Category: Leftism and Political Correctness
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Radical Islam’s Threat to the Left
Substack latest. Why don't leftists — who obviously do not share the characteristic values and beliefs of Islamists — grant what is spectacularly obvious to everyone else, namely, that radical Islam poses a grave threat to what we in the West cherish as civilization, which includes commitments to free speech, open inquiry, separation of church…
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Wolff on Israel
Robert Paul Wolff, 30 October 2023: I have found the series of comments on the Israeli situation interesting and helpful. I have not responded to them because I am so upset by what is happening that I can barely watch the news reports of it anymore. Let me make one small observation. There has been…
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The Axis of the Human Heart
Rod Dreher quotes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart—and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by…
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Billionaire Donors Withholding Loot from Leftist Seminaries
Long-time donors are finally waking up to the wokeassery* of once-great universities that have for decades been transmogrifying into leftist seminaries. ('Seminary' is etymologically related to 'semen' and in the seminaries in question the origin of the jism is masturbatory: nothing productive comes from these seed beds.) I predicted the donor revolt on 13 October…
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The State of Things When the ‘Leader’ of the ‘Free World’ is a Puppet
I asked Dr. Vito Caiati, historian, whether Donald Trump's being in office would have made any difference to the present geopolitical mess, and this is what he wrote: As for the present miserable state of the world, I think that had Trump remained in office neither the war in the Ukraine nor the war in…
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Left and Right: Morally Equivalent?
Leftist evil-doers are becoming ever more brazen in 'outing' themselves. I hand off to Hinderaker: My opinion of leftists is so low that I am hard to disappoint. But I admit to being shocked by the reaction of many leftists and liberals to the Gazan invasion of Israel. In many instances, they feel no obligation…
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Rod Dreher on Leftism
Here: What a clarifying moment this is in the West. We have all seen the jaw-dropping alacrity with which so many leftists, especially within the academy, have rushed to defend the Hamas storm troopers. If you think this is merely about Israel and Hamas, you need to wake up. The people who are celebrating the…
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White Flight and Racism
Does racism explain white flight? Here is an interview with Jack Cashill. Excerpts: Your book challenges the conventional “white flight” narrative. In brief, what were whites fleeing, if not black Americans moving into their neighborhoods? I got the book’s title from a childhood friend, the last guy to leave our block. When I asked him…
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The End of Liberty is Nigh: The Digital Pound and Cancel Culture
And to add insult to injury, irony to outrage, the end of liberty is being ushered in by the mother country. Here: The digital pound would be a new type of money issued by the Bank of England for everyone to use for day-to-day spending. You would be able to use it in-store or online…
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Leftism Exposed
The following statement is both well-written and accurate in every particular (emphasis added): Leftism is a totalitarian force. Wherever leftism is in a position of power it tends to invade every private corner and force every thought into a leftist mold. In part this is because of the quasi-religious character of leftism: everything contrary to…
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My Pronouns?
Up yours! The point, of course, is to not validate, by answering, the stupid question. This can be done in more or less polite ways. You might say, politely, "Your question rests on a presupposition that I reject, namely, that the DEI agenda is a good thing. Now move along and have a nice day."…
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Confuse Hate and Dissent and You Will Find Hate Groups Everywhere
Did you know that Moms for Liberty is a hate group? At least that’s the view of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a far-left political organization, which is drawing scorn for labeling Moms for Liberty and other parental rights organizations as “extremist organizations,” including them on the same “hate map” as neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. Like…
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James Lindsay on Critical Theory
Accurate. About eight minutes long. Here he is on Critical Race Theory. Longer and better. PragerU, about 18 minutes.
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‘2A’ a Terrorist Marker?
It emerged in the Congressional FBI whistleblower hearings that the abbreviation '2A' is a "terrorist marker." That came as news to me. (But see here.) I have been using '2A' from time to time as an innocuous abbreviation of 'Second Amendment.' The context, of course, is the Bill of Rights which are the first ten…
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Negativity: The Spirit of the Left
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