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I know my political readership is a little bemused by these posts about the insane, but I enjoy them so. Think of these folks as a sort of mental health lolcat series. Besides, they fit right in with the pattern of victim worship embodied by the troofers, the reptile guys and all the other tin [...]

It ended just about the way it had to considering who controlled the forum it was happening on… with a post that managed to be simultaneously confused, accusatory, threatening, ignorant and chock full of the righteous indignation only someone who loves playing the avenging victim can muster. Make no mistake ladies and gents it is [...]

  Some thoughts from the entries to “Take Back the Blog“… “Coercion is a paradigm case of power over, and not only that but a paradigm case of its misuse.* Even people like me who think that not every form of power over is bad or wrong will agree that coercion is unacceptable. If you’re [...]

 For as long as people have posted opinions on line there have been attacks. To an extent that is expected and inevitable. It is sometimes even a sign of a vigorous passionate discourse. But there is a line and generally the rational among us can tell when that line has been crossed. In a real [...]

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I have little love for the insane. Since a fair number of them seems to be attracted to fringe causes that let them feel like victims (more on that another time) I will often then wind up discussing the fringe movement often called ‘radical feminism’. Not only is [...]