Much of transgenderism boils down to the idea of “right mind in the wrong body”, and that rather than have the mind conform to the body, the body must be sculpted to the mind, or the mind’s own self-image. To put it in more spiritual terms, it’s the “right soul in the wrong vessel”. But just as there are somehow many different “genders” there are many different facets… such as one’s Zodiac sign. And yes, one can apparently be “trans-Zodiac”.
As of late, many “influencers” online have been using the phrase “Christ is King” as, ironically enough, an anti-Semitic shibboleth. It’s a clever, abet insidious, signifier as it leans into “Jews killed Jesus” hatemongering as the Motte while allowing them to retreat to the Bailey of “just professing their faith”, the latter sentiment being one that many would unreservedly agree with.
For many of these “influencers”, they may truly believe that to be Christian, they must hate (((Jews))). That is position that many others have rightfully mocked and torn down with far more eloquence than your humble author.
But faith as a cultural and social signifier, as opposed to an expression of belief, particularly of relevant denominational doctrines. Already in Europe we see Christianity being relegated to a cultural practice that comes from custom rather than devotion, in a form of “cultural cosplay”. America is still, by and large, different from much of Europe in having far more people being sincere in their religiosity, with that faith and attendant belief being more core to the denomination of their church.
News of the Week for May 11th, 2025
In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
The complaints about how attention spans have shortened and the technological equivalent of a sugar high have harmed young Americans, complete with the destruction of morals, is not a new one. Let us look back forty years when this and more was discussed with novelists Bret Eaton Ellis, Fernanda Eberstadt, and William F. Buckley Jr. who asked “what are our young novelists up to?”
Until next Friday.
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: They just don’t seem to understand how ridiculous they look to those outside their bubble.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
Not only is Shakespeare getting a trigger warning at the University of West England… their getting 220 trigger warnings!
“Drama students are being warned of suicide in Romeo and Juliet after a university put more than 200 trigger warnings on works of Shakespeare.
“The University of the West of England (UWE) has issued warnings for ‘blood’ and ‘psychological trauma’ in Macbeth as well as ‘storms’ and ‘extreme weather’ in The Tempest.
“One theatre show of the shipwreck play was highlighted for containing the ‘popping of balloons’.
“A total of 220 warnings were added to the Bard’s works and adaptations on stage and screen, which included depictions on the BBC and ITV, as reported by The Sun.
“For Macbeth, in which a Scottish general overthrows the King by murdering him, there are warnings for murder, suicide, violence, knives and family trauma.”
“If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” seems to increasingly be the motto of much of the modern post-conservative Right. The argument has ceased to be about supporting or opposing Marxist inspired ideology, but about which flavor of Marxist thought to adopt. It is the false dilemma fallacy that the choice is a binary one of Bolshevik vs. Menshivik, or if you will, Stalinist vs. Trostkyite. The purported Right has embraced Marxist thinkers with the fools’ conceit that they can substitute their eschaton for that of the Left even when engaging in the same immanentization. Christopher Rufo is one such fool.
In essence, it is a declaration that “Cultural Marxism is good, actually”. Or to put it another way, REAL Gramscian Marches just haven’t been tried, so as to speak. This is not a new idea, some have been pushing “fighting like the Left” for a while now. The enemy ceases to be the enemy’s intellectual framework and analysis, but the “classical liberalism” that stands in the way of using that framework and analysis to achieve one’s own desired end goals. Ah yes, “classical liberalism” is so broken, we have no other choice except to… adopt an alternative that has demonstrably proven to be even worse.
Gramscian schemes and Critical Theories are not value neutral tactics that are tantamount to merely not pre-emptively surrendering. They are tactics and pseudo-intellectual frameworks designed to achieve particular goals. To believe otherwise is like using a cake recipe and expecting to come out with a prime rib because that’s what you wanted.
Rufo, as many others do, try to justify their untenable position by invoking false parallels with American historical figures or figures from the broader Western Civilization. This is a Motte & Bailey fallacy. This is the equivalent of trying to justify the modern “Social Justice” movement by invoking St. Francis of Assisi. If they simply mean fighting like the Founding Fathers, then why not say we should fight like the Founding Fathers? If this is but an application of Machiavellian machinations, then why not just say we should fight in a Machiavellian manner? The reason is that they don’t want to do what the Founding Fathers did or for what Machiavelli believed in and supported—what they want is a Gramscian world where the oppressor/oppressed labels are switched.
Fighting Communist ideology with Communist ideology will inevitably lead to Communist ideology. Use Communist means; get Communist ends.
Between creating artificial skin, muscle, and brain organoids, the advancement towards living “bioroids” had made great leaps, though there are still many challenges ahead. A quick review where we are at shows not only the medical promise, but the true promise of such technology.
Rather than just a bioroid dog, why not a bioroid inumimi girl?
“Minor Attracted Person” or “MAP” is a euphemism for “pedophile”. The person in this video is Tick Segerblom, a County Commissioner of Clark County, Nevada (where Las Vegas is). Drag Queens are… Drag Queens. All that and more in this just over half-minute clip.
My God…
Nevada Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom admits on camera that he’s not only a Communist, but also a “Minor Attracted Person”
He’s arguing with a bunch of mama bears because they don’t want Drag Shows for children.
These sickos should be in no position of… pic.twitter.com/4YNJqGeEAg
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) March 7, 2025
If there is more to this that is somehow exculpatory, I sure hope we all se it.
News of the Week for May 4th, 2025
Today is Victims of Communism Day. It is also “May Day,” where “useful idiots” march and demonstrate in free countries, while those who have to actually live under Communism are made to march lest they face dire consequences.
One of the architects for the modern far Left’s “long march through the institutions” was Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci. Understanding Gramsci allows one to see just how pervasive the infiltration of Communism has been in Western society. Sadly, some of those above “useful idiots” wish to “fight fire with fire” by immanentizing the Gramscian eschaton for themselves by employing his praxis, which was designed to achieve his, and not their, goals.
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