My Internet Rants – in Blog Form
Sometimes, a terrible person produces great artwork. Some of those times, I am able to separate the artwork from the artist’s problematic character – but in other situations, I am not able to. In my latest YouTube video, I explain Read more
The Harry Potter novels saw me through very dark times in my life. Unfortunately, JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novels, has recently revealed herself to be a TERF (Trans-Exclusive Radical Feminist). This has caused the Harry Potter novels to lose their ability to provide comfort to me, and probably many other people, some of who need them even more than I do.
The House bill that would extend the Civil Rights Act protections to LGBTQ people is long overdue – but still it has just about no chance at all of becoming law. Nonetheless, I am glad that the House passed it, Read more
In the three years since early 2016, I have come to realize that it is extremely unlikely that God exists. I have come to realize that my immediate reaction to images on a card probably don’t provide any special insight Read more
It is important to have public policy to protect against diseases spread by people who refuse to vaccinate themselves and their children. But it can be disastrous if one allows efforts to enforce such policy to be tainted by the Read more
Every time that there have been calls to abolish the Electoral College, those calls were met with apologetics to justify the retention of that institution. However, as always, upon closer examinations, the arguments put forth by the Electoral College’s apologists Read more
Yes, we get it, Jewish tribal identity is validly a thing. But it is time for more religious Jews to accept that Jewish ethnic identity is also a valid thing and stop dismissing it. This past week, someone forwarded to Read more
In the wake of the panic over Momo, it is time as a society to remind ourselves that if we give credibility to fabricated threats, we risk contributing to real dangers. Back in July of 2018, nearly eight months ago, Read more
All too often you see tolerance vilified as a cop-out to avoid having to extend greater levels of acceptance. But this attitude is unwise and unhelpful, as you can’t force yourself to like someone. You can, however, force yourself to Read more
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