Category Archives: Progressives

The Venezuelan Wasteland and the Ignoble Savage

Posted on February 19, 2018 by The Political Hat

     A trope of the Left is back before the eeevil KKKapitalists of Western Civilization came around, all the peace-loving persons of color were “noble savages” living twig-worshipping idyllic communal lives free from silly things like gender or any concept of … Continue reading →

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The New Academic Soviet

Posted on February 14, 2018 by The Political Hat

     At this point it is clear that for some people on the Left, everything is a social construct, from gender to species and race. But surely mathematics remains a cornerstone of objectivity, right? Wrong. “Three British professors recently claimed that … Continue reading →

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To Be Or Not To Be: Contrasting Euthanasia Laws in Two States

Posted on February 12, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Delaware is trying to join other states and the unvenerable Benelux countries by authorizing doctors to execute the intellectually disabled. “[T]he sponsor of that state’s assisted suicide legalization bill has amended the proposal to include the terminally ill ‘intellectually disabled,’ … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Leviathan: Amish Prisoners; Authoritarian Eurocrats; Outlawed Straws

Posted on February 8, 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: “All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the … Continue reading →

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#MeToo Movement vs. Victorian Art

Posted on February 7, 2018 by The Political Hat

     John William Waterhouse is considered a master of the Pre-Raphaelite school, a reformist art style the thrived during the Victorian era. Waterhouse’s ” Hylas and the Nymphs” has not been found to be #Problematic. ” The work usually hangs in … Continue reading →

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An Excuse For Perversion

Posted on February 5, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Aside from legitimate cases of mental illness and an increasingly larger number of young people who have been indoctrinated, the entire “trans” phenomena is, to a large degree, about legitimizing perversion.      A few years ago, a grown man claimed to … Continue reading →

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The Feminist Enwokening of A.I.

Posted on February 2, 2018 by The Political Hat

Rather than just be a spying device for Amazon, Amazon’s “Alexa” has gone full woke feminist: “Last year, the tech-centric e-magazine, Quartz, sponsored a study which analyzed whether various home assistants like Alexa and her competitors, Google Home, Apple’s Siri, … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Socialist Healthcare: Delayed Treatment; Dearth of Nurses; Not So Free

Posted on February 1, 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: “Free Healthcare” is great… if you are healthy.      Hat Tip to … Continue reading →

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A Drugged And Docile Populace: A Sci-Fi Dystopia; A Woke Utopia

Posted on January 31, 2018 by The Political Hat

     It is a common trope in Science Fiction, and other works, for dystopian governments to enforce their power by forcibly drugging a populous to make it more docile and malable.      Now it is being seriously proposed in order to get … Continue reading →

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Euthanasia Is Built On A Lie

Posted on January 29, 2018 by The Political Hat

     A slippery slope isn’t a fallacy when it happens over and over again, despite promises to the contrary. Oh, it is claimed that just because the promise for euthanasia to only be used on the terminally ill in excruciating pain … Continue reading →

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