Please read this story in the Washington Post. The gist:
Should Trump send federal agents who engage in...illegal
vigilante activities, unlawfully assaulting and kidnapping people, they
will face criminal charges from our offices...
we will not stand idly by while the president illegally turns loose
paramilitary forces to commit criminal acts and violate the
constitutional rights of innocent Americans for the purpose of
energizing his base and improving his poll numbers.
Friday, July 24, 2020
Saturday, July 11, 2020
And Black *Votes* Matter
The only cases of significant election fraud involve the deliberate, ongoing, suppression of non-white votes by the Republican Party.
The only way to stop this outrage is to vote Republicans out of office, nationally and at the state level.
The only way to stop this outrage is to vote Republicans out of office, nationally and at the state level.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Whom and what should we believe?
Neil deGrasse Tyson
One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you're right, but not enough about the subject to know you're wrong.
Bertrand Russell
1. When the experts are agreed, the opposite opinion cannot be held to be certain.
2. When they are not agreed, no opinion can be regarded as certain by a non-expert.
3. When they all hold that no sufficient grounds for a positive opinion exist, the ordinary man would do well to suspend his judgment.
Introduction
The whole notion of expertise, facts and truths, is under sustained, unprincipled attack.
As a result, many people have been rendered incapable of distinguishing fact from propaganda. The results have been tragic, and will continue to be tragic.
This post will lay out the bases of correct thinking in a complex world. The foundations of sound reasoning is not all that hard.
If you don't believe experts, then whom do you believe?
Let's be clear. Your family, friends, pastor, spouse are not typically experts on anything.
Why is this so difficult to understand?
If you don't believe in facts, then what do you believe?
What you read on twitter or facebook doesn't count as any kind of evidence.
Furthermore, the attack on evidence and facts is, almost without exception, completely disingenuous.
Admit it, we all act as if we do know that, for example, the distance from New York to Los Angeles is more than 20 miles :-)
If facts do exist, and people spend their entire working lives discovering those facts, then on what basis are we free to disagree with those experts?
One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you're right, but not enough about the subject to know you're wrong.
Bertrand Russell
1. When the experts are agreed, the opposite opinion cannot be held to be certain.
2. When they are not agreed, no opinion can be regarded as certain by a non-expert.
3. When they all hold that no sufficient grounds for a positive opinion exist, the ordinary man would do well to suspend his judgment.
Introduction
The whole notion of expertise, facts and truths, is under sustained, unprincipled attack.
As a result, many people have been rendered incapable of distinguishing fact from propaganda. The results have been tragic, and will continue to be tragic.
This post will lay out the bases of correct thinking in a complex world. The foundations of sound reasoning is not all that hard.
If you don't believe experts, then whom do you believe?
Let's be clear. Your family, friends, pastor, spouse are not typically experts on anything.
Why is this so difficult to understand?
If you don't believe in facts, then what do you believe?
What you read on twitter or facebook doesn't count as any kind of evidence.
Furthermore, the attack on evidence and facts is, almost without exception, completely disingenuous.
Admit it, we all act as if we do know that, for example, the distance from New York to Los Angeles is more than 20 miles :-)
If facts do exist, and people spend their entire working lives discovering those facts, then on what basis are we free to disagree with those experts?
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
OMG: Fox news is ignoring the virus!
Today is July 7. What does Fox News cover on the front page?
- "Fraud" in mail-in ballets.
- Black crime.
- Hamilton.
- Cancel culture.
Public heath crisis? What crisis?
There is a vicious (deadly!) circle involved here:
1. Fox News protects Trump by hiding the truth.
2. Trump gets his news primarily from Fox.
Trump literally doesn't know the scope of the problem!
3. Trump's supporters get the bulk of their news from Fox, the President and other enablers.
So Trump's supporters disbelieve (or don't even know about) the catastrophe unfolding all across our nation.
4. Because so many citizens are ignorant, Governors find it impossible to impose requirements for masks and social distancing.
The result? Fox News's propaganda is facilitating mass suicide.
- "Fraud" in mail-in ballets.
- Black crime.
- Hamilton.
- Cancel culture.
Public heath crisis? What crisis?
There is a vicious (deadly!) circle involved here:
1. Fox News protects Trump by hiding the truth.
2. Trump gets his news primarily from Fox.
Trump literally doesn't know the scope of the problem!
3. Trump's supporters get the bulk of their news from Fox, the President and other enablers.
So Trump's supporters disbelieve (or don't even know about) the catastrophe unfolding all across our nation.
4. Because so many citizens are ignorant, Governors find it impossible to impose requirements for masks and social distancing.
The result? Fox News's propaganda is facilitating mass suicide.
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