Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Kalven’s Complicit Executioners by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I like it. I’d never read that before, but I agree with maybe 95-99% of it. Certainly agree with the basic gist. And yet. I certainly agree with Rothbard that the Social Democratic story exhibits an “almost stu…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Slenderwilbur will haunt your nightmares
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Mary Worth, 6/8/25 Many of our most beloved deranged Mary Worth storylines end abruptly, with antagonists just straight…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Kalven’s Complicit Executioners by Roderick T. Long
Rothbard was on the right side of this in 1965, whatever his later deviations: https://www.rothbard.it/articles/liberty-and-new-left.pdf LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Manifesto of the Israeli Embassy Shooter by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. It’s not clear to me in any detail, as yet, precisely what Lischinsky and Milgrim’s aims and/or jobs were, or even whether Rodriguez knew precisely whom he was shooting at. But suppose you’re right about all of that.&nb…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Dreaming Murder by Irfan Khawaja
“Viewpoint diversity.” LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Dreaming Murder by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. It’s a long way down. LikeLike
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) What’s the matter, Hi? Are you afraid of the possibilities
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Hi and Lois, 6/7/25 Years ago, I was doing some PT for a few weeks, and at one…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Manifesto of the Israeli Embassy Shooter by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Takusoki. Aaron Bushnell could have conveyed what your quotations say above without burning himself alive. He could just have asserted what the quotations say, and defended it. That said, the last quotation contradicts what he did. You can&…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Manifesto of the Israeli Embassy Shooter by Takusoki
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. RE “That’s what I would have told Sirhan Sirhan, Aaron Bushnell, Shamsuddin Jabbar, Elias Rodriguez, Mohammed Soliman, and anyone similarly inclined: don’t do it.” Perhaps you did NOT get what Bushnell tried to co…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part I
This week, we’re going to take a close look at arguably the most famous and recognizable Roman battle sequence in film: the iconic opening battle from Gladiator (2000). Despite being a relatively short sequence (about ten minutes), there’s actually enough to talk about here that we’re going to split it over two weeks, talking about…
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