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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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Swindled By Authoritarianism
We mistake extremism in belief for political extremism. The rise of authoritarianism isn’t only tied to political division or partisanship. Authoritarianism is an extremism we can find anywhere in politics. Why our fear of division blinds us to the real threat to democracy We’ve taken it as gospel that we’re divided. It seems like we…
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Wrestling with the ethics of violence
Antifa, punching Nazis, accepting violence, and forcing greatness upon us As a lifelong pacifist, I abhor violence. All of it. But a long time ago, I gave my friends one exception: vampires. At the time, the movie Blade had come out and I found a way to make an exception for my pacifism. If I…
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11 Things I Will No Longer Tolerate
Wrestling with what we’re willing to tolerate is healthy. And necessary. Tolerance has come up a lot lately. We test the limits of what we’re willing to tolerate and what it means to be tolerant. It’s the sort of idea that comes and goes with the rise and fall of tragedies and terror. And I…