Thank you Brad for doing the dirty work of sifting through the muck of our political culture. The "Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong" quote from the Wa Post is amazing. Basically, don't think, do what we tell you, because the Royal We decide what is true and what is not.
As always, I have a hard time deciding which is my favorite quote from these posts, whether because they’re hilarious or because they’re true. But dang, Taylor Lorenz never disappoints. She’s just... wow.
Each week provides further proof of the left’s plunge into insanity, best exemplified by Taylor Lorenz and Karine Jean-Pierre. And the fact that the stroke victim is the only one seeming to claw his way back.
Say Covid is bad OR say war in Gaza is bad, but don't go for a twofer. Our brains will explode. There's only so much horror a person can reasonably assimilate in one sentence.
A lot of things these days feel like living in a communist country. Don't do your own research - in communist East Germany there was a propaganda song "Die Partei hat immer Recht" (the party is always right). Elections are dangerous to democracy. The economy is great, don't trust your own eyes. Evil outsiders are trying to turn you against the state.
'A self-survey conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, found that, during a search for faculty in the life sciences department, 76 percent of applicants were eliminated solely on the basis of their diversity statements.” — Reason’s Greg Lukianoff'
I posted this article on my Facebook page, I got a comment from someone who later identified himself as a 42-year professor:
'I don’t agree. “Groupthink“ is off base. Professors interact with diverse populations of students, colleagues, and associates. DEI simply reaffirms that we treat everyone with respect regardless of differences. It is so important because professors’ judgments play such an important role in the future of others. Prejudices based on natural differences has no place in academic and DEI statements keep the standards high.'
That may have been the original ideal intent, but it's nothing like what is actually going on. My commenter seems to have missed that fact. I don't know if he's currently teaching or if not, when he retired.
OUTSTANDING -- timely and noble. Gazans are dying and starving en masse – they should be in East Jerusalem and West Bank from where they have been ethnically cleansed - Jan 2024
Thank you Brad for doing the dirty work of sifting through the muck of our political culture. The "Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong" quote from the Wa Post is amazing. Basically, don't think, do what we tell you, because the Royal We decide what is true and what is not.
I live in PA and didn't vote for him, but I'm starting to warm to John Fetterman...
As always, I have a hard time deciding which is my favorite quote from these posts, whether because they’re hilarious or because they’re true. But dang, Taylor Lorenz never disappoints. She’s just... wow.
Each week provides further proof of the left’s plunge into insanity, best exemplified by Taylor Lorenz and Karine Jean-Pierre. And the fact that the stroke victim is the only one seeming to claw his way back.
Say Covid is bad OR say war in Gaza is bad, but don't go for a twofer. Our brains will explode. There's only so much horror a person can reasonably assimilate in one sentence.
Rachel Maddow: "there’s a cost to airing untrue things" - yeah, it says so right in her contract under "remuneration".
A lot of things these days feel like living in a communist country. Don't do your own research - in communist East Germany there was a propaganda song "Die Partei hat immer Recht" (the party is always right). Elections are dangerous to democracy. The economy is great, don't trust your own eyes. Evil outsiders are trying to turn you against the state.
The Friday thrill ride never disappoints, and unbelievably, Fetterman has achieved coherence!
'A self-survey conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, found that, during a search for faculty in the life sciences department, 76 percent of applicants were eliminated solely on the basis of their diversity statements.” — Reason’s Greg Lukianoff'
I posted this article on my Facebook page, I got a comment from someone who later identified himself as a 42-year professor:
'I don’t agree. “Groupthink“ is off base. Professors interact with diverse populations of students, colleagues, and associates. DEI simply reaffirms that we treat everyone with respect regardless of differences. It is so important because professors’ judgments play such an important role in the future of others. Prejudices based on natural differences has no place in academic and DEI statements keep the standards high.'
That may have been the original ideal intent, but it's nothing like what is actually going on. My commenter seems to have missed that fact. I don't know if he's currently teaching or if not, when he retired.
OUTSTANDING -- timely and noble. Gazans are dying and starving en masse – they should be in East Jerusalem and West Bank from where they have been ethnically cleansed - Jan 2024
https://rumble.com/v47psrk-terrible-slaughter-underway-in-gaza-south-african-foreign-minister.html
‘Terrible slaughter underway in Gaza’ – South African foreign minister
Kenyatta is absolutely correct. But the problem isn't Trump, now, is it?
It is entirely possible she is a performance artist, and he's in on the joke.