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How many must die before Trump is stopped? ~~~ Personally, I would pass up any pizza for a Stromboli. ~~~ Little Caesar’s is not pizza. ~~~ Jailing people for hate speech breaks up families. Checkmate liberals. ~~~ Abortion is to miscarriage as arson is to faulty wiring. ~~~ There are abundant reasons to reject the proposition that all religions are equal, but even without these, the fact that atheists hold it would be enough. ~~~ Him: "Where are you from?" Me: "Nebraska." Him: "Where’s your accent?" Me: 😑 ~~~ In order to facilitate the equal treatment of all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or creed, here is a list of all the ways one must treat minorities differently. ~~~ “Conservatives” have lost the distinction b/w “should not” and “must not.” This is why their “principles” are a cypher. One shouldn’t use vulgar language. At the same time, one mustn’t allow speech to be stifled simply because it’s vulgar. TruCons think both are “must no

Why we have to defend vulgar speech

Political correctness, social justice, identity politics, whatever you want to call it, is lobbed like a nuclear bomb to disrupt what should be mild, wonkish disagreements. "Fiscal solvency? That sounds like a RACIST DOG WHISTLE to me!!!" This obliges us to defend the most reprehensible language just so that there can be elbow room to carry on discussions about other things. In other words, we need to be able to say "n*****" (and yes, I'm self censoring, because I don't like the word) just so that you can't accuse me of meaning "n*****" when I say "entitlement reform."