"The strategy of a lot of the people on the far right is to get us to attack our own institutions and not think that they’re valuable anymore. By waving free speech around as if it was a magic shield that lets you be an asshole, they’ve convinced a significant percentage of the rest of … Continue reading Free Speech: A Magic Shield That Lets You Be An Asshole?
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The Myth of the Fiscal Conservative
Take boots, for example. [Vimes] earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the … Continue reading The Myth of the Fiscal Conservative
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