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				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I never claimed that this is actually the argument that blue-hair campus activists used, historically, to argue for censorship; only that they could use that argument, and it's not clear how you would refuse it on principled ground while allowing the argument against drag queens




That battle has been fought and lost.  There is no hypothetical "what if they used that argument" to consider.  They did use that argument, and they won.  The principle you are appealing to does not exist in any practical sense.  Though maybe the real issue is that I'm just tired, tired of fighting this same battle forever.  Eventually a person despairs of ever living in peace.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If a privately owned business open to the public wants to put on a minstrel show or a drag show they are legally allowed to do that everywhere in the United States.




And what if they don't want to? What if they don't want to bake the cake? This appeal to freedom of association only ever flows in one direction.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Also, racist speech is protected by the First Amendment.




Not if we simply call it "disorderly conduct".


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
With Trump gone it's likely Biden would not have dropped out. The hue and cry over his debate performance would be completely overshadowed by the spectacle of such a high-profile assassination, and the debate would be considered moot.  I would guess a second debate would be scheduled very late in the cycle to give the GOP time to figure out what to do, at which point Biden probably does much better since he would have recovered from his cold, and the GOP would likely be running a candidate with no experience (doubtful they get Romney to run again.)  With the advantage of incumbency, and lacking the sui generis Trump, I think Biden gets the higher probability.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Iron Maiden famously has many songs with lyrics primarily about epic moments in history, geopolitics, myth, and legend.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
No, the opposite will happen. You will have larger capital investments to pay off and a snake customer base to do so, so rates will go up. Saw this happen locally - when the big factory which used a large percentage of municipal water production shut down, water rates went way up.  Eventually they will downsize but until then the bonds need to be paid and a larger-than-necessary facility needs to be operated.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
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Anti-datacenter sentiment is being astroturfed by Elon Musk, who stands to profit via space-based AI service delivery more than he loses via increased training costs for Grok
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				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Is that actually true?  The premise does not necessarily imply the conclusion. For example even today, animal ownership is legal, but it is not legal to rape (or torture) animals.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think 2001: A Space Odyssey is particularly interesting as an example of a movie and novel that were co-written simultaneously, so neither is directly an adaptation of the other.