so people's self-reported justifications for becoming radical often are really just dictated by the group's narrative, not authentic statements
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“This Is What Radicalized Me,” Reports Twitter User ‘BasedGroyper1488’
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
so people's self-reported justifications for becoming radical often are really just dictated by the group's narrative, not authentic statements
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Decorated veteran Mark Hertling ripped apart Pete Hegseth’s “vague” and “untrue” justifications for keeping the Sept. 2 double-hit boat strike footage away from the public.
Pentagon Pete Called Out By Retired General For BS Excuses
Decorated veteran Mark Hertling ripped apart Pete Hegseth’s “vague” and “untrue” justifications for keeping the Sept. 2 double-hit boat strike footage away from the public eye.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Decorated veteran Mark Hertling ripped apart Pete Hegseth’s “vague” and “untrue” justifications for keeping the Sept. 2 double-hit boat strike footage away from the public.
❗️Zelenskyy: "Putin is looking for justifications for the war and does not intend to stop at Ukraine alone."
According to him, the Russian dictator is not seeking real reasons for the war but
According to him, the Russian dictator is not seeking real reasons for the war but
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
❗️Zelenskyy: "Putin is looking for justifications for the war and does not intend to stop at Ukraine alone."
According to him, the Russian dictator is not seeking real reasons for the war but
According to him, the Russian dictator is not seeking real reasons for the war but
Really enjoying the r/ididnthaveeggs subreddit. It’s people who make ridiculous substitutions in recipes then complain that the recipe wasn’t very good. Sometimes, their errors are patiently explained to them.
This is one of few real justifications for the internet.
This is one of few real justifications for the internet.
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Really enjoying the r/ididnthaveeggs subreddit. It’s people who make ridiculous substitutions in recipes then complain that the recipe wasn’t very good. Sometimes, their errors are patiently explained to them.
This is one of few real justifications for the internet.
This is one of few real justifications for the internet.
No legal, national security justifications for ship strikes, says Sen. Murphy
www.upi.com
No legal, national security justifications for ship strikes, says Sen. Murphy - UPI.com
twp.ai
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
No legal, national security justifications for ship strikes, says Sen. Murphy
As Trump seizes another oil tanker, a reminder: All of this economic pressure could easily backfire by exacerbating the very problems--migrants and drugs--that Trump often cites as justifications. (When, that is, he's not simply expressing his desire to grab Venezuela's oil.) wapo.st/4iZ7RuW
Opinion | Seizing Venezuelan oil tankers could backfire on Trump
More legally defensible than blowing up boats, but that doesn’t make it a good idea or policy.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
As Trump seizes another oil tanker, a reminder: All of this economic pressure could easily backfire by exacerbating the very problems--migrants and drugs--that Trump often cites as justifications. (When, that is, he's not simply expressing his desire to grab Venezuela's oil.) wapo.st/4iZ7RuW
The bigotry from those who are convinced all Muslims are responsible for this. The disinformation on all sides that this would not have happened without Israel, when ISIS's psychopathy targets Jews regardless. The justifications or support from parts of the left.
Truly darkness everywhere.
Truly darkness everywhere.
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The bigotry from those who are convinced all Muslims are responsible for this. The disinformation on all sides that this would not have happened without Israel, when ISIS's psychopathy targets Jews regardless. The justifications or support from parts of the left.
Truly darkness everywhere.
Truly darkness everywhere.
It is a central tenet of propaganda that the lie must be repeated regularly and prominently.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is a central tenet of propaganda that the lie must be repeated regularly and prominently.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
Great post by @stevevladeck.bsky.social on the anniversary of Korematsu, explaining why the legal justifications and rationalizations for unlawful action is often more damaging to the rule of law than the action itself.
Necessity, Legality, and the Rule of Law
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
Necessity, Legality, and the Rule of Law
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Great post by @stevevladeck.bsky.social on the anniversary of Korematsu, explaining why the legal justifications and rationalizations for unlawful action is often more damaging to the rule of law than the action itself.
Necessity, Legality, and the Rule of Law
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
Necessity, Legality, and the Rule of Law
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
That said, it’s not much different from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where public justifications mask the real motive... seizing territory and other valuable resources.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
That said, it’s not much different from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where public justifications mask the real motive... seizing territory and other valuable resources.
1/ Trump is now asserting three incompatible justifications for their military campaign: drugs (criminal law problem), terrorism (armed-conflict framing), and theft of “oil, land, and other assets” (economic coercion).
December 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
1/ Trump is now asserting three incompatible justifications for their military campaign: drugs (criminal law problem), terrorism (armed-conflict framing), and theft of “oil, land, and other assets” (economic coercion).
My new Wretched & Alone game Blood In The Margins is out now! You killed someone on campus with your friends. Journal about the victim, the justifications, the investigation closing in.
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
Blood In The Margins by Chris Bissette
Dark academia, wretched & alone
loottheroom.itch.io
December 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My new Wretched & Alone game Blood In The Margins is out now! You killed someone on campus with your friends. Journal about the victim, the justifications, the investigation closing in.
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
The EU commission took note of the way Finnish Ministry of Finance produced calculations that regularly seemed to be justifications of austerity policies rather than scientific forecasts, and *forbade* them to do any more calculations without outside experts checking them before publication.
December 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The EU commission took note of the way Finnish Ministry of Finance produced calculations that regularly seemed to be justifications of austerity policies rather than scientific forecasts, and *forbade* them to do any more calculations without outside experts checking them before publication.
Am not a foreign policy specialist so this view may be wrong.
But as a legal pundit, it does seem that the vocabulary and justifications are carefully selected to accord with the domestic legislation that Miller and others really want to trigger.
But as a legal pundit, it does seem that the vocabulary and justifications are carefully selected to accord with the domestic legislation that Miller and others really want to trigger.
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Am not a foreign policy specialist so this view may be wrong.
But as a legal pundit, it does seem that the vocabulary and justifications are carefully selected to accord with the domestic legislation that Miller and others really want to trigger.
But as a legal pundit, it does seem that the vocabulary and justifications are carefully selected to accord with the domestic legislation that Miller and others really want to trigger.
Bondi was under obligation to release all of the Epstein Files yesterday. Not only that, anything redacted was to be accompanied by justification. Not one page of these justifications can be found. They're doing whatever they can to continue covering up for the Pedophile Rapist in our White House.
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bondi was under obligation to release all of the Epstein Files yesterday. Not only that, anything redacted was to be accompanied by justification. Not one page of these justifications can be found. They're doing whatever they can to continue covering up for the Pedophile Rapist in our White House.
The Right ultimately views 'science' as a political tool. They have conclusions in search of justifications and hypotheses.
"Oh 'your' science says that? Well 'our' science says the opposite, and so we're gonna do stuff based on that. Why are you so upset, don't *you* "follow the science'?"
"Oh 'your' science says that? Well 'our' science says the opposite, and so we're gonna do stuff based on that. Why are you so upset, don't *you* "follow the science'?"
December 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Right ultimately views 'science' as a political tool. They have conclusions in search of justifications and hypotheses.
"Oh 'your' science says that? Well 'our' science says the opposite, and so we're gonna do stuff based on that. Why are you so upset, don't *you* "follow the science'?"
"Oh 'your' science says that? Well 'our' science says the opposite, and so we're gonna do stuff based on that. Why are you so upset, don't *you* "follow the science'?"
I have rarely come across more transparently false and shallow arguments than Milton Friedman's excuses about his role in Pinochet's dictatorship - ridiculously often framed in justifications straight from Pinochet's own propaganda machine. (Eg: left, Friedman's 1998 account. Right, the reality)
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I have rarely come across more transparently false and shallow arguments than Milton Friedman's excuses about his role in Pinochet's dictatorship - ridiculously often framed in justifications straight from Pinochet's own propaganda machine. (Eg: left, Friedman's 1998 account. Right, the reality)
This column by @stephenkb.bsky.social on the antisemitic mass murder in Australia, reflecting on the justifications for acting on ancient hatreds, is very good indeed. Depressingly comments have not been enabled. Because they couldn’t be.
www.ft.com/content/4209...
www.ft.com/content/4209...
Bondi attacks show old hatreds are flourishing again
A permissive environment has been created in which Israel is conflated with all Jews, everywhere
www.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This column by @stephenkb.bsky.social on the antisemitic mass murder in Australia, reflecting on the justifications for acting on ancient hatreds, is very good indeed. Depressingly comments have not been enabled. Because they couldn’t be.
www.ft.com/content/4209...
www.ft.com/content/4209...
Michael summarized it, but let’s not forget her infinite well of bad faith. You can watch her shift goalposts in real time, which is typical of professionally aggrieved people. Her personality is an insatiable lust for domination, her justifications for it always morphing like a Star Trek villain.
The dumbest person in American letters
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Michael summarized it, but let’s not forget her infinite well of bad faith. You can watch her shift goalposts in real time, which is typical of professionally aggrieved people. Her personality is an insatiable lust for domination, her justifications for it always morphing like a Star Trek villain.
Can’t wait to see the ex-post-facto justifications from dead-Enders about how Biden would’ve also invade Venezuela.
December 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Can’t wait to see the ex-post-facto justifications from dead-Enders about how Biden would’ve also invade Venezuela.
hard pass, I don't need justifications and excuses for a random white boy off the streets, he's not entitled to a Senate seat, he doesn't have the skills or experience to do the job, even before all the problems.
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
hard pass, I don't need justifications and excuses for a random white boy off the streets, he's not entitled to a Senate seat, he doesn't have the skills or experience to do the job, even before all the problems.
Meanwhile you got the lib media writing "on the one hand the legality of this is tricky. But Maduro is an evil dictator that needs to be removed too. Decisions." like the stooges they are, already soft launching justifications for Trump.
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Meanwhile you got the lib media writing "on the one hand the legality of this is tricky. But Maduro is an evil dictator that needs to be removed too. Decisions." like the stooges they are, already soft launching justifications for Trump.
I think the most absurd part is that there are ‘justifications’, but they’re largely second order and concern China, and so Venezuela ends up as a war of convenience to both sublimate and prepare for the war the US really wants which even its own military admits it cannot currently win.
So it's just going to be Humid Ukraine then? A war with no justification, no possibility of winning, but you can't *not* do it because that's what the emotional arc of US politics has been pointing towards.
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I think the most absurd part is that there are ‘justifications’, but they’re largely second order and concern China, and so Venezuela ends up as a war of convenience to both sublimate and prepare for the war the US really wants which even its own military admits it cannot currently win.
Not bothering with any Iran-Contra style covert ops. No WMD justifications. No domino theory. No coup justification. None of that is necessary when you rule by executive fiat. We're just taking the oil because it's ours. Simple.
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Not bothering with any Iran-Contra style covert ops. No WMD justifications. No domino theory. No coup justification. None of that is necessary when you rule by executive fiat. We're just taking the oil because it's ours. Simple.
The second you are coming up for justifications for why killing people — and especially civilians just living their lives — is okay actually you have taken a wrong turn in life and must repent
December 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The second you are coming up for justifications for why killing people — and especially civilians just living their lives — is okay actually you have taken a wrong turn in life and must repent