In retrospect, and moving forward

Now that almost a week has passed since the US elections, I finally have put enough order in my thoughts that I can write a reasoned take on them. Note that all this is just my own uneducated opinions, so please do correct me if you can.

Milo, Trolling IRL

If you haven’t heard of Milo Yiannopoulos, I’m about to make your life this much worse by posting this article.

I had always thought that the man was just a self-caricature of Log-Cabin Republican, a gay man supporting the most rabidly homophobic force in US politics…

Don’t call #YallQaeda Terrorists

If you’re on Twitter you’ve probably seen a rash of hashtags such as #YallQaeda, #YeeHawd, #VanillaISIS, most of which are frankly hilarious.

The hashtags are about a group of armed white men who are currently occupying an isolated visitor center…