Last October, in my capacity as a legislative staffer, I Dm’d a legislator from the Charleston area who was friend with the one I work for about meeting about a bill. He had, at a fundraiser the previous June, promised to support a bill that repealed the additional registration fees for electric vehicles the RepublicansContinue reading “Southern Hospitality and Politics”
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Nordicist Norms
In recent years, there has been a shift from the friendlier and warmer more traditionally American style intercourse in America to a Nordic style cold, unfriendly, and distanced intercourse. It is a trend I am deeply opposed to. Now, as a political person, I like Nordic social democracy, but I don’t like their culture andContinue reading “Nordicist Norms”
Fitzgerald in Alabama and Normative Ethics
As a poet laruate of the rober barons and sweatshop dynasties of the 1920s, it is interesting to see his escapades in the apartheid society with state sponsered terrorism with his paramour. Now, Fitzgerald is not considered a racist because people live in the System One of their social psychology. Yet, he was a disgustingContinue reading “Fitzgerald in Alabama and Normative Ethics”
Freud’s Pleasure Principle, Courage, and Cowardice
May 1st, 1917 was among the most important days of The Great War as it was the biggest day of the famous French mutinies. Ninety-three years and four months later, I was in my high school gay-straight alliance. What those events shared was the refusal to face danger. Much has been said about the emotionalContinue reading “Freud’s Pleasure Principle, Courage, and Cowardice”
How to Run a Special Needs Ministry
My first piece of advice when running a group for people with special needs or any mental health condition is contrary to the typical rhetoric surrounding these things in contemporary culture. The first rule of safe spaces are to set boundaries and expect delicacy. That’s a problem for the obvious reasons that when handling mentalContinue reading “How to Run a Special Needs Ministry”
Clubtown: The Ridiculous Non-Innocence of Charleston, South Carolina
Watching Trevor Noah, I would often notice him saying things like “You know when you’re out in the club” as if it was normal to party like a frat boy for everyone. He, nor his ilk, or much of the pop culture, purveys the gentler culture. Poetry slams, improv shows, period dress-up parties, and moreContinue reading “Clubtown: The Ridiculous Non-Innocence of Charleston, South Carolina”
Why Philosophy is in a Rut
Contemporary philosophy is stuck in the incidental culture war between right and left in contemporary Western society. Philosophers are little more than left-wing or center-left polemicists. They say nothing and are strongly against saying anything. They will entertain completely useless questions such as free will versus determinism which, of course, is unfalsifiable and therefore hasContinue reading “Why Philosophy is in a Rut”
Vendetta and Nothing Else
Before on this blog, I have discussed how when I have discussed my history being bullied the general response of people is that I should have resorted to physical violence, either directly or through a proxy, or contacted the police. It is quite curious that they never mention anything about fixing the cultural and psychologicalContinue reading “Vendetta and Nothing Else”
Loneliness & Hegel
Contemporary loneliness is a Hegelian antithesis. It is a reaction to the Hegelian thesis of the world before of creepiness and darkness that was pervasive as well as its hyperbolization in the media such as in the horror and the true crime genres. A Hegelian antithesis is a psychological phenomenon of reactance to a norm.Continue reading “Loneliness & Hegel”
The Theology of Pigasus the Immortal
My favorite song is Taylor Swift’s “Love Story”, as mentioned at the front page of this website. It is how I do politics. Now, in the context of religion and nonprofits I work with lots of Republicans. I should extoll what my political theology is. I became a liberal as a child and the contextContinue reading “The Theology of Pigasus the Immortal”
The Autistic Resistance 