them on the back for their “service”.
Murderous Scumwad Shrugs Responsibility
So, a murderous scum Blue Line Gang member murders a kid while killing a suspected thief, and once again isn’t held responsible. Instead, the whole disgusting gang protects him or her (probably “him”) from responsibility by hiding the murderer’s identity.
Cancerous Cartmanism
If you as an individual have no right to do something, a bigger group of individuals can’t magically make the right pop into existence, and can’t turn that magical “right” into “authority” to imbue someone else with. It just can’t happen.
Discussion with a Cop Supporter
Here is a discussion I had with a supporter of cops a while back. It may be educational to see the lengths people will go to when they are desperate to excuse the inexcusable and justify that which can’t be justified.
Sneaky Lying Cheaters Who Archate
The person I know who is the most concerned with whether other people are being sneaky, and sees (and condemns) sneakiness in everyone, is also the sneakiest person I’ve ever met.