"On Tuesday, a Florida judge sentenced Daniel Baker, an anti-fascist activist, to 44 months in federal prison for social media posts that called for armed defense against possible far-right attacks on the state’s Capitol in the wake of the January 6 riots. Baker, a 34-year-old yoga teacher and emergency medical technician trainee, had no previous … Continue reading Too Far Left, or What Does It Mean to Be “Radical”
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Sealioning
"Sealioning (also spelled sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity. It may take the form of 'incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate'."—Wikipedia
Judgment vs. Judgmental
I was thinking about the differences between the noun judgment, "[t]he act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation," and its adjective judgmental, "[i]nclined to make judgments." The adjectival form, by being inclined to make judgements, seems to suggest more opinionated based on prejudices rather than inclined to form … Continue reading Judgment vs. Judgmental
