Tag Archives: Social Justice

Quick Takes – Bernie Bust: Big Brother Taxes; Failed Trial Runs; Not Even Medicare

Posted on February 21, 2019 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: Back in the U.S.S.R.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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Questioning Proffered Position of Colonialism

Posted on February 19, 2019 by The Political Hat

     It is the mandated truth in academia that, before the Age of Discovery and the subsequent colonization by Europe of most of the world, non-Western peoples and civilizations were utopias, at least as compared to the subsequent era of colonization, … Continue reading →

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Who Runs Venezuela?

Posted on February 4, 2019 by The Political Hat

     The world is dividing between those few countries (primarily Russia, Cuba, Iran, South Africa, China, Turkey, and Bolivia) who support Maduro and much of Latin America, Europe, and the United States of America who are either recognizing opposition leader Juan … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Purging the Pledge of Allegiance: In NYC; In San Francisco; In College

Posted on January 31, 2019 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: No salute.      First, a little pledge explanation:      Carrying on…      Unsurprisingly, the … Continue reading →

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Cancer Does Not Care About Your Gender Identity

Posted on January 29, 2019 by The Political Hat

     Many cancers and other ailments are more likely to occur in one biological sex far more often than the other, if not exclusively, due to human beings being a sexually dimorphic species with physical differences between the sexes. For example, … Continue reading →

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Banning Unwoke Pronouns in California

Posted on January 28, 2019 by The Political Hat

     California state Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson has decided that her state Senate Judiciary Committee shall replace “he” and “she” with the gender-neutral “they” because California now recognizes “non-binary” as a gender option.      Note that she then goes on to use masculine … Continue reading →

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The Magical Awokening

Posted on January 25, 2019 by The Political Hat

     The term “Great Awakening” refers to several periods in American history when religious revival had a distinct and immense impact on American civilization, the 2nd such Great Awakening in the late 18th and early 19th century being probably one of … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – War on Heavy Metal: Assault by the Banks; Assault by Academia; Assault by SJWs

Posted on January 24, 2019 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 Dimension Hatröss of the Left.      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Netherlands and Repressive Tolerance

Posted on January 23, 2019 by The Political Hat

     Herbert Marcuse, one of the thought leaders of Cultural Marxism, believed that tolerance required one to be intolerant of “repressive” ideas, speech, and intolerance, later expanded upon by Karl Popper. In short, it was believed that one should be intolerant … Continue reading →

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The Latest in Transgender “Science”: Reincarnation

Posted on January 22, 2019 by The Political Hat

     An article in a recent peer-reviewed academic journal, International Journal of Sexual Health, ponders the question: Do past-life memories have a connection to transgenderism? Unsurprisingly, the study found just that. In part, the study found that: “The possibility that children’s … Continue reading →

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