Maybe if we demolish both the NRA and the modern ACLU, we can cobble together one functional civil rights organization from the salvaged parts.
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) May 27, 2022
Pardoning the long-dead is a venerable trick of governments to make themselves look more reasonable. https://t.co/oxkjq3ZZzz
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) May 28, 2022
The US is unusual in that, while trying to bribe petty officials is a crime, bribing powerful officials is not only expected, but fully institutionalized. https://t.co/8pGpz3ZdXu
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) May 31, 2022
I don't know why; after all, if they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear from answering just a few questions. https://t.co/r3G7oDLKff
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 1, 2022
I liked Pride so much better when it was one day celebrated by grass-roots organizations than a whole month ballyhooed by major corporations with rainbow-hued consumer goods, and with hypocritical expressions of solidarity from politicians and cops.
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 1, 2022
{William Marshall voice} Let the excuses…BEGIN!https://t.co/8kC9lJDZOc
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 5, 2022
My response to ANY headline which starts, "So-and-so wants you to…" is to immediately move on while saying, "Too bad for So-and-so".
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 5, 2022
Every week that passes makes me just a little more glad that I gave up on square "employment" in 1995. I can't even imagine having my income controlled by authoritarians with no sense of proportion. https://t.co/j8pNYZTkNm
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 7, 2022
If someone tells you they want to "reinvent" some basic human need such as food, sex, or housing, just smile at them and keep nodding while you back slowly away. Then when they turn to look at something else momentarily, run like hell.
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 8, 2022
Somebody needs to lock all 50 state governors in a big cage together, then wait a week and throw in a handful of tableware.
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 10, 2022
Oooh, much closer. Try "after attacking woman" or "after assaulting woman"; you can get closer to reality if you try. https://t.co/Oh6tZcy96e
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 12, 2022
I must admit to feeling childishly pleased whenever a notable historical, fictional, or mythological personage follows me on Twitter.
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 13, 2022
I reckon it's time to remind all my new readers that I'm wholly uninterested in partisanism of any flavor. And I *especially* don't care WHY you think your particular object of worship is better or your particular bête noire is worse than every other sociopath in office.
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 14, 2022
The notion that "experts" should run everyone's lives automatically assumes that they can reliably distinguish all manner of details about the complicated lives and personalities of millions of individuals they've never met and know virtually nothing about. https://t.co/z5lTtiF9Ts
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 15, 2022
You can't slay a monster "from the inside"; it will simply digest you and shit you out. https://t.co/En7kNmTnZE
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 17, 2022
Oh look, it's today's use of the word "everybody" to mean some set of people much smaller than the actual meaning of "everybody".
I learned in childhood that virtually no public use of the word "everybody" ever truthfully includes me. https://t.co/4QsrlepQMk
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 18, 2022
How do the "weapon of war" parrots feel about propaganda? https://t.co/vbcwIvoG8x
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 21, 2022
Hi, new readers! Are you confused about which "wing" to sort me into based on my retweets and professed views?
Good.
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 23, 2022
Are you one of the women who's been whining for YEARS about how it's not "fair" you need to take care of contraception, and that men "should" have vasectomies?
I ask you now: are you willing to trust your life & freedom on the word of some dude who's trying to get in your pants?
— Maggie McNeill (@Maggie_McNeill) June 26, 2022
The contraception issue goes both ways. Men who don’t intend to procreate have long felt it’s unfair that a woman can lie that she’s on the pill, and he’s still on the hook for child support.
The moral, I think, is for no one to trust anyone else on that topic. Put a male pill on the market, and each partner takes the precautions s/he feels appropriate. (Until there is one it’s vasectomy, rubbers, or nothing for him.)