Pacifism is great in theory, but there are circumstances in which adhering to pacifist principles just means sticking a big 'please kill me' sign on your chest. If you're an unattached adult, I guess you have the right to do that, but that also means you're abandoning the principle of 'community self defense.'…

"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
― Assata Shakur

Gandhi is kind of famous for completely misunderstanding what Nazism was. He advocated for Jewish nonviolent resistance. I'm sure an organized nonviolent resistance movement coordinated by, say, Polish Jews would have completely melted Nazi hearts and saved millions of lives.

I'm exclusively using 'Nazis' now. Not everyone at the rally was wearing a swastika pin or carrying a Nazi flag, but fellow travelers are close enough.

Yep. Here's hoping the Nazis in Charlottesville also get hit with felony rioting charges, in addition to whatever assault/battery charges they have coming.

And the EFF!

Bring chocolate.

Thanks for that.

Trump lurching into my viewfinder would be a more effective jump scare.

I'm doing a modern interpretive dance routine right now!

Yep. My Texas accent does the same thing. I'm generally aware of it because, living in Colorado, I am somewhat paranoid about it.

Was that the ghosts on Mars thing?

His turn in Fright Night was fantastic.

I waded through a lot of Sandman, hoping it would get better. It never did.

Obligatory wail: Am I the only person on earth who doesn't care for Gaiman's stuff?

Arthritis.

I'm going to get some shiny things and run back and forth in front of Trump on a regular schedule. I don't see how it could hurt, and it might save the world.

Well now I have a headache.

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I would like to destroy a statue. There are no Confederate ones I'm aware of in Colorado, though. Maybe Coors has something?