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It’s been 40 years since a therapist and close friend, advised me, “You know, Miller, you seem to have an anti-authoritarian mindset. Why is that?” Her observation came without knowing ....
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Antidote du jour (via): And a bonus antidote: VIDEO: Feline Eid: Dressing Malaysia’s cats for the Muslim holidays. A rising number of Malaysian cat lovers are dressing up their house pets with traditional outfits as the country prepares to usher in the Muslim holiday of Eid pic.twitter.com/0G9DUN2Peg See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (“Because markets”). I don ....
Not All Muslims Do That! Now that we have learned how and why the Left perpetuates Jihad Denial, we move on to examine the key arguments within its toxic agenda. As will be demonstrated below, the entire gambit is a lie and a fraud. It’s Just the Extremists! One of the most widely employed Jihad Denial arguments heard in our culture today is the infamous assurance that It’s not Islam, but the extremists! This proposition is interwoven with the central foundation of the Jihad Denial matrix: that it all really has nothing to do with Islam. The thinking goes like this: even when Jihadists quote their Islamic texts to justify their barbaric actions, ....