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With great sadness, the world is bidding farewell to Pope Francis. (1/4)
April 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
With great sadness, the world is bidding farewell to Pope Francis. (1/4)
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The excuses for anticipatory obedience
The excuses for anticipatory obedience - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Great column (gift link) from M. Gessen on the rationalizations for anticipatory obedience, which Timothy Snyder has identified as the key dynamic in transforming a liberal democratic society into an autocracy: First, the responsibility-for-others argument. In 2004, I assigned and edited an article by a man who had protested Putin’s handling of a hostage crisis […]
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February 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The excuses for anticipatory obedience
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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Let's keep these Bible verses in mind over the next few days.
"You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt." (Exodus 23:19).
"I was a stranger and you did not welcome me" (Matthew 25:43).
"You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt." (Exodus 23:19).
"I was a stranger and you did not welcome me" (Matthew 25:43).
January 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Let's keep these Bible verses in mind over the next few days.
"You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt." (Exodus 23:19).
"I was a stranger and you did not welcome me" (Matthew 25:43).
"You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt." (Exodus 23:19).
"I was a stranger and you did not welcome me" (Matthew 25:43).
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in a world of Donald Trumps, be a Jimmy Carter
December 29, 2024 at 9:28 PM
in a world of Donald Trumps, be a Jimmy Carter
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Instead of writing last night, I shared pictures of the ice cubes I'd made for Thursday morning mimosas & my hot take on the not unexpected dismal of the Special Counsel's indictments. The most important thing is this: Donald Trump is not innocent. joycevance.substack.com/p/dismissed
Dismissed
I had plans to write about a number of things tonight, most importantly, the not-unexpected but still deeply disturbing dismissal of the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump.
joycevance.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Instead of writing last night, I shared pictures of the ice cubes I'd made for Thursday morning mimosas & my hot take on the not unexpected dismal of the Special Counsel's indictments. The most important thing is this: Donald Trump is not innocent. joycevance.substack.com/p/dismissed