Category Archives: Education

Quick Takes – Enemies of Wokeness: White Male Art Is Bad; Threats Against Women Are Good; Grammar Is Genocide

Posted on September 10, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Purge bad teh juju.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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The Bayoneting Of America

Posted on August 27, 2020 by The Political Hat

     #BlackLivesMatter is openly Marxist, but they are primarily channeling Lenin. The broader Left’s goal is to fundamentally transform America into something antithetical to itself. They don’t care exactly how it is done, so they probe everywhere until they find a … Continue reading →

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Fighting Racism In Academia With Witchcraft

Posted on August 21, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Self-declared witches are well known by now for their wokeness and their hexing of enemies including Brett Kavanaugh, the Confederacy, Gentrification, and toilets used by “cis kids”. Unsurprisingly, witchcraft in college is not unknown, and now self-declared witches are invoking … Continue reading →

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History As Myth; Narrative As Truth

Posted on August 13, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The study of history ought to be about understanding the past as it objectively was, warts and all.   But as with science, all of knowledge is subjective and based on “different ways of knowing”, including history. Even more broadly … Continue reading →

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2 + 2 ≠ 5

Posted on August 10, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Woke academics seems to dictate that 2+2=5 is a valid statement, and to say so seems increasingly in fashion. It is not only the perfect example Leftist thought that has its roots reaching all the way back to Kant and … Continue reading →

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Anti-Science Ways Of Knowing

Posted on August 5, 2020 by The Political Hat

     One of the common ways those on the radical Left avoid explaining things or to even avoid any objective truth, is to declare that due to “different lived experiences” different people and/or genders have their own “ways of knowing” that … Continue reading →

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In The Era Of Corona-Chan L.A. Teachers Demand Racial Justice

Posted on July 30, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The question of whether schools should re-open or stay with distance learning is an open question with legitimate points of debate as well as disagreement over “the science”.   Some parents, amongst others, even are saying lack of public school … Continue reading →

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The Underground Railroad Is Now Racist

Posted on July 23, 2020 by The Political Hat

     A mural at the Vermont Law School which depicts the underground railroad and both Black and White individuals helping said slave, including Frederic Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown has been deemed racist and oppressive. “‘The depictions of the … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – When All Lives Don’t Matter: Non-Woke Dean’s Lives Don’t Matter; Hate-filled Cambridge Professor’s Life Does Matter; White Lives Don’t Matter

Posted on July 9, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: All lives matter… except for THEM!      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Wokeness In Academia

Posted on July 7, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Ah Academia, what was once (and in many ways still is) the repository of civilization and society’s achievements is increasingly the faunt of poison that is slowly killing America (and Western Civilization, more broadly).      We have already seen how college … Continue reading →

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