Tag Archives: Higher Ed

The Modern Red Guards

Posted on November 18, 2015 by The Political Hat

     During China’s “Cultural Revolution”, students were organized into a paramilitary social movement to be the vanguard to destroy the old way of thinking and institute a more socially just ideology.      In an equally obvious attempt at astroturfing, organized groups at … Continue reading →

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Because Biden Always Means Yes

Posted on October 24, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Joe Biden is proud of the “Violence Against Women Act” that he supported in the Senate.  He also seems a bit pensive about the “Yes Means Yes” standard… “Vice President Joe Biden mused at a Domestic Violence Awareness Month roundtable … Continue reading →

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Diversity Is Now The Be All End All of Academia

Posted on October 8, 2015 by The Political Hat

     What is important to a college in finding a professor?  For the humanities and qualitative social “sciences,” the only thing that matters to Cornell is “diversity.”      The only criteria, aside from having a Ph.D., they listed was a desire to … Continue reading →

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University of California Fights Doubleplusungood Wrongthink

Posted on September 17, 2015 by The Political Hat

     “Rights” are usually divided into “negative rights” (i.e. natural rights) and “positive rights” (i.e. those granted by the state).  Under the Constitution and the broader Common Law, inalienable rights used to be held supreme.  Sadly, now it is those “rights” … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Reeducating History, Reeducating Tolerance, and Reeducating Kids

Posted on September 3, 2015 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: Thought criminals will be re-educated.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading →

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Newspeak at the University of New Hampshire: A Fisking

Posted on August 12, 2015 by The Political Hat

     The University of New Hampshire put out a “Bias-Free Language Guide” which is little more than a directory of politically correct Newspeak.  They quickly deleted it, but the internet never forgets.  It guide is so #FacePalm inducing, that a fisking … Continue reading →

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Fundamental Transformation of American History

Posted on August 10, 2015 by The Political Hat

     The Advanced Placement United States History exam came under fire for major revision which incorporated Progressive bias as fact.  The outcry was surprisingly loud enough to cause a re-write of the revision to allegedly make it more accurate and neutral … Continue reading →

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Tampons & Trannies: A Bruin Fisking

Posted on July 27, 2015 by The Political Hat

     In yet another display of the decline and fall of higher education in America, UCLA special little snowflake Zoey Freedman has written a whine fest entitled: “Free tampons would slow flow of gender inequality.”      Her article has gone viral, not … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Reeducated Rape, Reeducated History, Reeducated Professors

Posted on July 23, 2015 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: Reeducation      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on…      The “yes means … Continue reading →

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Tribal Psychology of Political Correctness

Posted on July 10, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Harvard University Professor (try not to prejudge) Steven Pinker discusses “taboos, political correctness, and dissent”:

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