Category Archives: Progressives

The Hegemonic Dynamics of Children Swimming

Posted on August 5, 2016 by The Political Hat

     When left to their own devices, boys will tend to play with boys and girls will tend to play with girls.  This startling bit of obviousness was stumbled upon by University of Southern California graduate student Michela Musto, as seen … Continue reading →

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Progressivism and Tram-Ride Democracy

Posted on August 3, 2016 by The Political Hat

     During the recent failed coup in Turkey, Erdoğan called on the people and even the opposition to oppose the in order to uphold the “principles of democracy”.  The irony of a man who called democracy a tram that one rides … Continue reading →

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Feminists, Have a Cigar

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Guest Poster

     Blithely talking about “depopulating” and then “repopulating” whilst replacing the underlying ideologies may seem what an academic claims is the view of some eeevil White colonialist, but in fact it the rallying cry of Feminist Professor Jane M. Ussher’s paper … Continue reading →

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El Archipiélago de Gulag

Posted on July 30, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Venezuela continues down it’s path as a “socialist paradise” that other “socialist paradises” have trod down before: “Political arrests are a rare growth industry in Venezuela. When Nicolás Maduro became president after Hugo Chávez’s death from cancer in 2013, there … Continue reading →

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University Requires Ideological Purity

Posted on July 29, 2016 by The Political Hat

     College campuses have increasingly become hard-Left monocultures.  Now the University of Cincinnati is formally requiring new faculty and staff formerly declare their ideological purity in writing: “As of July 1, the University of Cincinnati will request a Diversity and Inclusion … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Transforming the Suburbs; Transforming the Colleges; Transforming the Courts

Posted on July 28, 2016 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: Transform all the things!      First, a little mood music:  Victim of … Continue reading →

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Intersectional Irony of Planned Parenthood

Posted on July 27, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Planned Parenthood has jumped on the entire “intersectionality” bandwagon.  In addition to fighting against the so-called Patriarchy™ by aborting babies, who are disproportionately Black and poor, they want to fight the “White man” (presumably the Kyriarchy overall) by “dismantling” “systems … Continue reading →

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Poe’s Law, University Edition

Posted on July 26, 2016 by The Political Hat

     If you were told a university to combat “toxic masculinity” setting up programs with acronyms like “BALLS,” “DUDES,” or “PENIS,” would you think that this is legitimate, or a case of Poe’s Law where parody becomes indistinguishable from reality?  The … Continue reading →

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According to Academia, Mountains are People Too

Posted on July 25, 2016 by The Political Hat

     We are familiar already with how glaciers are misgendered, but now we can learn about how to get intimate with… mountains.      A graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bryanne Young, suggests just such a course. … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Triggered by Dissenting Non-Whites; Triggered by Trump Chalkings; Triggered by America

Posted on July 21, 2016 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: Everything is triggering! *Goes to Safe Space*      First, some triggered special … Continue reading →

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