Things I Like to Say

I find myself repeating certain things, so here is a collection of some of them.


There are problems on both sides: There are bad people on the right and there are bad people in America.

The Left Can't Discern

Conservatism is a relative position, always defending the ideology that last overtook it.

When anyone accuses another person of propagating right-wing talking points, it's because they can't accuse that person of lying.

Black Lives Matter has almost nothing to do with people of Sub-Saharan descent.

Libertarian = Libertine + Contrarian

Feminism is every negative stereotype about women channeled into a political movement. 

1. Democrats accuse Republicans of things they do themselves.
2. Democrats accuse Republicans of letting Americans die to hold onto power.

On "cultural appropriation": The Left doesn't disapprove of miscegenation, per se, just all of the things that lead up to it.

If you wish to criticize the narrative, the price for a seat at the table is affirmation of the narrative. 

Democracy and populism are two words we give to the same phenomenon depending on how we feel about it.

And on that note... The only thing separating treason from revolution is who wins.

1. White suburban women are the target demographic for politics.
2. You don't appeal to white suburban women by appealing to white suburban women.

Picking leaders based on who you'd most like to have a beer with, invite over for dinner, intercede with the creator on your behalf, or bang is doing it wrong.

In 2020, Democrats gave voters the choice between an angry, addled, lazy, lying, treacherous, self-serving, quarrelsome, foul-mouthed, racist, sexist, bigoted, narcissistic, septuagenarian old white man and Donald Trump.

Democracy, as defined by Democrats:
de·moc·ra·cy / dɪˈmɒk rə si / (noun)
  1. government by Democrats; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the Democratic Party
  2. a state having such a government:
    “The United States is a democracy.”
Todd of Mischief's 1st Political Law: if it makes Progressives think about race, it's Racist

Todd of Mischief's 2nd Political Law: There is no way to craft a sentence so well it can't be distorted into its opposite meaning by a Progressive.


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Any pizza is a personal pizza, if you believe in yourself.

The first liar doesn't stand a chance.

There is no such thing as multi-tasking, just doing everything wrong all at once.

If your solution only works when everyone is on board, it doesn't. 

The confusion you’re experiencing is your assumption being wrong.

I am the center of the universe and I can prove it! You see, I’m right here, and  e v e r y t h i n g  else is around me.

There is a natural tension between wanting a job done right and wanting someone else to do it.

Some people care more about table manners than whether there is food on the table.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, however I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.





“If you are authoritarian, you have to have a system supporting you. You cannot just be an authoritarian by yourself." 
— Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist critical of the Chinese Government

I also like to keep this handy: YOU ARE STILL CRYING WOLF BY SCOTT ALEXANDER

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