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Leon English
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Detroit area lawyer. Michigan stan. Personally (as opposed to professionally) interested in China.

Open borders YIMBY.
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I think a lot of people on this site only care about causes as a way to get mad about stuff and not actually trying to understand or fix them
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
His wife signed on for or at least has accepted the Christian white nationalism, but they didn't.
December 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
If by "starting point" they mean "before reading it" that's fine, but they could have appended that like they did with several of the other items.
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yeah I've looked through it and I think some of the other things they're saying may be an acceptable use may be.

I guess I just think reading the work or, at least, a trustworthy treatment of the work, generally has to be the starting point for critical engagement.
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I guess it depends on what they mean by "critical engagement" - not sure how one can critically engage at any level with something one has no personal knowledge of
December 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Speculating, but think it's a combo of people remembering him as a fairly normie Republican and just not caring much about foreign policy
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Answer is obviously "yes" for more people than I'd have thought a few years ago
December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My character SUCKS, btw, if you needed another example of my skill in character judging.
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I don't know what happens with maga after Trump but I remain confident it doesn't involve America's tiniest fascist at its head
December 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Maybe it's dignity that he's missing
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This isn't a defense of Matt or the data guys, to be clear, just being clear about the taxonomy of Matts and Nates
December 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
More accurately he runs off what he perceives to be the vibes of Americans he has never and will never interact with
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
At least one of my ancestors fought in the revolution

Also owned people

Don't really wanna take credit for him

Most my ancestors came over later

My kids are half first gen

All equally American, that's America's heritage
December 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I honestly can't tell
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM