#justification — Public Fediverse posts
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The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever
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The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever
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The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever
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The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever
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The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever
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In this second of two essays, I discuss the immorality of property, even deeper than the first post yesterday.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/before-the-fence-the-self
#philosophy #language #ontology #criticaltheory #blog #podcast #property #rights #privateproperty #propertyrights #justification #metaphysics #consciousness #phenomenology #ethics #philosophyofmind #identity #personalidentity #apples #essay #substack
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the last century has produced an abundance of ideologies that pretend to be keys to history but are actually nothing but desperate efforts to escape responsibility.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
The Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 1, ch. 1 “Antisemitism as an Outrage to Common Sense” (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/46497/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #excuse #explanation #historiography #history #ideology #justification #responsibility #theory #bias
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History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #atrocity #cause #condemnation #endsandmeans #history #justification #nationalism #ourside #partisanship #politics #takingsides #tribalism #truthiness #usvsthem #warcrime
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If A. can prove, however conclusively, that he may, of right, enslave B. — why may not B. snatch the same argument, and prove equally, that he may enslave A?
You say A. is white, and B. is black. It is color, then; the lighter having the right to enslave the darker? Take care. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with a fairer skin than your own.
You do not mean color exactly? — You mean the whites are intellectually the superior of blacks, and, therefore, have the right to enslave them? Take care again. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with an intellect superior to your own.
But, say you, it is a question of interest; and, if you can make it your interest, you have the right to enslave another. Very well. And if he can make it his interest, he has the right to enslave you.Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Note (1854-07-01?), On Slavery (fragment)More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/5166…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abrahamlincoln #debate #enslavement #justification #racism #rationalization #reasoning #slavery #superiority
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@molybdomantic I got rejected for a job once due to "###JUSTIFICATION###". I felt so special, 😄 .
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A quotation from George Orwell
All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/17246/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #hypocrisy #justification #moralrelativism #motivation #nationalism #ourside #perspective #relativism #selfrighteousness #side #tribalism #tribe #usvsthem
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Finland Rejects Trump’s Hormuz Naval Request as ‘Illegal’
Islam Times – Finnish President Alexander Stubb explicitly refused Donald…
#Finland #FI #Europe #Europa #EU #against #Aggression #alexander #An #as #citing #demand #deploy #Donald #escalation #explicitly #finland #Finnish #for #forces #hormuz #illegal #Iran #Islam #Israel #justification #military #Naval #of #president #refused #rejects #request #strait #Stubb #Suomi #the #Times #TO #Trumps #US #uutiset
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Australia is sending weapons to the Gulf
Not in my name >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/mar/10/australia-sending-weapons-gulf-war-full-story-podcast
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Operation Epic Fury - How Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are selling the Iran war to Americans
"We see the secretary of defense constantly putting [the war] in the framework, the narrative, of a big video game...We're blowing up a lot of stuff, we're killing a lot of people' … it's so distasteful to me...I think there probably is a good reason for why we are doing this, but we're certainly not hearing it from the administration." Professor VanLandingham >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-09/trump-hegseth-white-house-frame-iran-middle-east-war-as-a-game/106427790„Crusades“ and the “Secretary of War” - The man in charge of the world’s most powerful military. "‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran
#war #hyperreality #media #movies #VideoGames #reality #DesertOfTheReal #spectacles #narratives #crusades #crusader #iconography #extremism #rhetoric #military #justification #GodWillsIt -
Schiff Denounces Obama's Libya Justification When He Thinks It's Trump's Iran Justification
https://misryoum.com/us/today/schiff-denounces-obamas-libya-justification-when-he-thinks/
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) denounced as “Totally vague” a statement that he thought was the rationale used by the Trump administration to justify force in Iran when it was actually the statement...
#Schiff #Denounces #Obamas #Libya #Justification #When #Thinks #Its #Trumps #Iran #Justification #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com
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It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/82…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalamanac #dishonesty #dissembling #excuse #explanation #justification #lying #pretending #pretense #reason #makingexcuses
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What is the #justification for US military strikes on #Iran? Right now, the answer changes every day.
Since #Israel & the #US launched attacks on Saturday, #Trump has offered several different #explanations for his decision. But his statements are being #contradicted by senior officials in his own administration, & even Netanyahu.
The White House named the mission in Iran Operation #EpicFury. Depending on what happens next, it may be viewed by many as Operation #EpicFailure. #auspol #USPol
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/trump-and-netanyahus-attack-on-iran-is-an-act-of-aggression. "Donald Trump’s & Benjamin Netanyahu’s #military #attack on #Iran is an #illegal act of #aggression. There is no lawful #justification for it. It is no different from #Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of #Ukraine or #Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of #Congo."
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A quotation from William O. Douglas
Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operations, to scientific advancement, and the like.
William O. Douglas (1898–1980) American jurist, US Supreme Court justice (1939–75)
Points of Rebellion, ch. 1 “How America Views Dissent” (1969)More about this quote: wist.info/douglas-william-o/82…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamodouglas #BigBrother #efficiency #government #justification #lawandorder #nationalsecurity #privacy #privatesector #profit #publicsector #surveillancestate
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At least let no one argue that, because an abuse cannot be suppressed without injuring those who profit from it, the fact that it has existed for a time gives it the right to last forever.
[À moins qu’on ne prétende que, parce qu’un abus ne peut être détruit sans froisser ceux qui en profitent, il suffit qu’il existe un moment pour qu’il doive durer toujours.]Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) French philosopher, economist, politician
Economic Sophisms [Sophismes Économiques], 1st Series, ch. 20 “Human Labor, National Labor [Travail Humain, Travail National]” (1845) [tr. Goddard (1964)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bastiat-frederic/824…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bastiat #abuse #correction #exploitation #harm #justice #justification #precedent #problem #profit #profitability #profiteering #solution #wrong
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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
The Satanic Verses, Part 2 “Mahound” (1988)More about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/82033…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #satanicverses #blame #excuse #God #holywar #humanity #justification #religion #selfrighteousness #zealotry
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A quotation from Wendell Berry
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in “justice” or in affirmation of “rights” or in defense of “peace” do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1999), “The Failure of War,” Citizenship Papers (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81928/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #cycleofviolence #excuse #justification #violence
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A quotation from Wendell Berry
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in “justice” or in affirmation of “rights” or in defense of “peace” do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1999), “The Failure of War,” Citizenship Papers (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81928/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #cycleofviolence #excuse #justification #violence
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A quotation from Wendell Berry
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in “justice” or in affirmation of “rights” or in defense of “peace” do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1999), “The Failure of War,” Citizenship Papers (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81928/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #cycleofviolence #excuse #justification #violence
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A quotation from Wendell Berry
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in “justice” or in affirmation of “rights” or in defense of “peace” do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1999), “The Failure of War,” Citizenship Papers (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81928/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #cycleofviolence #excuse #justification #violence
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A quotation from Wendell Berry
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in “justice” or in affirmation of “rights” or in defense of “peace” do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1999), “The Failure of War,” Citizenship Papers (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81928/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #cycleofviolence #excuse #justification #violence
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Property is Violence: My continuing dialogue with Claude on the Two Valleys parable.
#philosophy #power #property #rights #violence #markets #justification #redistribution #instability #challenge #politics #history #blog #podcast
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MEDEA: I think the unjust man who can speak cleverly
incurs the greatest penalty for, feeling confident
to cloak injustice in fair speech,
he dares the utmost villainy.
[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν
πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει:
γλώσσῃ γὰρ αὐχῶν τἄδικ᾽ εὖ περιστελεῖν
τολμᾷ πανουργεῖν.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 580ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81800/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #argument #boldness #coverup #debate #deceit #deception #dishonesty #eloquence #emboldening #evil #evildoer #fasttalker #glibness #injustice #justification #knavery #persuasion #silvertongue #smoothtalker #talkaway #wrongdoer
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Jonathan Ichikawa has revised his and Steup's SEP-entry on the analysis of knowledge, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/knowledge-analysis/
#sep #knowledge #epistemology #epistemic #justification #truth #philosophy #revised #update #concept #analysis
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Please join me as we think about something really, really sticky -- sin -- and what Jesus does to help us deal with it on this #TwelfthNight! https://youtube.com/live/UCUr4e73cls
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It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
#HackerNews #TahoeIcons #Justification #Design #Discussion #UXUI
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Design Principles Of Kashida Justification - A Unique Technique In Arabic And Persian Mapping [overview / tutorial]
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https://doi.org/10.14714/CP107.2055 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mapmaking #traditions #calligraphy #arabic #persian #cartography #labels #tutorial #learning #software #kashidas #history #presentation #justification -
@hamishcampbell (3/9)
Would you mind to #elaborate further?-
So you had plenty of #arguments about this, but I am wondering if you had a #conversation worded this way:
You have had many years to think about everything, so I #imagine that there is a #justification to why it was not worth it for you #personally to adjust the #tone slightly to be able to #attract more people to it?
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White House justification for 2nd strike on drug boat apparently at odds with Trump’s – ABC News
Image from article…White House justification for 2nd strike on drug boat apparently at odds with Trump’s
Asked about the second strike, Trump said “I wouldn’t have wanted that.”
By Megan Forrester, December 1, 2025, 6:28 PM, 2:26
White House defends 2nd strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat
White House defends 2nd strike on alleged drug-smuggling boatThe White House is defending a U.S. admiral’s decision to launch strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessel in September, saying he had Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s authorization.
Editor’s Note: A prior version of this story incorrectly attributed quotes from a reporter’s question to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said she “would reject” the notion that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ever said that “everyone be killed.” ABC News regrets the error and the story has been updated.
The White House’s account of whether the U.S. military should have conducted a second strike on a drug boat that had already been hit and killed survivors appears to be at odds with what the president said about the incident a day earlier.
When asked about reports that the U.S. military killed survivors of a Sept. 2 strike on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said narcoterrorists were subject to “lethal targeting in accordance with the law of war” and that the second strike was warranted “to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States of America was eliminated.”
However, when asked about a Washington Post report that alleged that Hegseth ordered military commanders to kill everybody on board the boat, Trump said on Sunday he would not have wanted a second strike and that he believed Hegseth did not use those words.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Dec. 1, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein / AP“I don’t know anything about it,” Trump said when asked about the report. “[Hegseth] said, he said, he did not say that. And I believe him,” Trump said. “But no, I wouldn’t have wanted that. Not a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine, and if there were two people around, but Pete said that didn’t happen. I have great confidence.”
Hegseth responds to report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military
According to The Post, Hegseth allegedly gave a spoken order ahead of the Sept. 2 operation to kill everybody aboard the suspected drug boat. After an initial strike left two survivors, Adm. Mitch Bradley, who was in charge of the operation, complied with Hegseth’s alleged order by ordering a second strike, according to the report.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: White House justification for 2nd strike on drug boat apparently at odds with Trump’s – ABC News
Tags: ABC, ABC News, Admiral Mitch Bradley, Department of Defense, Drug Boat, Hegseth, Justification, Pete Hegseth, Second Strike, Trump, Trump's Justification, Venezuela, White House#ABC #ABCNews #AdmiralMitchBradley #DepartmentOfDefense #DrugBoat #Hegseth #Justification #PeteHegseth #SecondStrike #Trump #TrumpSJustification #Venezuela #WhiteHouse
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There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 181 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/29470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #accomplishment #achievement #alibi #effort #excellence #excuse #failure #goals #justification #personaleffort #selfdefeating
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There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 181 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/29470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #accomplishment #achievement #alibi #effort #excellence #excuse #failure #goals #justification #personaleffort #selfdefeating
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There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 181 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/29470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #accomplishment #achievement #alibi #effort #excellence #excuse #failure #goals #justification #personaleffort #selfdefeating
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There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 181 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/29470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #accomplishment #achievement #alibi #effort #excellence #excuse #failure #goals #justification #personaleffort #selfdefeating
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“Washington’s pro-Israeli think tanks drumming up excuses for new Iran war”
by Robert Inlakesh in Al Mayadeen English
@[email protected]
@[email protected] @[email protected]“US think tanks like FDD and WINEP are preparing ideological and policy justifications for a renewed aggression against Iran, aiming to isolate Tehran, weaken Iraq and Hezbollah, and secure US-Israeli dominance in the region”
#Press #US #Iran #Israel #ThinkTank #War #Justification #Iraq #Lebanon #Hezbollah
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Chris Tucker is weighing reasons in an all-new SEP-entry, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weighing-reasons/
#sep #reason #evidence #ethics #action #justification #knowledge #explanation #moral #skepticism #reliabilism #epistemology #actualism #possibilism #particularism #generalism #philosophy #filosofia #tieto #toiminta
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My first reaction was to be afraid
This ardor was a snare the Devil had laid;
And I avoided you as a temptation
That might stand in the way of my salvation.
But finally I knew, O gracious beauty,
That passion need not be at odds with duty,
That I can reconcile it with propriety;
And so I yield to it without anxiety.
[D’abord j’appréhendai que cette ardeur secrète
Ne fût du noir esprit une surprise adroite;
Et même à fuir vos yeux mon cœur se résolut,
Vous croyant un obstacle à faire mon salut.
Mais enfin je connus, ô beauté tout aimable!
Que cette passion peut n’être point coupable,
Que je puis l’ajuster avecque la pudeur;
Et c’est ce qui m’y fait abandonner mon cœur.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 3, sc. 3 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/78379/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #ardor #carnality #decency #devil #justification #lust #passion #rationalization #temptation #selfinterest
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We derive a certain satisfaction from being sinned against. It is not only that a grievance adds content to our lives, but also that it makes less monstrous the flame of malice which like a vigil light flickers in the dimness of our souls.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 120 (1955)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/78121/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #indignation #complaint #grievance #justification #perspective #selfrighteousness #victim #victimization
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A quotation from Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Whatever you think you have to do is simply what you want to do.
[Was Du zu müssen glaubst, ist das, was Du willst.]Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) Austrian writer
Aphorisms [Aphorismen], No. 60 (1880) [tr. Scrase/Mieder (1994)]Sourcing, notes, other translation: wist.info/von-ebner-eschenbach…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aphorism #compulsion #desire #duty #justification #moralduty #must #obligation #preference #requirement #selfrighteousness #volition #will #wishing #excuse
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A quotation from Joseph Joubert
Nothing is better than a justified enthusiasm.
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], 1814 entry [tr. Auster (1983)]Sourcing, notes: wist.info/joubert-joseph/77536…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joubert #enthusiasm #excitement #justification #proof #substantiate
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
A caustic observer once remarked that when Dr. Johnson spoke of patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, “he was ignorant of the infinite possibility contained in the word ‘reform.'”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #cover #demagogue #facade #justification #reform #reformer #scoundrel #selfrighteousness #villain
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
A caustic observer once remarked that when Dr. Johnson spoke of patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, “he was ignorant of the infinite possibility contained in the word ‘reform.'”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #cover #demagogue #facade #justification #reform #reformer #scoundrel #selfrighteousness #villain
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
A caustic observer once remarked that when Dr. Johnson spoke of patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, “he was ignorant of the infinite possibility contained in the word ‘reform.'”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #cover #demagogue #facade #justification #reform #reformer #scoundrel #selfrighteousness #villain
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1. If you're going to #report somebody you need to give #examples of what #activity you're reporting. Just #reporting a #profile and telling an #instance #admin that an #account is being "#spammy" doesn't cut it. Not when we can clearly see the user is not.
2. Again, not a very helpful report. You report a user and say they're a #SCAM account but offer up absolutely no #evidence to support your #claim.
3. Every account was new once, including the person that reported this one. As long as #NSFW #content is properly #flagged, there's no issue. Suspecting an account to be a "scam account or worse" is not a valid #reason for reporting an account.
4. Another report without any basis or #justification.
5. Again, another baseless report about somebody with absolutely ZERO evidence to back up their claim.
So here's what's going to happen....
The instances that forwarded these #bogus #reports to me, and wasted my time, each have a strike against them.
Strike three and we tell #Sharkey to #ignore any and all reports coming from the #instance in the future.
No #admin wants #BadActors on their instances, and no admin wants a #BadActor to make someone else feel unwelcome.
But you can't just flag and report an account for any bullshit reason either.
You have to give us proof and evidence.
This is not high school and this is not middle school. If somebody is being disruptive or causing problems, let us know.
But if you just suspect someone might cause problems or they might be disruptive... wait until you have proof and evidence and then let us know!
#FediAdmin #AdminStuff #administrivia #UserReports #FediReports #InstanceAdmins #MastoAdmin -
— The #collegiate #leagues should #pass a #rule that if a #team #forfeits a #match without a #reasonable and #clearly #articulable #justification, they will be #banned from #participation for the rest of the #season."
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#England's #AntiTrans #CassReview Is #Politics #Disguised As #Science.
The recent #report borrows from #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis' #bans on #transgender #care, and appears designed to provide #political #justification for further #attacks on #transgender #Healthcare.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Healthcare #Tories #TERFS #NHS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland #WorkingAsIntended
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/opinion-englands-anti-trans-cass