In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
The unpersoning of people for politically incorrect thinking is nothing new, as is seen by W.W. Rostow who discusses this and other policy matters from half a century ago with William F. Buckley.
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: Death be but a kindness to the living.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
Ah, Canada! That last of “free” healthcare that just wants you to die.
“Since last year, Canadian law, in all its majesty, has allowed both the rich as well as the poor to kill themselves if they are too poor to continue living with dignity. In fact, the ever-generous Canadian state will even pay for their deaths. What it will not do is spend money to allow them to live instead of killing themselves.”
Remind me again how this isn’t somehow grooming? The School District of Philadelphia encouraged teachers to go to a transgender “kink” conference. Yet “transgenderism” being taught to kids isn’t sexual? Christophr Rufo, yet again, has obtained primary video evidence of “kink,” “BDSM,” “trans sex,” bigger dick energy,” and “banging beyond binaries”.
Trans activist Chase Ross hosted a series of sessions on “packers,” “masturbation sleeves,” and “prosthetics for sex,” demonstrating a variety of dildos. “It’s a big boy. This is, like, gigantic,” he said during one demo. “Give me two hours alone and I’ll get this in my butt.” pic.twitter.com/VJot3GoPJl
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 17, 2022
Another session, “Trans Sex: Banging Beyond Binaries,” was led by Jamie Joy, a self-described “kinky,” “polyamorous,” “pretty big slut,” and Lucie Fielding, a self-described “white, queer, kinky, polyamorous, visibly able-bodied, Jewish, witchy, non-binary, trans femme.” pic.twitter.com/sDgzgGcCc7
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 17, 2022
The women discussed various “kink” activities, including fetishes involving puppies, spanking, and Mary Poppins. They also suggested using new, trans-friendly language for genitalia, such as “front hole” and “back hole.” pic.twitter.com/zGqffZwuT6
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 17, 2022
The “Anti-racist” “training” that both government and businesses have gone crazy in implementing is, as ought to be obvious, completely insane.
But how do you combat bias and discrimination otherwise? What is the alternative?
The Freedom & Virtue Institute provides the answer:
“The most salient aspect of our training is that we conceive it as an invitation to encounter each other a place that can foster unity. This is why we depart from a common ground, the universal dignity of every human person. Data shows that Americans are less prone to listen to each other than ever.
“A recent survey conducted by the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism showed that only 28% of respondents express that their willingness to listen to different points of view will increase in the future, while a mere 18% stated their empathy towards people who disagree with them will grow in the years to come. [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210114005633/en/USC-Annenberg- Study-and-Livestream-Polarization-of-America-Will-Likely-Increase-Despite-Calls-for-National-Unity].
“It is our belief that training that is presented as an invitation to come together around shared values can overcome polarization. Open dialogue that departs from universal truths about the human person and centers on the individual person as unique and unrepeatable can help organizations move on a path that ends at admiration and respect for differences. By focusing on the uniqueness of each person we encourage the rejection of an “us” and “them” approach that centers on groups and all the a priori assumptions that come with a collectivist mindset.
“In other words, our approach has as its starting point an anthropological question, “What is a human person?” There lies the starting point to move forward toward a sociological response that targets humans interacting with each other, and creating systems and institutional frameworks.”
…you might be “tender and moist” in the head.
People are identifying as cake gender. pic.twitter.com/9TTGMEjX7t
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2022
Note how this person emphasizes that a person who is “cake gender” doesn’t believe they are physically a cake, but simply spiritually corresponds with the attributes of a cake, which shows an accurate view of the (ironically and increasingly wrongthink) idea that “gender” and “biological sex”.
Smut in Las Vegas? Expected. Smut is public schools so smutty that it can’t even be talked about in public? If not expected, then sadly all to real.
A mom in @ClarkCountySch reads from a graphic assignment her daughter was required to do. Her mic then gets cut off because it’s inappropriate for a public discussion.
Adults can’t handle hearing this content yet they readily give it to kids in school. How does it make sense? pic.twitter.com/GFP1bGhNlg
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 17, 2022
Some later on tried to defend the below assignment as “age appropriate”, but it is a rather strange “age appropriate” material that is suitable for younger teens but not for their parents. Nor is it the first example of a school board trying to shut parents down for inappropriateness for merely quoting actual school assignments.
The Clark County School District did apologize… for not giving the angry parent “their full time for public comment”.
Asked @ClarkCountySch several questions about this. Comms office ignored my questions. Said CCSD is aware of a video on social media alleging someone "was not given their full time for public comment."
Ummm… That's not what's generating the outrage. https://t.co/3p90rlQnh8 pic.twitter.com/Zg79EmPbLZ
— Victor Joecks (@VictorJoecks) May 17, 2022
And just what was this assignment suitable for younger teens but not their parents?
News of the Week for May 22nd, 2022
In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
As world events unfold and global paradigms change, so do the foreign policy threats and opportunities to America. William F. Buckley, Jr. discusses the quest for a conservative search for a foreign policy in just such a time of foreign flux with Henry Kissinger and Fareed Zakaria.
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: “I didn’t do it, you’re lying about me doing it, and it’s someone else’s responsibility to fix it!”
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
In November of 2020, California voted down an attempt to legalize racial discrimination. Unsurprisingly the Regents of the University of California (who once were on the forefront of banning racial discrimination) voted to support discrimination… all while hiring a purported non-discrimination officer.
“Despite the university system’s declared commitment to discrimination, however, one of the system’s campuses, UC-Berkeley recently named Ohio State University’s former interim Title IX coordinator Kellie Brennan as its new ‘Executive Director of Civil Rights and Whistleblower Compliance.’
“According to a job post description, ‘successful candidates’ for the position ‘should be experts in nondiscrimination compliance.’
“‘Successful candidates should possess experience working in nondiscrimination compliance or allied field including the oversight of complex investigations of discrimination allegations or institutional violations of nondiscrimination laws and policies,’ the description states.”
If you traveled back in time and told George Orwell about this story, he wouldn’t believe you.
It seems that we’ve gone in the past half century in America from the “they always blame America First” Left who urged America to not meddle in other countries’ affairs and to instead tend to troubles (and government spending), at home to the purported Right who blame domestic soyjacks and their international confederates for meddling in other counties’ affairs and instead tend to troubles (and government spending) at home. Whether this is an example of “horseshoe theory” or just an example of two sides to the same coin is an issue for another debate. The question is ought the more sane and rational people gravitate to when it comes to foreign policy.
An intellectually informative debate was held recently, with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) being one of the highlights.
Sen. Cotton, in particular, laid out a “manly” foreign policy that is outward looking but firmly grounded domestically.
“The charge of policy-makers, said Cotton, is to secure ‘the blessings of liberty’ promised by the Preamble of the Constitution — namely, ‘our safety, freedom, and prosperity.’
“According to Cotton, foreign policy is the ‘realm of prudential judgment and reasoning.’ The Arkansas senator denounced ‘doctrines’ in his remarks, which he said were inconsistent with any kind of conservative foreign-policy approach.
“‘Let us discard the search for grand and abstract doctrines,’ said Cotton, who was also sure to note that a prudential approach was not inconsistent with a principled one.
“Principles, asserted Cotton, must be what guide prudential action.”
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