Category Archives: Progressives

Quick Takes – Race In Academia: Mandatory Course On Anti-Black Racism; Segregated Medical School; BIPOC Bonus

Posted on July 6, 2023 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: Indoctrinate and then indoctrinate some more.      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Trans-Species Ideology In The Classroom

Posted on July 5, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Previously, your humble author invoked Poe’s Law over claims of schoolkids identifying as cats, and that identity being validated. It turns out that reality doesn’t have anything to do with it. “A Church of England school teacher told a pupil … Continue reading →

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North Dakota vs. Diversity Training

Posted on July 3, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Increasingly, many states are standing up against wokeness; North Dakota is joining them.   SB 2247 protects students and employees from being “[p]enalized, discriminated against, or receive adverse treatment due to the individual’s refusal to support, believe, endorse, embrace, confess, … Continue reading →

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Restricting Freedom For The Common Good

Posted on June 21, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Ireland is considering a law that would jail people for expressing “hate speech”. “Irish citizens who campaign against transgender women being able to use female changing rooms or crisis centres risk jail under an “Orwellian” hate-speech law, critics have claimed. … Continue reading →

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Federal Judge: Actually There IS A Hate Speech Exception To The 1st Amendment

Posted on June 20, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Expressing wrongthink is now a clear and present danger: A court has cleared a school to censor a student who wore a t-shirt that said “THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS” because expressing something that others don’t agree with violates the … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Children In Academia: Naked Men With Schoolgirls; Sexually Assaulting A Six Year Old; But Muh Capitalism

Posted on June 15, 2023 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: At least sexually abused children aren’t being taught to be capitalist … Continue reading →

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The Irrelevance Of Innocence

Posted on June 13, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Recently, a pregnant nurse in New York was accused of stealing a rental bike from a young Black man. She was doxxed, suspended from work, and otherwise vilified by millions online when a video of this incident went viral. Except … Continue reading →

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The Surrey Police Are Big Brother

Posted on June 12, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Between their busy day of neglecting rape victims, disarming domestic violence victims, and siding with rapists over victims, the police in the U.K. still somehow find the time to punish people who express doubleplusungood wrongthink. Now, the Surrey Police want … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Crazy California: Reparations; Snitching On Haters; Escaping The Hellhole

Posted on June 8, 2023 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: The People’s Republic of California strikes again!      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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The Inevitable Overreach Of Social Conservatives

Posted on June 7, 2023 by The Political Hat

     America has reoccurring periods where authentic concern for real, or at least perceived to be real, social ills results in social activist from the more puritanical parts of American culture that inevitably overreach and end up sooner or later becoming … Continue reading →

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