Unnecessary Evil

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
-- Thomas Paine

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@monsterhunter45 I don't think that the 2020 election was stolen. That being said, I strongly agree that elections must not only be fair, they must be seen to be fair. That means voter ID, limiting mail in ballots to those people who absolutely cannot make it to the polls, and no early voting.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

SEN. SHAHEEN: Russian economy is on the brink, and casualties unbelievable from American perspective. In less than 3 months, Russia is losing as many people on battlefield as we lost throughout Vietnam. Now is the time for us to take action, and get Russia sanctions bill passed.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@thalesofbucks @michaelshermer If you have no idea, you can't make the claim that "you can argue yes, without being a dualist."

If you are saying that a different choice could be made, you're rejecting materialism and implicitly arguing for some form of dualism.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@LPNational The deficit.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@thalesofbucks @michaelshermer You said "you can argue yes, without being a dualist". What is the exact mechanism that would allow that?

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@thalesofbucks @michaelshermer Please do so. If you think you could have chosen differently, despite the configuration of the universe being what it was, then please explain the exact mechanism by which that could occur.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@itsrosesm Forcing private broadcasters to carry government messages is what communists do.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

It used to be said that the business of America was business. Now the business of America is Trump. There is not a single element of US domestic reform policy that he would not abandon or betray to enrich himself, and everyone knows it.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

America is sliding into the political impasse of the Spanish Civil War, when one is forced to choose between Commies and Fascists, with moderates in the middle despised and marginalized by both.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@STARI_UFO @michaelshermer Love him or hate him, if you provide Shermer with actual evidence of "NHI technology" (whatever that might be), he would change his mind.

So, what objective, empirical evidence do you have?

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@carynannharlos Spokes, teeth, either work.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@dreamlessod @peterrhague If she shoves him over and gets charged, what jury will convict? I certainly wouldn't.

[Libertarian Party @LPNational]

Why are you a Libertarian?

[Matt Martens @martensmatt1]

One of the real tragedies of having a deeply unAmerican president in office during our 250th anniversary is the lost opportunity to rally the country around our national ideals and constitutionalism at a time when we badly need a renewed civics education.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@carynannharlos Lack of a soul makes more things humorous?

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Russia will increase terrorist drone strikes against Ukrainian civilians. This isn’t “retaliation” for Ukrainian strikes or anything else. It’s simply terrorism and barbarism that has been going on for years. Russia should be completely isolated and everything done to defeat it.

[Unnecessary Evil @WhiskeyAndKeys]

@CathyYoung63

[Daniel @VoteLewko]

Dear people still talking about a 'Gaza genocide'. Can you point to a single other "genocide" in all of recorded history where:

a) The targeted population grew larger every year with thousands of births monthly,

b) The targeted population refused at any time to surrender,

c) The genocidal party provided mass humanitarian aid,

d) The genocidal party warned the target population to move to safety,

e) The targeted population of the genocide held victory parades,

f) The genocidal party had the ability to wipe out the entire targeted party from the air without a single military casualty but intentionally chose not to do so,

g) The genocide abruptly stopped with a ceasefire agreement,

h) The target population produced hundreds of medical students who completed their university studies and graduated during the genocide.

Any one example will do. Don't even need specifics.

Just one. I'll wait.