We're not all the same. A common liberal refrain is that differences between individuals are statistically more significant than those between cultural, ethnic, and racial groups. I don't see why the fact of inter-individual differences would nullify inter-group variance. That's liberal logic for you.
Ilana MercerThe strength of ideas rests on their relationship to reality. MacKinnonโs unrealistic fulminations against a phantom patriarchy exist in the arid arena of pure thought.
Ilana MercerRon Paul would have demanded that entire departments be shuttered โ not that the bums merely bring into balance what was stolen (taxes) with what is squandered (spending). Besides, what a balanced-budget requirement implies is that government has the constitutional right to spend as much as it takes in โ that government is permitted to waste however much revenue it can extract from wealth producers.
Ilana MercerHamas hides among unwitting civilians, who have no way of controlling its activities. This fact does not give Israel the right to kill innocent non-combatants, not even unintentionally. Besides, murder is not "unintentional" when you know it is inevitable.
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