Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Brad Rappaport. To paraphrase Frankenstein’s monster in the novel: I expected this reception. If I had a dime for every half-assed, more-in-sorrow-than-anger speech of this sort I’ve heard in my life, I’d be rich. Too bad …

Response to various comments from Brad Rappaport: Brad, I’m Jewish, ragingly anti-Zionist/anti-Israel, and full disclosure, a friend of Irfan’s (in fact, we first met, some years ago, at a Palestinian community center). You seek, at best, an equivalenc…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. It is always a pity when someone who is intelligent is also bad. You have no reason to think anything of the kind you have suggested of me based on what I have written, and have falsely accused me of having accused you of hav…

In reply to Brad Rappaport. If you think you can find something I’ve actually written, as opposed to something you’ve confabulated, that says or implies that I deny Jews’ or anyone else’s rights to life, find it and quote it. It…