The Commentary

The Commentary

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Terms Like Male And Female Are Up For Debate Anyway

For all his virtues, Socrates opened the door to a lot of the nonsense we have to deal with today.His priority of definition, allowed critical theorists to dismiss anything that couldnt be perfectly defined as a social construct.The Socratic method convinced people they could appear wise just by min

5 days ago

People Easily Become Overly Sensitive

Weve lost a lot of words to overuse lately.Mainly because its become trendy to go straight for thetop-shelf wordsto communicate distress or confusion or distaste.Genocide,bigotry, hatred, fascism, the list goes on.And one that I find particularly irritating; trauma.Open in app or onlinePeople Easily

1 week ago

We’re Creating A Society Of Perpetual Division

Long before I considered myself a writer, I aimed to communicate as clearly and simply as possible.Getting an idea across is difficult enough as is.So if youre going to say something, you might as well say what you mean.Unfortunately, especially online, and Open in app or onlineWere Creating A Socie

2 weeks ago

What Human Rights Don't Trans People Have?

One of the downsides of sharing your opinions online is the nagging worry that youre wrong about something important.What if dogs and knitting really can be racist.What if silence reallyisviolence.And what if, despite all my conversations and research on trans issues, Ive managed to miss the genocid

2 weeks ago

There Are Many Aspects To The Lie Of Race

As of this writing, Ive had well over 4000 conversations online.Most of them about race.Yet Im painfully aware that race, as most people think of it, doesnt exist.In my article, The Progressive Rebranding Of Racism, I pointed out that the concept of race is a lie that wed all be better off abandonin

1 month ago

I’m Getting Grossed Out. I’ll Move On

Theres too much information on the internet.There are too many statistics, too many poorly contextualised soundbites, theres too much to read, never mind fact check and process, so we outsource that work to people we trust.Once upon a time that was the news.And once upon a time, they could mostly be

1 month ago

Criminality Does Not Originate In A Vacuum

A few days ago, I stumbled across this study of over 7 million people that found in-group bias among black Americans is approximately 5 times stronger than in-group bias among white Americans.Honestly, I wasnt surprised to find a difference.There are many reasons, good and bad, why the notion of bla

1 month ago

Activism Probably Always Brings Extremist Positions And Abuse

Theres a fine line between activism and extremism.In fact, many activists who we revere today were viewed as extremists when they were alive.Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Emmeline Pankhurst, Rosa Parks, anybody who sets out to change society will be seen as a troublemaker.What matters is wheth

1 month ago

Smart People Pretending To Be Dumb For Social Approval

Words like bigotry, racism, and transphobia find themselves doing an awful lot of heavy lifting lately.Do you feel like playing a video game about wizards.Do you still listen to Kanye West occasionally.Youre clearly a bigot.Do you think youre not racist.What more evidence could we need that youre ra

1 month ago

I Am TREATED As A Female, Therefore, I AM A Female

One of my New Years resolutions is to be more active on Twitter.I understand that this might seem insane (and that it probablyisinsane), but I have my reasons.One of which is that I want to spend more time talking to people I disagree with.Writing articles is great and all, but given that theyre usu

1 month ago

This Is Exactly The Kind Of Tribalism I'm Talking About

I spend a fair amount of time talking about the social media age.The algorithmically curated outage, the pursuit of likes and retweets, the easy formation of online mobs, the ability to cancel people for things they said a decade ago.But its easy to forget that the algorithms and the outrage are fue

1 month ago

Autism Is Not A Mental Illness

I've spent most of the day wrestling with an article about lying.Specifically, the kinds of lies that are mistaken for virtue nowadays.Obesity is healthy, men are women, everybody is beautiful, all group disparities are proof of white supremacy.People use lies as markers of group affiliation or sign

2 months ago

It's A Bunch Of Insecure People Whining Into A Screen

A few days ago a reader sent me a link to this Twitter thread on The Lord of the Flies Theory of Millennials and its blowing my mind.The basic premise is that generations of children (now young adults) have grown up in an environment without adult guidance, where power is gained through means that a

2 months ago

I'm Not Surprised At All That Tate Has So Many Fanbois

In his recent SNL monologue, Dave Chappelle noted that there are two words celebrities should never say together, in sequence: The and Jews.But Id venture to say that there are at least two more: Mens and rights.In my article, Andrew Tate And The Male Empathy Gap Open in app or onlineI'm Not Surpris

2 months ago

I'm Not Sure Who I'd Rather Be Right

My innate curiosity, coupled with my lack of psychic abilities, means I spend a frustrating amount of time trying to understand peoples motivations.Why do people eat mint-chocolate ice cream.Why does anybody find Ibram X Kendis ideas compelling.Why is The Bachelor popular eneough to be on its 26th s

2 months ago

Leftists Implemented Their Leftist Persecution

My heart always sinks a little when I see terms like leftist in my comments.See also; alt-right, fascist, and increasingly, woke.These terms are almost always used by people whose brains have been captured by partisanship.People whose views on pretty much any topic can be predicted based on their ge

2 months ago

It's Obvious Who They Should Have Sympathy For

Ive always loved New Years.Yes, theres no particular reason to set resolutions and plan new starts on the 1st of January.But its a nice reminder to take stock of where you are.To look back over what weve learned.To re-examine ways of thinking weve come to take for granted.In my article, What Does Ni

2 months ago

They Are Basically Modern Day Puritans

Child abuse is a distinctly un-festive topic.Nobody wants to think about it, nobody wants to read about it, I certainly dont want to write about it.And this is precisely why it happens as often as it does.Predators thrive on our naivety, on our desire to look away, and in 2022, they can count on som

3 months ago

Denying The Holocaust Isn't A Nice Thing To Do

The internet has normalised lots of things.Video conferencing, reaction gifs, potentially fatal stupidity, but one under-appreciated contribution of the online world is debate.Its now perfectly normal for people from all walks of life and from all over the world to weigh in on fairly niche cultural

3 months ago