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Kyubey Is Totally Evil, Right?

Kyubey
Apropos of absolutely nothing, I was thinking about Madoka Magica today. Specifically, I was thinking about something people used to say a lot about its antagonist, the sociopathic mascot plushie cat alien, Kyubey. It went something like this: “Kyubey doesn’t feel the same emotions humans do, so he’s not really evil.” And now, a decade after anyone cares, I have to ask: that argument totally misses the point, right?
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“Black Sails” part 1: Our Flag Means Freedom

MAJOR SPOILER WARNINGS FOR “Black Sails” seasons 1-4. “They paint the world full of shadows, then tell their children to stay close to the light. Their light. Their reasons, their judgements. Because in the darkness, ‘there be dragons.’ But it isn’t true. We can prove that it isn’t true. In the dark, there is discovery.…

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The Joan Birch Society

Consent-As-A-Service, Part 3 Part 1: “Manufacturing Consent Is So Last Century. Now, We Offer Consent-As-A-Service.” Part 2: “‘War’ Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry” Ask a typical Democrat partisan about the John Birch Society, and they’ll smirk. “Extremists,” they’ll say. “Paranoid nutjobs.” “Conspiracy theorists.” “Wackos stuck in the Cold War.” What no centrist Democrat…