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The Challenge of Having Something to Say
Alleviating division doesn’t mean we must accept evil as normal. That isn’t tolerance but an abdication of responsibility to others.
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Referring to a Marketplace of Ideas outsources responsibility
You’ve heard people refer to appealing to “the marketplace of ideas.” It’s a pretty clumsy way to refer to a negotiation.
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Why do Neo-Nazis need a police escort?
Dealing with Neo-Nazis and white nationalists doesn’t need to be that complicated.
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Speaking is acting
We’ve made a faulty conclusion: that speaking isn’t acting. We couldn’t be more wrong.
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Proof We’re Insane Over Sex and Politics
A student at a Catholic school was forced to remove a sticker from her computer and the school is oblivious to the irony. Proof we’re totally insane over politics. A student at a Connecticut Catholic school was told to remove a sticker from her laptop. A Catholic student was told by her school to remove…
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White Nationalism and the Limits of Free Speech
White nationalism wants you to treat it like an honest ideology. It wants you to debate it, honor it, privilege it. But it isn’t yet another source of water flowing into the well, it’s poison. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece on white nationalism. Specifically, I wrote about the challenge in responding…
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Now Hear This! (9/25/17)
I listen to podcasts. If you don’t, then yes, you’re missing out. They are a brilliantly simple medium. A sound file pushed out into the world to be heard. I listen to fiction, news, religion, and creativity shows and each one makes a commute shorter and dishes easier to do. Each an opportunity to listen…
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What We Always Leave Out Of Our Conversations About Free Speech
Free Speech. We all love it. None of us claim we want to restrict it. So what are we really fighting about when we fight about free speech? What isn’t there. I’ve started feeling like something’s missing. In our lives and conversations. Years ago, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert said it was civility. That we…