Will Shetterly's Blog, page 95
October 22, 2015
October 21, 2015
October 20, 2015
About the "Captain Confederacy" who wants to #BoycottStarWarsVII
As noted atStrange Racist Hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII Exposes the Worst | Complex, twitter user@2partyhoax is using the cover of Captain Confederacy #1to make rightwing rants about Star Wars, leftists, and social justice warriors. I left this comment at the article: I'm amused to see one of them using the cover of an issue of Captain Confederacy as an icon. Obviously, they didn't read it—it's
October 19, 2015
October 18, 2015
October 15, 2015
My two favorite rice cooker oatmeal recipes
When cooking oatmeal in a rice cooker, use as much water as you would if you were cooking on the stove or in a microwave. I like a quick cooking steel cut oatmeal best, but go with what you prefer. Version 1: With bananas and peanut butter. 1. Put water and oatmeal in arice cooker. 2. Add half or a whole banana. Optional: add some raisins. 3. Waste time on the internet. 4. Remember that you
October 14, 2015
How cultists read: gun nuts and the Constitution, SJWs and the Letter from a Birmingham Jail
For new readers: I often criticize extremists whose goals I share for the same reason George Orwell, a democratic socialist, criticized authoritarian socialists and for the same reason governments insert provocateurs into protest movements: people who do bad things for good causes can be the greatest threat to those causes. In this case, I oppose banning guns, and I've actively opposed racism
October 13, 2015
John Cleese defines extremists (and thereby explains social justice warriors and "tone policing")
The biggest advantage of extremism is that it makes you feel GOOD because it provides you with enemies. Let me explain. The great thing about having enemies is that you can pretend that all the badness in the whole world is in your enemies, and all the goodness in the whole world is in YOU. Attractive, isn't it? So, if you have a lot of anger and resentment in you anyway and you therefore
