Category: Freedom
Fidel Castro passes on
| November 26, 2016 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Culture, Darwinist rhetorical tactics, Freedom, Geo-strategic issues, governance, Intellectual freedom, Politics/policy and origins issues, Science, worldview issues/foundations and society |
Overnight, his brother and successor Raul announced the death of the former longest serving non-royal head of a state. While we must condole with those who mourn, we must also recognise his very mixed legacy, as a Communist dictator leading a state that — per fair comment — has been very un-free and hampered in […]
The post-Brexit & post-Trump (etc.) “populism” canard
| November 19, 2016 | Posted by kairosfocus under Darwinist rhetorical tactics, Free Speech, Freedom, Science, worldview issues/foundations and society |
It seems the impact of Brexit followed by Trump [= “Amer-exit” ?] is stirring up a sharp reaction in global halls of power, leading for instance to resort to a loaded, one-word, barbed dismissal of the presumed ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked masses: U/D: Let’s add a clip on the wave of upcoming elections […]
