Life after door kicking.

Tag: #Accountability

  • It wasn’t bad enough so I let it get so much worse

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    This is the post I didn’t want to write.What makes it worse is that none of this is new to me.I wrote about this years ago. It was actually the first thing I ever wrote, even if it wasn’t the first thing I posted. I talked about the panic attacks, the hyper vigilance, the feeling…

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  • You Can’t Violate the Constitution and Then Hide Behind It

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    There’s a dangerous sleight of hand happening in public discourse: people violate the Constitution, trample the rights of others, and when consequences follow, they suddenly cloak themselves in constitutional language and call it “protest.” That isn’t principled dissent. It’s bad faith.The Constitution is not a prop. It’s a contract. And contracts don’t work if one…

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  • Hindsight, Tribalism, and the Refusal to Deal With Reality

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    Every time a federal enforcement shooting happens, the same pattern emerges: facts secondary, certainty instant, outrage filling the vacuum before investigations begin. Within hours, the story is fixed: enforcement is illegitimate, resistance is innocent, and context is optional.The recent immigration incidents aren’t notable for simplicity — they’re notable for how quickly the public abandons reality…

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  • When Words Get Violence, Don’t Be Surprised if Violence Begets Violence

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    “A man was murdered over his ideas. If that doesn’t appall you, we may be too far apart politically to ever reconcile.” I normally post weekly, but the reactions online to the Charlie Kirk shooting demanded more than silence. In my last piece, I addressed those celebrating his death. Today, I want to focus on…

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