tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post6571902426051104917..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: What The Sanctimonious Left Doesn't Understand (About (Much Of) The Anti-Left)Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-22897026939894349982017-07-06T16:58:47.389-04:002017-07-06T16:58:47.389-04:00I see it as a different way of expressing the adag...I see it as a different way of expressing the adage that you shouldn't fight the last war.<br /><br />There are some cases where a widely known evil still seems unavoidable, like the Thucydides Trap, but it is pretty clearly a different case. A Thucydides Trap basically requires that all pragmatic choices lead to war, a genuine trap.<br /><br />But can you think of a single historical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-76241417701169505812017-07-06T15:17:11.333-04:002017-07-06T15:17:11.333-04:00"An astute observer of politics will not expe..."An astute observer of politics will not expect evil to come in a known form, like a KKK outfit or a Nazi establishing concentration camps. That is too obviously unpalatable to ever accomplish anything, and so someone trying to create havoc will avoid it because they still possess a brain capable enough to realize that. A really effective evil will instead pervert something that is widely Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-80797336477186805412017-07-06T13:30:35.235-04:002017-07-06T13:30:35.235-04:00This desperately needs to be said, because so much...This desperately needs to be said, because so much of what I see as "racism" is pretty obvious, and self-admitted, shitposting.<br /><br />Whenever I see someone hyperventilate about online "hate-speech", I always am struck by the utter lack of any coherent political movement to, say, segregate colleges or ban interracial marriage. I do see a lot of people high-fiving each Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com