Sean Dempsey, Author at The Opposition

I support, personal freedom and the ideology which gives the most freedom to the most people. There are no exceptions and no valid reasons for loss of freedom, no matter how much the supposed "left" and "right" may try to convince you there are.

Culture

Stop banning stuff! WTF

“Liberals want the government to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy. Libertarians want it to treat you like an adult.” – Andre Marrou

Current Events

Crisis Manufacturing

Never waste a good crisis.

Culture Current Events History Policy

Get Government OUT of the Marriage Business

Social Right-wingers: Just imagine how you’re all going to look in 40 years… 🙁 Why do we even need the government involved in marriage?!? It has nothing to do with the government and never did. Libertarians advocate for getting the government to stop backing/supporting/granting/licensing ANY type of marriage of any kind – gay, straight, or […]

Current Events Policy

Drowning in Debt: Neither Party Recognizes the Danger

“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule — and both commonly succeed, and are right.” ~H.L. Mencken

Current Events

Obama Declares War on Coke

A decent expose on news coverage these days.

Culture Current Events

Fire Extinguishers and Guns

Fire extinguishers aren’t needed anymore in a home, just like guns aren’t needed.

Current Events Foreign Policy

Pentagon: Cuts Could Hamper Ability To Invade Countries For No Reason

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The spending cuts mandated by the sequester may hamper the United States’s ability to invade countries for absolutely no reason, a Pentagon spokesman warned today. The Pentagon made this gloomy assessment amid widespread fears that the nation’s ability to wage totally optional wars based on bogus pretexts may be in peril. “Historically, […]

Philosophy Policy

Author: Sean Dempsey