Dear Progressives, please tell us again how Common Core material isn’t politically biased…
A "Map of Time" image from my daughter's AP World History book. Read the list, I dare you… #CommonCore #tcot pic.twitter.com/4BOTzyKSRS
— The Patriot Guard (@PatriotGuardUSA) December 17, 2013
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Twas The Night Before Christmas.
A study from Exeter University have shown that the brain may be hardwired to be confused and uncomfortable in urban settings but peaceful in more rural settings:
“According to preliminary results of a study by scientists at Exeter University, an area of the brain associated with being in a calm, meditative state lit up when people were shown pictures of rural settings. But images of urban environments resulted in a significant delay in reaction, before a part of the brain involved in processing visual complexity swung into action as the viewer tried to work out what they were seeing.”
So, of course, the Progressive elite crave shoving the hoi polloi into their urban experiments.
“Professor Michael Depledge of Exeter University, a former Environment Agency chief scientist, said urban dwellers could be suffering in the same way as animals kept in captivity. He said the move to the cities had been accompanied by an ‘incredible rise in depression and behavioural abnormalities’.”
Is it any shock, then, that when given a chance people escaped into the suburbs where at least some trace of a semi-rural biological familiarity could be found?
The intolerance of those who preach “tolerance” has been well established, with many examples to prove the point. Two articles concerning this by Mark Steyn and Erick Erickson point out that the “suspension” of Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty by A&E is but another example of this.
When it comes to pornographic art, including art of a homoerotic nature such as the infamous Robert Maplethorpe, complaining about tax dollars being used was considered “intolerance” and people were told to just shut up if they don’t like it. This “tolerance” turns our to not be mutual, as Erickson lays it out clearly and bluntly:
“Phil Robertson is an evangelical Christian. He called sin illogical, stated his preference for women, and lumped gays in with other sinners such as drunks and terrorists. It is that last one that has really caused all the problems. Nevermind that Phil Robertson said Christians are to love everyone and not judge anyone. Nevermind he made it clear he was not condemning anyone. He just stated his belief.
“He did not make anyone convert. He did not attack anyone. He did not harass anyone. He answered a question. But the kids at GLAAD, now dominant, have gone from demanding tolerance for all to silencing good people.
“Christians were once told they did not have to look or listen. The militant gay rights movement and the secular left will not abide by their own prescription. Those who dissent or think differently must be silenced.”
The word “tolerance” has come to mean any utterance or deed that strengthens or even just maintains the Cultural Marxists’ new “Superstructure,” and the death of the civic heritage of Western Civilization.
“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” by Loreena McKennitt
News of the Week for December 22nd, 2013
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