Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Roderick T. Long. A standard talking point they use is that ICE is needed to fight the good fight against human trafficking. Here is a statistical report on that from the fall of 2023: https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/htdca23.pdf Look at Figure…

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In reply to Roderick T. Long. What’s both startling and infuriating is how much currency the following arguments have: I don’t think >x people should live together in a house. But >x of these migrants are living together in various ho…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “If you’re anything like me, you’ll leave it with zero sympathy for all of the anti-immigrant fascists out there, less than zero sympathy for ICE, and an overwhelming sense of disgust at a country that can pursue proxy …

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In reply to Roderick T. Long. After the Dakota Pipeline protests, Cop City, and the Gaza Encampments, flower pots seem like unwarranted generosity. But I take his point. LikeLike

After I’m done with my “year off from blogging,” I’m thinking of doing a few thematically sustained blogging projects–series of interlinked posts on related topics rather than discrete ones on this and that. One of these i…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I was thinking in part of this line from Burroughs: “The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Vietnamdem.jpg/1200px-Vietna…