Elon's Bad Faith

It was so terribly easy to predict if one understands the mindset of the bad-faith free speech warrior, the brave First Amendment enjoyer who pretends all speech is equally good and bad because that's the only way to funnel hateful ideology into the cultural and political mainstream. When

Any time I wonder what kind of speech the Free Speech Warriors are defending, I’m reminded of the ocean of bad faith in which they so happily swim.  Two or three times a year, the world’s foremost Free Speech Lovers will get together and sign a statement about

The love for their children was in every gesture, every word, every look. You could sense it – feel it – even from a distance. A mom and dad, dressed in what appeared to be used clothing – him in an oversized collared shirt with a small hole in the shoulder, wearing oversized

There are fundamental misunderstandings in the United States about what constitutes counter culture, just as there are mind-melting misinterpretations of what constitutes working class politics. Or maybe – just maybe – bad faith can explain it all. Every once in a while as I peruse one of the fourteen microblogging sites I’

Among the most darkly interesting parts of the Twitter experience during the Trump era – which I'll define as 2015 until the Big Boy is but a ghost haunting Mar-a-Lago – has been watching people become red pilled in real time. Otherwise normal folks with whom you've interacted

The best bad-faith arguments balance on a thesis whose agreement is universal. Lets say – god forbid – you are a lobbyist working for an outfit with interests in destroying our planet. Your goal is, of course, to delay, obstruct and damage legit climate science that has been proven for decades. These