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The Neo-Luddites and the Populist Temptation

Posted on December 4, 2018 by The Political Hat

     In an example of an own-goal portrayed as “owning” the other side, Tucker Carlson totally “pwns” himself: Tucker Carlson owns Ben Shapiro Epic Style. pic.twitter.com/VowmMixMiw — Hirsty 🇺🇸☧ (@TheHirsty) November 23, 2018      The depth of this own-goal self-pwning was noted … Continue reading →

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The Digital Panopticon From Chinese Social Credit to New York and the 2nd Amendment

Posted on December 3, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The People’s Republic of China is expressing the totalitarian power that social media provides them by giving benefits or denying privileges based, in part, based on their online activity. The State of New York is poised to tell the Chinese … Continue reading →

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Mis-Gendering Robots

Posted on October 23, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Apparently the greatest concern regarding robot development is… mis-gendering the robots.      What does this mean?      Just that it’s time for a fisking! “Robots are the most powerful blank slate humans have ever created. Want a helpful robot? No problem. Want … Continue reading →

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The Witch War Against Kavanaugh

Posted on October 19, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The Left-wing “Social Justice” bent of modern self-declared witches is sadly not a new or novel thing, with everything from degentrification, and Google to transphobes and Trump being hexed or some other pseudo-spiritual ritual applied against them. It comes to … Continue reading →

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They Day

Posted on August 31, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The “trans” movement is inherently at odds with the biological reality that is intuitively obvious to the most casual (non-indoctrinated) observer. In order to push the “fantasy” that we are somehow not a sexually dimorphic species, our very words must … Continue reading →

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The White Patriarchy’s Greatest Weapon Against Women of Color: Menses

Posted on August 28, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Apparently non-White women never menstruated before the White Man came along: W H A T Pls someone tell me this is a joke. Holy shit 😂😆🤣 “White people are the cause of periods and Asians and middle eastern people are … Continue reading →

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Ten Reasons We’re Against Unions: A Fisking

Posted on August 15, 2018 by The Political Hat

     As in most things, one can have a reasonable debate over issues. However, sometimes there is such idiocy, such as this pithy little cartoon regarding unions, that deserve… a fisking!      And on to the belittlement…      Union bosses do want to … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Fragile Youth: Happy Badges; Pronoun Stickers; Triggering Textbooks

Posted on August 9, 2018 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: Gotta protect those emotionally fragile feelings!      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Queering Ecology

Posted on August 8, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The Eugene Lang College is offering a course on “Queer Ecologies“. The course summary is: “This course will address the interdisciplinary constellation of practices that aim, in different ways, to disrupt prevailing heterosexist discursive and institutional articulations of sexuality and … Continue reading →

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CSI: 3rd Reich

Posted on August 3, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Apparently, the fact that there are measurable physical differences, skeletally, between males and females, and that reconstructions from skulls can reveal facial features associated with one race or another is raaacist and that all forensic science is Nazi science or … Continue reading →

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