Militant extremism can be defined as zealous adherence to a set of beliefs and values, with a combination of two key features: (a) advocacy of measures beyond the norm (i.e., extremism), and (b) intention and willingness to resort to violence (i.e., militancy). What is meant by mili...
Facebook clarified …what is meant by an “ordinary course” of storing messages, stating that “WhatsApp has no ability to see the content of messages or listen to calls that are end-to-end encrypted. They don’t need your messages, at least right now, because they are more interested...
When asked by the King what this meant, the minister’s answer was, “Your Majesty, it is revolution!” He was no doubt sorely tempted to say, but refrained, “I tried to warn you, but none of you would listen.” How far would things go? At that time, no one knew or could ...
What is the secular progressive movement? Politics and Identity in the 21st-Century USA: Throughout the late 20th century and early 21st century, the United States has seen a demographic shift that has started to challenge the majority status of white, anglo-saxon Protestants. While Protestant be...
Moscow Mitch has said repeatedly in public that his “Number one goal is to block the Democrats’ agenda”. Joe’s and Kyrsten’s continued insistence that bipartisanship is made better by keeping the filibuster makes me wonder if they’re on drugs – or maybe they’re both suffering from ...
How about YAGNI extremism. It is a form of premature pessimization. It seems like anytime you apply YAGNI, then you end up needing it, resulting in 10 times the effort to add it than if you had added it in the beginning. If you create a successful program then odds are YOU ARE GO...
This decade is known as the “Dirty War”, but let’s use quotation marks because it was, in fact, no war at all; it was the asymmetrical application of political murder by the powerful against those who dared to stand against their campaign of terror. Truly:In 1983, the National ...
We could go on, but you get the point. And their point is: Don’t blame Harris, blame the voters. … But you don’t succeed in an election by calling the common peopleracistorsexistorstupid. You win bylisteningto them. And our media elite have put their heads in the sand. Again. ...
Meanwhile, when people areaggressively tolerant of intolerance, this can breed an environment in which that which should not be socially acceptable becomes so (what I call “cultural laissez-faire-ism“). A person who tolerates extremism is essentially an accomplice, just think about how the law...
I send my condolences to the Afghan civilians who endured endless abuse. Whose country was taken over by extremism in the form of the Mongols, the British, the Russians, Taliban and the US military who believed they were fighting against terrorism. This is where empires come to die. ...