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Letting reality upset me Jul 26, 2018

I shouldn't let myself get upset that there are bad people and injustices. Those things are just part of reality and aren't going to go away just because I don't like them. On the other hand, I shouldn't pretend they don't exist just so I feel better. Refusing to see reality as it is, or refusing to speak up just because it's not what "polite society" does, isn't healthy. It's not honest. Turning a blind eye to those things would make me a part of the problem. It takes away any possibility of being part of the solution. If there...

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Good to treat enemies as humans Jul 25, 2018

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for July 25, 2018) The political left, and much of the political right, keeps putting me in an uncomfortable position where I almost feel the need to defend President Trump. Almost. It's not a position I enjoy. I see no legitimacy in the office of president, nor in any other political office for that matter. I don't care about Donald Trump one way or the other; he's irrelevant to my day-to-day life. But the way the political left overreacts to everything he does goes beyond criticism into delusional territory. Pointing this out is seen...

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Evil in the pew Jul 24, 2018

If you attended a church where an admitted serial killer often showed up, or even attended faithfully, with no intention of ending his murderous hobby and no admission he did anything wrong by murdering, would you speak up? Would you find the church leadership credible if they didn't point out the guy's evil ways? Would you continue to attend this church? How can church attendees sit approvingly, or at least silently, while cops attend? At the very least they should be asking them to repent and police no more. - This blog is my job. YOU decide if I get paid.

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Krimes which didn’t happen Jul 23, 2018

If you get mugged, your home gets burglarized, or your car is stolen, you would be right to say the Blue Line Gang (the armed government employees often known as "police officers") didn't prevent that krime. But cop supporters would point out that you can't know how much of something was actually prevented since it didn't happen. Maybe you avoided being robbed multiple times rather than the once, just because cops exist. And they do have a point. It's impossible to say how much theft doesn't happen because cops exist. It's impossible to say anything meaningful about events which didn't happen. "Alternate history" is "alternate" because it isn't history. But it is possible...

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Serving up hot coercion Jul 22, 2018

If you work for the State you are not "serving". If your "job" comes with a paycheck extorted from people who didn't value your effort enough to pay for it voluntarily, you are not serving. You don't "serve" in the military, in congress, or "on the bench". You prey on people's life, liberty, and property, but you don't "serve" anyone beyond the political bullies who hold your leash and steal money on your behalf. If you really wish to serve, provide a service which people will be willing to pay you for. One which they won't have to force their neighbors to chip...

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Pigs… in… Space! Jul 21, 2018

Can we engineer liberty in space by designing "just the right kind" of government? Can we achieve liberty with just the right amount of slavery? How does anyone imagine that would work? Why build failure right into your plan from the start? And yet, that's what some people believe is needed. Government and its "laws". In space. What other types of pollution are needed out there? Some people are crazy, and not in a good or amusing way. - This blog is my job. YOU decide whether I get paid.

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Political poisoning Jul 20, 2018

I don't talk "politics" at home much. If at all. I certainly don't talk about politicians. So it's interesting how my daughter has picked up on the Trump hate from... somewhere. Maybe the Roblox gaming videos she watches on Youtube, I suppose. I can't think of anywhere else. There might be several reasons for this just showing up now. Her age might be part of it. She wasn't old enough to be aware of what was going on with the rule of Barack the Great. I do know her "teacher" at kinderprison a couple of years ago worked very hard to...

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Encircled, enclosed, and trapped Jul 19, 2018

Someone recently brought up the scenario of being encircled and trapped by other property owners so that you can either not access your surrounded property or you can't escape from it. At least, not without giving in to the other property owner's demands, whatever they may be. Specifically, his comment was: ...Curious what your current thinking is about the problem of locking people out of their property, or the property to which they are invited, when one or more people acquire all the surrounding property and then deny you ingress or egress. Example: someone acquires the property rights to all the roads...

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No virtue in upholding bad laws Jul 18, 2018

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for July 18, 2018) It's more important to do the right thing than to obey laws, and it's wrong to obey laws which violate life, liberty, or property. Even if you agree with them or believe they are necessary. When the laws are wrong it's your responsibility to break them rather than wait until the law is changed. All laws are ultimately enforced by the threat of death, so supporting any law is admitting you would be willing to kill people over an opinion...read the rest... - Thank you for helping support KentForLiberty.com Follow me...

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Cops don’t stop Jul 18, 2018

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Balance Jul 17, 2018

Between too much chaos and too much order, there's anarchy. Balance. Between aggression and pacifism, there's self-defense. Balance. Between a locked-down prison state with militarized "borders" and mass invasion of hordes of handout seekers, there are property rights. Balance. - Thank you for helping support KentForLiberty.com Follow me on Steemit and Medium

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Humans and rights Jul 16, 2018

Pointing out that all humans have the exact same-- equal and identical-- rights isn't the same as saying all humans are exactly the same. I notice "bordertarians" and other borderists making this nonsensical mistake over and over again in a desperate attempt to justify their anti-liberty position. Rights don't depend on where a person was born, where they stand, or which State claims ownership over them. Rights only depend on their species and on them being alive. Some cultures are better than others because some cultures (by which I mean the individuals who make up that culture from the "bottom up") "tolerate" liberty...

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What’s hiding beneath? Jul 15, 2018

Statism has a thin, shiny scale of pretty-looking ethics hiding the evil beneath. It's sort of like nail polish on an infected, fungal fingernail. Some statism shows its concern for the less fortunate while hiding its approval of theft. Other statism shows the world its concern for "family values" while hiding its family-destroying policies from casual view. And, the ethics don't hide just one evil, but a huge library of evils. All excused by the thin superficial layer of goodness. The nice-looking ethics are good, but they stop short. They don't go far enough and don't redeem the evil that exists right beside them. It doesn't make...

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Delusions of “authority” Jul 14, 2018

You know what strikes me as funny, pathetic, and arrogant... all at the same time? Governments believing they can (or should!) impose "laws" which apply to people in outer space, on asteroids, and on other planets. That's some serious delusions of grandeur, right there. - Thank you for helping support KentForLiberty.com Follow me on Steemit and Medium

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Childish, adult, or mature? Jul 13, 2018

I recently heard someone who was making a distinction between the "childish approach" of the political "left" and the "adult approach" of the political "right". I believe he missed something important. He was so focused on "right" and "left" he forgot to consider right and wrong. The childish approach: "That's not fair! It's hard. I don't want to do that! I just want to do stuff that I like." His amoral "adult" approach: "This will hurt right now, but we need to do it anyway for a better long-term result." The ethical mature approach (which he ignored because it is neither "right" nor "left"): Don't do...

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Individuals and differences Jul 12, 2018

Everyone is an individual. (Duh) There are differences between individuals. These differences are real. Some of those differences are affected by things which have been used historically to limit or deny natural human rights to some people. This is wrong. Then there are differences which aren't as real. Even some totally imaginary things have been used as excuses to limit or deny natural human rights of some people. Things like nationality or "citizenship", for example. Rights don't differ among individuals. Not based on any criteria. Not for any reason. No matter how you feel about it. - Thank you for helping support KentForLiberty.com Follow me...

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Gun safety essential to gun rights Jul 11, 2018

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for July 11, 2018) Gun rights, like all natural human rights, are a foundation of a functional society. And every right comes with an equally important responsibility. You must handle and use your gun so that you don't harm anyone who doesn't deserve to be harmed. Gun safety is more than important; it is essential...read the rest... - Thank you for helping support KentforLiberty.com Follow me on Steemit and Medium

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Cops– Abusing your bosses Jul 10, 2018

The fact of the matter is, if you are a cop, the lowliest crackwhore is your moral superior... and your boss. And if cops don't like that they can always quit and get an honest job. - Thank you for helping support KentForLiberty.com Follow me on Steemit and Medium

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“Be realistic” = be a jerk Jul 10, 2018

If someone truly believes it is "Utopian" to expect human interactions to be voluntary, how would you like being one of their family members, or a neighbor? Do you think they'd be a good cow-orker or employee? (Be careful while orking cows!) Could you trust them at all if you weren't holding them at gunpoint? Are they really that barbaric, or are they talking through their hat; not understanding the concepts they feel the need to preach at you about? Perhaps they are just saying what they feel needs to be said to justify archation. I suspect it's that last one, since they are apparently still alive and able...

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Dear Badgescum… Jul 10, 2018

How disgusting! What other molesters does the letter writer appreciate for their crimes? If you fear "traffic stops", stop molesting and robbing drivers. If you don't want to be filmed "doing your job", get a job that doesn't come with the obligation of letting your bosses see exactly what you are doing every single second you are on my clock, collecting a paycheck funded by money stolen from me and others who neither want nor need you. The mainstream media can't crucify a character which doesn't exist. Everyone gets tired at work. Everyone feels misunderstood. I promise you no one...

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