In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
What is really going on and what do we do about it? This is a seemingly eternal question, and one discussed by William F. Buckley, Jr. and Fulton J. Sheen regarding skepticism and disorder.
That there are people who honestly think that they are, on the inside, animals from cats to imaginary creatures like unicorns, is sadly true. But to think that a school would “accommodate” people who identify as an animal such like a cat seems far too crazy to be real. Why it’s as crazy as a male being able to shower with naked high school girls because said male identifies as a little girl…
Hence we’ve reached the point of Poe’s Law where news becomes impossible to distinguish from parody, such as this report of a substitute teacher who was fired because she wouldn’t “meow” back to a student who identifies as a cat.
It’s sensible to be skeptical of such a claim being an attempt at parody or an attempt to fool people. But this isn’t an isolated claim.
WATCH: At a recent school board meeting, it was revealed that a Michigan school placed a LITTER BOXES in the bathroom for students that identify as cats. Unbelievable pic.twitter.com/F4ut5qCtXt
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) January 22, 2022
The frightening thing is that these seems plausible enough to want to double check.
This will not end well for society.
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: You are but clay to be moulded for the greater good.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
The only way to achieve a perfect blank slate for the state to imprint correct thinking and achieve Borg-like uniformity is to make sure there is no loving mother or father to tip the scales in child-rearing against a crack baby whose mother is an abuse skank whore.
“Today’s Californians often hold up equity — the goal of a just society completely free from bias — as our greatest value. Gov. Gavin Newsom makes decisions through ‘an equity lens.’ Institutions from dance ensembles to tech companies have publicly pledged themselves to equity.
“But their promises are no match for the power of parents.
“Fathers and mothers with greater wealth and education are more likely to transfer these advantages to their children, compounding privilege over generations. As a result, children of less advantaged parents face an uphill struggle, social mobility has stalled, and democracy has been corrupted. More Californians are abandoning the dream; a recent Public Policy Institute of California poll found declining belief in the notion that you can get ahead through hard work.
“My solution — making raising your own children illegal — is simple, and while we wait for the legislation to pass, we can act now: the rich and poor should trade kids, and homeowners might swap children with their homeless neighbors.”
Meanwhile, at the Gwinnett County Board of Education…
Just in case you're wondering this is the new chairperson of the board of education over Gwinnett County Public Schools. pic.twitter.com/EKPNfXKLp5
— Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) January 25, 2022
It is becoming increasingly clear to more and more people that the woke ideology of the Left is contrary to objective reality, be it Marxist utopias or transgenderism. Many people who knew it was madness dismissed it as ridiculous and convinced themselves that most people would never believe such obvious nonsense.
Yet here we are.
Sooner or later, you “will be made to care” (as Erick Erickson noted), and will have to take a stand: Are you on the side of the woke radical Left, or are you on the side of reason and reality.
These are some of the questions you will have to answer, and be ready to stand by even under duress.
There are entities within the vertically integrated messaging apparatus who will try to portray SCOTUS striking down affirmative action or "trans athlete rights" as the new Dred Scott and push for re-run of the 1850's — that's when the rubber hits the road
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) January 17, 2022
The American public will then be faced with a choice between the will of its vertically integrated messaging apparatus that encompasses all the great and good and its own moral intuitions about what is actually an urgent moral cause and what is an astroturfed one
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) January 17, 2022
The equity agenda will be on the ballot and before the courts in the years to come. Many who do not support it but merely run interference on its behalf will have to declare themselves.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) January 17, 2022
No serious intellectual of the Left defends "white supremacy culture" copypasta — everyone knows it's garbage. And yet by confining themselves to mocking and attacking the anti-woke, they make the eventual confrontation inevitable.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) January 17, 2022
Proponents of transgenderism and the idea that “gender identity” is something separate and distinct from biological sex are so adamant that the word “woman” is not defined by a person’s biology, that they are unable to give an objective definition of what a woman is. Case in point: Matt Walsh was on a panel hosted by TV’s “Dr. Phil” and asked the simple question of what the definition of the word “woman” was or even what they mean when they use that word.
Here’s the part on Dr Phil where I demonstrate that the “gender experts” cannot even define the word woman or explain what they mean when they use it
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 19, 2022
One of the most populous states, Florida, has joined the war against Critical Race Theory with legislation introduced, SB 148, that not only prohibits schools from indoctrinating students, but makes it clear that forcing that wicked ideology on others “constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin”:
Section 1. Present subsections (8), (9), and (10) of section 760.10, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (9), (10), and (11), respectively, and a new subsection (8) and subsection (12) are added to that section, to read:
760.10 Unlawful employment practices.—
(8)(a) Subjecting any individual, as a condition of employment, membership, certification, licensing, credentialing, or passing an examination, to training, instruction, or any other required activity that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individual to believe any of the following concepts constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin under this section:
1. Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin are morally superior to members of another race, color, sex, or national origin.
2. An individual, by virtue of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
3. An individual’s moral character or status as either privileged or oppressed is necessarily determined by his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.
4. Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race, color, sex, or national origin.
5. An individual, by virtue of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, bears responsibility for, or should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of, actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, color, sex, or national origin.
6. An individual, by virtue of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment to achieve diversity, equity, or inclusion.
7. An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.
8. Such virtues as merit, excellence, hard work, fairness, neutrality, objectivity, and racial colorblindness are racist or sexist, or were created by members of a particular race, color, sex, or national origin to oppress members of another race, color, sex, or national origin.
(b) Paragraph (a) may not be construed to prohibit discussion of the concepts listed therein as part of a course of training or instruction, provided such training or instruction is given in an objective manner without endorsement of the concepts.
(12) If any provision of this section or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the section which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this section are severable.
News of the Week for Jan. 30th, 2021
In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
With Russia getting militarily frisky in Eastern Europe, and heightened concerns concerning the Baltic countries, let us look back nearly half-a-century ago when the question of NATO and European Security was also of concern, in this discussion between William F. Buckley, Jr. and Alexander Haig.
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: Your child is their soldier for wokeness.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
What does the ACLU want to help the government hide from parents?
“In recent decades, the ACLU has supported transparency laws in schools when it came to sex education instruction, religious teachings in public schools, and segregating activities by sex.
“So why are they opposing laws that would require transparency when it comes to the teaching of critical race theory?
Curriculum transparency bills are just thinly veiled attempts at chilling teachers and students from learning and talking about race and gender in schools. https://t.co/EqKN4EGX3m
— ACLU (@ACLU) January 21, 2022
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“We have constantly been told that CRT is not being taught in schools and that this is all a political battle having nothing to do with education. Indeed, the precise concepts of critical race theory are not being taught. What is being taught are lessons based on the concepts of critical race theory. Every time a school administrator or their supporters on the left make that argument, you can almost see the sneer of contempt on their face. They know full well that those lessons are based on arguments advanced by critical race theorists.
“It’s impossible to prove that’s their intent unless the underlying rationale for teaching a specific lesson is exposed. And that’s where the transparency laws come into play. Parents have a right to know if there is an effort being made at stealth instruction of an insidious academic form that most younger children couldn’t understand.
“As the ACLU led the fight for transparency in sex education, they will now lead the fight in the effort to cover up the true nature of CRT instruction.”
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