Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I think voters have the prerogative of interpreting weaselly language in the way they find most plausible. In American political discourse, Israel and Ukraine count as “our friends.” Almost no one would say that Russia or …

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In reply to Roderick T. Long. What I like about Oliver is basically that he’s so much better a candidate than I thought the LP would cough up this time, given their recent turn to the dark side. (Another backhanded defense, bien sûr.) LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Well, he’s a bit cagey. He invites the reader to assume that he means that Israel and Ukraine are our friends, but he never actually says so, and never explicitly endorses either of them. I assume that’s by desi…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Cornel West is a principled non-interventionist, but I’m skeptical he’s actually in the race. His campaign is so inactive that there’s a sense in which he’s de facto out. I was once a supporter, but…

“While I don’t agree with everything Stein stands for, she’s the only principled non-interventionist in the presidential race.” How are Chase Oliver and Cornel West not also principled non-interventionists? They sound pretty non-interventi…

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