Hysterical Screams

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Spare us the smug conviction of your perceived superiority please.

A lot of people seem to think that the purpose of argument is to berate, belittle and embarrass people who disagree with you rather than to convince them of your position. Unfortunately, if I stopped interacting with everyone who does this, I would lose most of my conservative acquaintances.

And most of my progressive ones.

Friday, October 2, 2015

We must do something

If you're encouraged by the president's comments on the Oregon shooting, remember this: he thought we should do something about Syria too. The result is that we spent millions to train exactly 5 guys, and then a year later the Russians bombed them.

Things I Wish I Could Tweet #1

The fact that some fetuses don't become babies justifies abortion in the same way that the fact that some salmon don't make it upstream to spawn justifies poisoning rivers.