Tag Archives: Higher Ed

The Tyranny Of Equity – The Totalitarianism Of Wokeness

Posted on February 1, 2021 by The Political Hat

     With the Biden/Harris administration going full throttle on day one, the major theme of his policy (aside from Gaia-worshiping nonsense) is a push for “equity”. Many people are only now beginning to notice the use of “equity” and not “equality” … Continue reading →

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Education Organizing Community Gathering

Posted on January 18, 2021 by The Political Hat

     An initiative or program entitled “Education Organizing Community Gathering” sure does sound innocuous enough, but you know that even something that sounds innocuous isn’t when it turns out to be a “Critical Analysis Tool” proffered by the “Vermont Coalition for … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – When Some Races Are More Equal Than Others

Posted on January 7, 2021 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: Racial bias; racial essentialism; racial lives that don’t matter.      First, a … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Mandatory Anti-Racism In College: Anti-Racist Training; Anti-Racist Goals; Anti-Racist Litmus Tests

Posted on December 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: “Think as we think” said a college, “or you are abominably … Continue reading →

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Social Justice League

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Guest Poster

     The following super letter was dropped off by a dog in a silly green cape. Hey there superfriends! One thing we’ve learned while palling around with Superman, Wonder Woman (the secret alias of Ruth Bader Ginsburg), Batman (and his same-sex … Continue reading →

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Berkeley Professor Supports Book Burning

Posted on November 18, 2020 by The Political Hat

     An English Professor at the University of California, Berkeley—who of course specializes in, in part, Critical Theory and Gender & Sexuality Studies—has come out lauding that liberal value of … book theft and book burning. Since some ppl have misunderstood … Continue reading →

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Anti-Racist Education Comes To San Diego

Posted on October 21, 2020 by The Political Hat

     San Diego Unified School District has decided to embrace “anti-racist” education principles including achieving “racial equity” in punishment and grading to end “inequitable” practices—with such policies seemingly designed to harm children of all races.   Be it a national lab … Continue reading →

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A Sea-Lion In The Twitter Wild

Posted on October 12, 2020 by The Political Hat

     “Sealioning” is defined by þe olde Urban Dictionary thusly: “A subtle form of trolling involving ‘bad-faith’ questions. You disingenuously frame your conversation as a sincere request to be enlightened, placing the burden of educating you entirely on the other party. … Continue reading →

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Bad Biologist

Posted on October 6, 2020 by The Political Hat

     A jellyfish expert has decided to totes discombobulate þe olde “sexual binary” by “proving” that there aren’t just two sexes.      This was so begging for a fisking, your humble author could only acquiesce. IFriendly neighborhood biologist here. I see a … Continue reading →

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A Woke Boot Stamping On A Human Face Of Pallor—For Ever

Posted on September 28, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Is it any surprise that an ideology that masquerades as a method of open analysis basis its root tenets on what it allegedly is supposed to root out (which presupposed that there is something there to be rooted out? Many … Continue reading →

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