Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Leftism and Political Correctness

  • The Left Eats Its Own: Andrew Sullivan

    Despite 'credentials' that ought to endear him to the Left, Mr. Sullivan has learned the hard way that he still has too much good sense to count as one of them: As for objective reality, I was at an event earlier this week — not on a campus — when I made what I thought…

  • The Left’s War Against The New York Times

    Here is more proof that the Left eats its own. The leftist Rag of Record under attack by leftists? Hard to believe, but I love it. May the extremists devour each other. David Brooks writes a half-way sensible column and the mad dogs of the Far left are all over him like a cheap suit.…

  • Copy Editor Makes Me Out to be a Disease

    Dear Dr. Varicella:   Attached you will find two PDFs: a copyedited version of your manuscript and a version indicating changes to the original file. This is your final opportunity to make any clarifications or stylistic changes to the manuscript. An honest mistake, no doubt, so I won't reveal the names of the editor or the…

  • The Left eats its own: pink pussyhats are now ‘racist’

    But of course! First, not all 'women' sport pussies. Second, not all female genitalia are pink.  The second point presupposes that race and skin color are the same, which is demonstrably not the case; that, however, is a serious point upon which I shall expatiate in a rather more serious offering. Here I am engaged in the…

  • King Midas, The Philosopher, and the Leftist

    Whatever King Midas touched turned to gold. Whatever the philosopher touches turns into a puzzle. Whatever a Continental 'philosopher' touches turns into a social construct. Whatever a leftist touches turns into crap. SJWs Destroy Everything. Can this really be happening?

  • The Left’s Weaponization of Institutions and Language

    Chris Cathcart: The Left is "the party that started it" in treating politics as war by other means; we can now see a pattern in their using of the basic institutions of our social framework as weapons for their political causes.  Obama/Lois Lerner weaponized the IRS against Tea Party groups; the Obama administration weaponized the…

  • Democrats Undermine the Foundations of Rational Discourse

    Rational discourse requires observance of a few simple procedural rules. One of the most basic is to use words and phrases in their commonly accepted senses and to refrain from distorting them for partisan purposes.  Take 'chain migration.' According to Wikipedia, a usually reliable source,  Chain migration is a term used by demographers since the 1960s[1] to…

  • Depravity is Our Strength!

    Liberals nowadays say very stupid things as witness "Diversity is our strength." It is only a matter of time before they say things even more stupid and pernicious. I got the idea for this post from  Diplomad 2.0. 

  • Catholic Higher Education is a Joke

    Here is yet another example: The College of the Holy Cross [Worcester, Mass.] is mulling whether to shed its century-old sports symbol the “Crusader” out of concerns the image of a Christian warrior might be offensive to Muslims. Why not go all the way and remove the crucifixes as well? More proof that there is…

  • Trump was Right about Feculent Locales

    This piece by a former Peace Corps volunteer to Senegal is a must-read. A few quotations: People defecate on the open ground, and the feces is blown with the dust – onto you, your clothes, your food, the water.  He warned us the first day of training: do not even touch water.  Human feces carries parasites that bore…

  • Trump’s Real Sin? He Speaks Taboo Truths

    Why the bipartisan preening outrage over the President's craphole comment? Roger Kimball: Everyone, near enough, knows that he was telling a home truth. It was outrageous not because he said something crude that was untrue. Quite the contrary: it was outrageous precisely because it was true but intolerable to progressive sensitivities. In other words, the…

  • The Leftist-Islamist Axis of Evil and Divine Sovereignty

    James S. writes, Your point about the twin threats coming from the Left and from Islam reminded me of an email I received from Fr. Schall some months ago when I shared a draft of the Syllabus with him.  He made the same point, as both the Left and Islam are voluntarist systems where will…

  • No Distinctions Allowed in the Age of Unthinking GroupThink

    Actor Matt Damon said this: We’re going to have to figure – you know, there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviours need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right? The bit "eradicated without question" throws…

  • Tavis Smiley Too? ‘Inappropriate’ Sexual Conduct?

    The witch hunt is on and the Left eats its own.  PBS has suspended distribution of Smiley's late-night talk show. I don't think much of Smiley's opinions, you understand, but I fear that we may end up like the Soviet Union or China under the Cultural Revolution. Don't tell me it can't happen here; just…

  • Once More on Immigration and the Retromingent Left

    One point that needs to be made over and over in the teeth of retromingent leftist incomprehension is that immigration is justified only if it benefits the host country.  Donald Trump understands this; Hillary and her ilk do not.   This is another reason why his defeat of Hillary is cause for jubilation among those who…