Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I just can’t see the resemblance. I think poor Luky is being overworked here. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. No, I do not approve of Trump’s handling of the pandemic. I also don’t approve of some other high powered people’s handling of it, including Fauci, some Democratic governors, and the mainstream media. I cons…

In reply to mlyoung57. Responding to Michael: think it helps that “one issue” voting comes in degrees, and is itself a vague concept. Comes in degrees: There are probably very few people who are literally one (and only one) issue voters. …

In reply to merjet. Responding to Merlin: I mostly agree with Alice that virtually all of that is irrelevant, and don’t see what’s narrow-minded about thinking so. One issue can have overriding importance, and I would say that the pandemic…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. But isn’t that just a symptom of their assumption that Jewishness can’t be a family-resemblance concept? Ditch that assumption, and neither common religiosity nor common blood is needed for common Jewishness….

In reply to merjet. On the other hand, perhaps a bunch of sincere, passionate one-issue voters, each more or less offsetting the other, is part of how democracy works (and works well). I’m not sure things would work out so well if everyone voted …

I understand her feeling, but regard it as a very narrow-minded way of voting. It’s like nothing else matters. What Trump did for 3 years before the pandemic is irrelevant. How well other powers that be, like governors, the CDC, and the FDA did a…