No, Virginia, Charlie Kirk was not "practising politics the right way"
The right is lamenting that there will never be another person like Charlie Kirk again — we can only hope.
Politics
My political thoughts, news, and opinions.
An open letter to my current MP
I don't need to be sold on the possibility that the Coalition will make things worse — I know that they will. If you care about courting progressive votes, we need to be sold on the idea that Labor is going to make things better.
These people are all losers
What a fun time to be alive.
And blame the facilitators, too
Every awful thing done because Trump, and his enablers, demands it of you is still an action on your conscience, in your name, and on your soul.
Let's blame the enablers
Not everyone is operating from a place of fear — enough are, certainly, but enough are just chickenshit, or self-serving, or gleeful collaborators.
On the deplorable actions by the National Park Service
Erasing queer history requires more than deleting text on a website, but capitulation here will lead to more extensive reality retcons.
The dweebs have taken the wheel
They don't make Nazis like they used to.
Smash and dash
I'm not really sure how the situation in the US right now can be described as anything but dire.
Call it what it is: a coup
May we live in interesting times.
Clowns and their clown cars
Two excellent pieces of writing about disappointing dudes who could have been so much more, and one repellent demon overshadowing both.
Democracy dies in laziness, too
The historic examples of fascism I learned about are always framed in a good vs evil kind of way that really failed to show how selfish and self-serving it actually all is.
On shock, and awe
Facebook was never good at fact checking anything, anyway — quelle surprise — and on the subject of choosing to actively disengage.