Editor’s Break 050 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: shitholes and the people who want to leave them, getting triggered into advocating for state action, why not requiring evidence of jurisdiction is a violation of due process, advice to young people on doing what they love and doing it on their own, not allowing victimization to enter your identity, and more.
Tag: identity
#NotMe
Have I been victimized? Of course. Sometimes, badly. But I moved on. I don’t dwell on it, and I absolutely refuse to get any part of my identity from it. To want to revel in past victimization is a serious weakness of character, if you ask me!
The Sweet, Animating Contest of Freedom
Where you live in large part determines the type of people with whom you associate, you raise your family, and you interact through mutually beneficial work, trade, business and consumption. What a very important aspect of your life! Shouldn’t this be something we choose instead of ignorantly accepting the conditioning of the state?
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.
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.
The Re-Education of Kent
The people have spoken: Not all rapists are bad people. I have been shown the error of my wrongthinking ways. I’m sorry!
A Reconsideration of “The Personal Is Political”
“The personal is political,” if taken in the sense that everything about a person must be forced into the Procrustean Bed of an ideology, guarantees a life of bleak, endless, and futile struggle, which is all the more tragic because it was never necessary or wise in the first place.
The Case for NAP Parenting
We live in a society where parents and guardians promote and use aggression towards children that would be considered immoral and criminal if inflicted on other adults.
Why It Matters Whodunit
On reflection, though, whodunit is tremendously important. Why? Because in our society, the routine reaction to mass murder is to try to punish millions of innocent people. In a just society, mass murderers’ group identity wouldn’t matter.
The Commonality of a Standard Paradigm
Call it ‘privilege’ if you will, but I don’t believe that it is necessary to identify as ‘cisgender’ for the same reason I don’t think most bread should be labeled as ‘glutinous’ or that most cars should be known as ‘4-wheel cars.’