Year: 2017
Free Speech For Assholes
I’ve been taking some mild heat on Twitter for this response: Well, who wouldn't like to see McInnes beat down? I'm against hurting him for stuff he says, but if it happens, I'd like to see it. — Windypundit (@windypundit) February 3, 2017 Honestly, I can’t even remember why exactly I don’t like Gavin McInnes.… Read more
Making America Great Again
At first I thought this was just funny, but the more I think about it, the better it makes me feel about America. The reference here is Pastor Martin Niemöller’s statement about cowardice in the face of the Nazi rise to power. The best-known version reads like this: First they came for the Socialists, and… Read more
Deceitful Words: Fast Growing
This is my second post in what I hope will be a series about words and phrases that should warn you that someone is trying to get something past you. (First one here.) [Update: Since originally publishing this, I’ve rewritten parts of it to reduce confusion, adding context to the first example, and appending a… Read more
A Betrayal of Green Card Holders
Apparently, thanks to an executive order by Donald Trump, the United States is betraying its green card holders. The bans affect travelers with passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and even extends to green card holders who are granted authorization to live and work in the United States, according to a… Read more
Something Missing From Trump’s Inaugural Address
Okay, I’m still up, and I’d like to talk about that inaugural address. It’s all gloom and doom, blamed on elitist politicians and foreigners, leading to Trump’s usual calls for nationalism, trade restrictions, and border controls. I was planning to tear into the speech line by line, but I’m too far into the rum to… Read more