Robert Wallace
@philosobobby.bsky.social
Philosophy Prof. @ Cal Poly, Free Will + Moral Responsibility but interested in everything.
https://www.roberthwallace.com/
Views my own etc. (he/him)
https://www.roberthwallace.com/
Views my own etc. (he/him)
Reposted by Robert Wallace
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
That’s exactly right.
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
That’s exactly right.
The “not this” *gestures at everything* alliance must succeed, because
“not this but also I’m specifically correct” is not a winning mass movement. We can debate specifics later!
“not this but also I’m specifically correct” is not a winning mass movement. We can debate specifics later!
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The “not this” *gestures at everything* alliance must succeed, because
“not this but also I’m specifically correct” is not a winning mass movement. We can debate specifics later!
“not this but also I’m specifically correct” is not a winning mass movement. We can debate specifics later!
Reposted by Robert Wallace
Trump is underestimating the clear-eyed nature of a Northern midwesterner in the depths of winter.
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Trump is underestimating the clear-eyed nature of a Northern midwesterner in the depths of winter.