Monday, November 30, 2015

An Education

Children should not be taught based on faith and dogma, to not question assumptions and established worldviews. Children should be given the tools for critical thought and the means to acquire knowledge. To constantly reexamine received thought and question assumed moral ascendancy.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Southwest Airlines: If it* matters to you, it matters to us.

Southwest Airlines criticized after incidents involving Middle Eastern passengers

Southwest Airlines: If it* matters to you, it matters to us.

* Includes bigotry, racism, and fear towards Muslims (Sunni, Shia, whatever they're all the same), Arab-speakers, Iranians, headscarf wearers, people who request halal meals, non-hipster men with beards, and anyone who might look like they could've shared a falafel wrap with someone less than 6 degrees of separation from ISIS.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

What ticks terrorists

The fundamental motivator of terrorism is not religion or ideology or money. It's self-righteousness. The firm belief that you are right and those who disagree with you, necessarily, wrong. Every dictator who ordered a massacre, every bomber who blew up a public space, every zealot who slew a heretic believed it was for the greater good, a righteous cause. Believe in your own righteousness and you can justify any atrocity your heart desires.