Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Leftism and Political Correctness

  • Separation of Leftism and State

    Contemporary liberals support separation of church and state, and so do I.  But they have no problem with using the coercive power of the state to impose leftist ideology.  Now leftism is not a religion, pace Dennis Prager (see article below), but it is very much like one, and if you can see what is wrong with allowing…

  • Central Planning?

    You say you're for it?  Would you still be for it if I could show you that it is virtually certain that you will end up among the centrally planned and not among the central planners?

  • Why Would Anybody Need a Knife?

    More vicious and willful stupidity from 'liberals' (emphasis added): In light of that crime spike London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has laid down the law. “No excuses,” he declared the other day on Twitter. “There is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of…

  • The Maoist Left in the U. S.

    Here: Just a few years ago in France, Islamic radicals sympathetic to ISIS stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satire magazine, and murdered the employees. Thankfully, in this country, the leftwing mob has not made the leap to taking the lives of those they disagree with. For now, at least, they are content…

  • Lunacy in excelsis at the ‘Universities’

    This from a reader:  You might be interested to know that a Canadian university recently had a job ad that might be even worse than the one you mentioned from the University of California at San Diego: . . . candidates shall demonstrate a capacity for collegial service and a commitment to upholding the values of…

  • What Have You Done for Diversity Lately?

    Are you thinking of applying  for a faculty position at the University of California at San Diego?  As part of your application you will be required to submit a statement detailing your work on behalf of diversity and inclusion. A bit more evidence that the universities of the land have become leftist seminaries. It is…

  • Ignorant Liberals

    NPR writer doesn't understand what Easter celebrates. Articles of mine urging the defunding of NPR. Should the NRA receive tax monies? Of course not. Then why should organs of leftist propaganda – – and in the case of Planned Parenthood, propaganda and butchery — get them?   But there are too many pussy-wussies among the GOP…

  • Trump, Adultery, Morality, and the Alinskyite Left

    There is no wisdom on the Left and no common sense. Dennis Prager is a prominent purveyor of common sense.  So if you don't know what it is you can learn it from him.  Here is a sample: It should be clear that this whole preoccupation with Trump’s past sex life has nothing to do…

  • Liberals Really are Stupid People

    Stupid and destructive. For example, when they take children as moral authorities.

  • Progressives as the New Confederates

    Historian Hanson provides a fascinating contextualization of recent leftist antics.

  • ‘Liberals’ Against Free Speech

    Here

  • The Czech Canary in the Cultural Coal Mine

    At Rod Dreher's place: A reader who grew up under Czech communism, but who now lives in the US: Hi Rod, A thought about comments like this one: “Creating an equivalence between a poster in an American high school promoting understanding, with imagery that can be misunderstood, and Hungarian terrorism, is a huge disrespect to…

  • Hollywood’s and the Left’s Fascination with Freaks

    The denizens of HollyWeird love the freakish, the 'transgressive,' the grotesque, and the unnatural. And being leftists, they celebrate losers and screw-ups, from the legendary La La Land 'motorist' Rodney King to the shotgun murderer Tookie Williams. A characteristic of libs and lefties is that in their typical knee-jerk (reflexive as opposed to reflective) style,…

  • How Identity Politics is Made to Destroy Us

    An outstanding essay by David Horowitz. I am tempted to reproduce the whole thing. I shall restrain myself. Three Pillars of Totalitarianism The totalitarian implications of this increasingly powerful ideological trend in the national culture have become pronounced enough to have alarmed some liberals, most notably the writer Andrew Sullivan. Observing that cultural Marxism is…

  • Use, Mention, ‘Quotation’ Marks, and Political Correctness

    The title of a recent Weekly Standard article reads: Professor Uses 'N-Word,' Student Shouts 'F-You,' 'Free Speech' Class Canceled at Princeton. I would write it like this: Professor mentions N-word [no inverted commas], Student Shouts 'F-You,' [correct use of inverted commas for quotation], 'Free Speech' Class Cancelled at Princeton [correct use of inverted commas as sneer…