Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Fatal Vision: Boosters, Variants, and Equity
Getting a booster is no panacea, but not getting one may be a fatal mistake. That, at any rate, is the finding of a set of Israeli studies in the New England Journal of Medicine, one published in October, the other published just a few weeks ago. An excerpt from the abstract of the “Conclusions”…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Gap Week: December 24, 2021
Season’s Greetings! I’m taking this week off for the holidays, but here are some pictures of the AcademiCats getting into the Christmas Spirit: We’ll be back on the 31st to end the New Year by finishing out our series on Fortifications. In the meantime, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Io Saturnalia and a Happy New Year…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Anti-Fascist Questions for Anti-Woke Warriors by Irfan Khawaja
Sean writes: I find it strange that the Spanish Civil War is the history under discussion here; not Jim Crow, the Civil Rights movement, and McCarthyism. We need not go so far afield to find relevant analogs to our current concerns. Part of the point …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Anti-Fascist Questions for Anti-Woke Warriors by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Michael Brazier. I don’t have time to write tonight except for a brief clarification of a narrow issue, my choice of example. Michael Brazier writes: Irfan chose Francisco Franco because nobody would dispute that he was a historical …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Anti-Fascist Questions for Anti-Woke Warriors by Michael Brazier
In reply to sean samis. You clearly have no idea what Irfan was talking about. The muddle you see is only in your own mind. Irfan can explain his meaning, if he chooses, better than I. I need only add that the modern Right had nothing to do with either…
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(QC RSS) Always Has
And that’s the last regular comic of 2021! Thought I’d end things on a classy note. Next week marks the return of a certain barbarian. Regular QC will resume in 2022!
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Anti-Fascist Questions for Anti-Woke Warriors by sean samis
In reply to Michael Brazier. Michael, thanks for the laugh, I needed it this morning. Re, “As for Jim Crow and the civil rights movement – ha. Jim Crow was a legal structure, hence out of court here, where the subject is extra-legal actions.” OMG! You …
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Got some moves
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on A is A, Except for Book Reviews by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I assume Post-Modernism is the kind of Modernism on display in the Saturday Evening Post. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Anti-Fascist Questions for Anti-Woke Warriors by Michael Brazier
In reply to sean samis. Did you see what I said above, that allying with Hitler was a offense that deserved “cancellation”? Well, allying with Stalin was just as bad, or worse. And anyone who joined the American Communist Party after Stalin…
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