Category Archives: Education

Quick Takes – Mandating for Social Justice; Prohibiting for Social Justice; Punching for Social Justice

Posted on June 1, 2017 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: Bash the Fash!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on…      In … Continue reading →

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Gun Non-Crime Bad; Gun Crime Good

Posted on May 31, 2017 by The Political Hat

     The histrionic insanity the many anti-2nd Amendment zealots have quite often reaches the point of punishing kids for simply liking a picture of what turns out is not an actual gun: “Ohio middle schooler Zachary Bowlin learned a valuable lesson … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Privilege Bias; Privilege Pledge; Privilege Retreat

Posted on May 25, 2017 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: Whose privilege?      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on…      In a … Continue reading →

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Woke Leadership: Beating the S**t Out of White People

Posted on May 18, 2017 by The Political Hat

     A queer communist foreign national illegally in the United States has openly called for racially motivated violence after winning an award by the University of California, Berkeley for leadership amongst illegal aliens including helping fellow foreign nationals illegally present in … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Privilege of Family; Coercion of Equality; Immaturity of Progressives

Posted on May 18, 2017 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: Hissy Fits for Justice!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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Academic Thought-Criminal Runs Afoul of MiniTru

Posted on May 11, 2017 by The Political Hat

     An academic, using the standard pseudo-logic of Feminist and other grievance studies departments, has been declared an unperson by the modern academic self-declared MiniTru: “In late March, Hypatia, a feminist-philosophy journal, published an article titled ‘In Defense of Transracialism’ by … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Psychic Murder; Psychic War; Psychic Miasma

Posted on May 11, 2017 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: Ill thoughts take form and the bane of Progressives doth arise! … Continue reading →

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A Venerable Privilege

Posted on May 10, 2017 by The Political Hat

     One of the central tenets of the broader Left is an axiomatic worldview of oppressors and the oppressed, the former gaining their lofty status through unearned privilege. In this Rawlsian view, because some children had a better upbringing than others, … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Choosing Gender; Forcing Gender; Fluidity of Gender

Posted on May 4, 2017 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: Gender is just like your opinion, man.      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Critical Whiteness; Problematizing Whiteness; Invented Privileging of Whiteness

Posted on April 27, 2017 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: Whiter than white.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on…      If … Continue reading →

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