Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Leftism and Political Correctness

  • Islam and the West: What is My Preferred Prophylaxis?

    Things are coming to a head.  We cannot tolerate as a 'new normal' another Islamist slaughter of innocents every six months or so.  So what is to be done? What prophylactic measures do we need to take to protect the USA and the rest of the West from the Islamist virus?   London Ed writes,…

  • The Subterranean Link and the ‘Bow-Tie Brigade’

    Here is perhaps the deepest connection, the subterranean link, between the decidedly strange bedfellows, Leftism and Islamism: both deny the absoluteness of truth and both make it subservient to power and arbitrary will. But how is it that Islamists attack objective truth? Aren't they theists? Don't they believe in an absolute source and ground of…

  • Politics as Adversarial and the Stupidity of Republicans

    Perhaps you think I go too far when I liken politics to warfare.  Well then, will you admit that it is adversarial? The defense attorney in a court of law fails to do his job if he strives for objectivity: he is paid to argue on behalf of his client.  He is paid to be…

  • Profiling, Prejudice, and Discrimination

    Everybody profiles.  Liberals are no exception.  Liberals reveal their prejudices by where they live, shop, send their kids to school, and with whom they associate.   The word 'prejudice' needs analysis.  It could refer to blind prejudice: unreasoning, reflexive (as opposed to reflective) aversion to what is other just because it is other, or to an unreasoning…

  • Moral Narcissism

    As defined by Roger L. Simon1: Briefly stated, moral narcissism is this: What you say you believe or claim you believe — not how you actually behave — defines who you are and makes you “virtuous” in your own eyes and the eyes of others. Almost always, this is without regard to the consequences of…

  • Three Defining Features of Contemporary Liberalism

    Here: The three defining features of modern liberalism are an intense aversion to the Constitution, a denial of objective truth, and a penchant for intentionally abusing the English language with an aim to mislead the public. No issue exemplifies these three features better than the “debate” about the AR-15 and “assault weapons.” Well said, my…

  • The Problem: Gun Culture or Liberal Culture?

    This is a repost, slightly redacted, from 2012 to help stem the tsunami of folderol sure to wash over us from the orifices of the mindless gun-grabbing Left in the wake of the Islamist Orlando rampage. ……………. Without wanting to deny that there is a 'gun culture' in the USA, especially in the so-called red…

  • Trump and the Conservative Cause

    A very rich and perceptive essay by Charles Kesler. The following passage illustrates what Keith Burgess-Jackson calls 'academentia':   It’s no coincidence that the two loudest, most consequential socio-political forces in America right now are Political Correctness and Donald Trump. One is at home on college campuses, the other in the world of working people.…

  • Organized Leftist Thuggery

    The formidable Tammy Bruce exposes the organizational underpinnings of the supposedly 'spontaneous' violence directed against Trump and his supporters: Make no mistake — these supposed anti-Trump riots are not organic nor are they natural; they are the result of leftist organizing using paid stooges. Fox News reported in March a Craigslist ad posted by Bernie…

  • David Gelernter on Political Correctness

    This is one of the best articles on political correctness I have read.  Study it.  It will be on the final.  (Italics in original; bolding added; a comment of mine in blue.) Political correctness is the biggest issue facing America today. Even Trump has just barely faced up to it. The ironic name disguises the…

  • Sharia: Coming to a Swimming Pool Near You

    Enjoy! Let me see if I understand this.  Every vestige of Christianity is to be removed from the public square, while Muslims are allowed to impose their anti-Enlightenment and un-American values and practices in said square at taxpayer expense? Related articles The Crusades Were Defensive Wars Why the Left Will Not Admit the Threat of…

  • ‘Again’ a Racist Dog Whistle? More Leftist Scumbaggery

    Some liberal-left idiot is arguing that 'again' in Donald Trump's 'Make America Great Again' is a racist 'dog whistle.'  The suggestion is that Trump wants to bring back slavery and Jim Crow.  Yet another proof that there is nothing so vile and contemptible and fundamentally stupid that some liberal won't embrace it.  If you think…

  • A Red-Diaper Baby I Once Knew: Anecdotes Illustrating Leftist Illusions

    In graduate school I was friends for a time with a New York Jew who for the purposes of this memoir I will refer to as 'Saul Peckstein.'  A red diaper baby, he was brought up on Communism the way I was brought up on Roman Catholicism.  Invited up to his room one day, I…

  • ‘Redskins’ Update

    Apparently, nine out of ten American Indians are not offended by the Redskins name, thereby demonstrating that they have more sense than the typical liberal.  This calls for a reposting of an entry from August 2013.  Enjoy!   'Redskin' Offensive? What About 'Guinea Pig'? Apparently, the online magazine Slate will no longer be referring to…

  • Paul Johnson on Political Correctness and Donald Trump

    Article here.  I reproduce it in toto so that you can read it in peace without being assaulted by advertising.  Bolding added. The problem with Johnson's article is that he does not define 'political correctness' and seems dangerously close to conflating politically incorrect speech with "vigorous, outspoken, raw and raucous speech" and politically incorrect behavior…