Mark Herlihy
@meherlihy.bsky.social
Mostly retired lawyer, adjunct law professor; former Deputy Director, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law. Life-long Democrat, news junkie, reader, learner. Opinions are my own.
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This is just objectively the exact opposite of the truth. Every serious effort to actually quantify the ideological valence of political violence has found the reverse of what Vance claims.
Vance: “People on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence. This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, then one side has a much bigger and malignant problem and that is the truth.”
September 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is just objectively the exact opposite of the truth. Every serious effort to actually quantify the ideological valence of political violence has found the reverse of what Vance claims.
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my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
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I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
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Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
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With virulently hostile beliefs against gay marriage and reproductive rights, it’s no wonder Joshua Dunlap can’t secure support from one of two home state Senators.
September 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
With virulently hostile beliefs against gay marriage and reproductive rights, it’s no wonder Joshua Dunlap can’t secure support from one of two home state Senators.
@mollieoreilly.bsky.social Great Commonweal piece inspired by Conclave! Highlights exactly the right point of departure for Catholic thought from the simplistic Neo-Thomist worldview impeding any intellectual progress regarding sex and gender.
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@mollieoreilly.bsky.social Great Commonweal piece inspired by Conclave! Highlights exactly the right point of departure for Catholic thought from the simplistic Neo-Thomist worldview impeding any intellectual progress regarding sex and gender.