Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Oh ya. She’s been in my thoughts daily since all this. Yes I have prism in glasses to correct double vision. Balance is way bad… I walk like a drunk guy. As for Carol I always kinda felt a connection from afa…

[…] in the abstract on this blog, as well as specific cancellations, done in specific ways. My critics have done an end-run around what I’ve actually said about it, as well as the examples […] LikeLike

[…] the lesser and major pilgrimages (umra and hajj) in Saudi Arabia, separately complaining of a double standard in the way the Saudi Arabia is discussed by advocates of cancellation as contrasted with Israel. In […] LikeLike

[…] (well before the Saudi-sanctioned murder of Jamal Khashoggi), I defended the idea of Muslims’ boycotting the lesser and major pilgrimages (umra and hajj) in Saudi Arabia, separately complaining of a double standard in the way the Saudi …

[…] human trafficking of children in pornography. The organization in question, Exodus Cry, has gotten Mastercard, among other companies, to sign on to their campaign. Mastercard is not exactly low hanging fruit. Neither is […] LikeLike

[…] recently, I’ve defended the idea of canceling PornHub and other sites that rely on or facilitate human trafficking of children in pornography. The […] LikeLike

[…] no one can dispute that what I’m urging is a cancelation, either. I described cancelation in a previous post as a matter of non-legalized accountability based on what people deserve for their thoughts and […] LikeLike

[…] it ends up being) mini-series serves the same purpose as the many examples I’ve adduced of character-based voting, examples likewise undiscussed by critics of character-based […] LikeLike

[…] by several online dictionaries, and also coheres with the ordinary idea of a cancellation, a topic I’ve belabored here at PoT. Ideological cancellations are a species of cancellation alongside ordinary cancellations (e.g., of […] …