Category Archives: Progressives

Revolution by Proxy

Posted on August 14, 2020 by The Political Hat

     It has become clear, if it wasn’t already, that these rioter/revolutionaries are acting with the tacit approval of the government. The city, county, and state would do what the revolutionaries are doing if they could get away with it, but … 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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Praxis: Seattle’s Marxist Abolition of Police

Posted on August 12, 2020 by The Political Hat

     So, Seattle, not one to let Minneapolis run to its Left, is moving to abolish its police department because it is the faunt of “racism and violence” to supprot “white supremacy culture”, and instead institute a “civilian led Department of … Continue reading →

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Next On The Woke Agenda: Overturning Loving v Virginia?

Posted on August 12, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The policy of racial inclusion and even of integration, once a hallmark of civil rights, has already been declared to be racist and the cal for “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” quite often enough to belie the fact that … Continue reading →

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Anti-Cancellation Clause

Posted on August 10, 2020 by The Political Hat

     One of the obvious problems with cancel culture in this day and age is the immediacy of cancellation upon any suggestions of “cancellability”. Perhaps one way of staving off the raving hordes whilst not besmirching powers that be is to … 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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New York Tries To Shoot The NRA In The Head

Posted on August 7, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The Attorney General of New York is trying to get rid of the National Rifle Association, not by prosecuting them, but by outright dissolving the organization via civil suite, including taking their assets to distribute to charities as the state … Continue reading →

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Racism As Health Crisis

Posted on August 6, 2020 by The Political Hat

     It would make sense health care dealt with actual health issues such as diseases. We are living in an age, however, where the biggest health crisis is… “racism”.      The Governor of Michigan has declared “racism” to be a public health … Continue reading →

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Struggle Sessions Come To Seattle

Posted on August 6, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The Struggle Sessions of Mao’s Cultural Revolution was a tool to insure ideological adherence by humiliation, torturing, and even literally cannibalizing those—including those who had been zealous revolutionaries themselves but not “enlightened” by the new days standards—deemed not sufficiently pro-revolution, … 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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