Tag Archives: Social Justice

Public Schooling, Indoctrination, and Totalitarianism

Posted on October 8, 2018 by The Political Hat

     If you want to make sure that the state, and not the parents, are raising a child, it is important to co-opt the parent early on. While having most parents unaware of what schools are teaching now-a-days, it is optimal, … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Mentally Ill Education: Psychological Disorders; Genital Self Esteem; The New Red Guard

Posted on October 4, 2018 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: When I went to YOUR schools, I went to YOUR churches, … Continue reading →

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The European Digital Panopticon and the Silencing of Dissent

Posted on October 2, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Not satisfied with throttling free speech through vague and excessive copyright restrictions, the European Union is looking to abolish all expressions of thoughtcrime as well as the privacy that inhibits the ability of the technocratic overlords to monitor and control … Continue reading →

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Censoring the Law?

Posted on October 1, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Twitter is openly blocking doubleplusungood tweets that utter the phrase “illegal alien“.      Slight problem is that that is an actual term used in actual Federal Law: Does Twitter now ban the plain text of federal law? 8 U.S. Code § … Continue reading →

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Transing Academia

Posted on September 26, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Yuval Levin pointed out in the book “Tyranny of Reason”, a religious limitation to objective scientific study by, IIRC, Aquinas that stipulated that observation and reason ought to be paramount provided that such evidence is not construed to contradict devine … Continue reading →

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Kernal of Social Justice

Posted on September 25, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The threat from “Social Justice” in technology comes not just from corporations, but now can be found in the open source community, as can be seen by Linux adopting a “social justice” friendly “code of conduct” (CoC), where vague prohibitions … Continue reading →

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What Does A Socialist Dictator Do When People Flee? Blame The “Wreckers” While Living High On The Hog!

Posted on September 24, 2018 by The Political Hat

     What do you get when you combine hyperinflation, mass unemployment, a destroyed education system, and murder rates that make war zones look safe? In just one week:Loaf of sandwich bread went from 2.1m to 6m Coca Cola went from 6m … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Capitalism: Extermination; Racism; Redistribution

Posted on September 20, 2018 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: From each according their means to all Nomenklatura according to their … Continue reading →

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Freeing the Humanities from Academia

Posted on September 19, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The greatest assault on Western Civilization came from the inside, and what was once the deepest reposit of that knowledge: Academia. This is nowhere seem more deeply than in the purging of the humanities of millennia of learned knowledge and … Continue reading →

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Pledge to Global Society

Posted on September 12, 2018 by The Political Hat

     An Atlanta school decided to sideline the Pledge of Allegiance and instead have students recite together, during their morning meeting, a pledge to “global society“: “Teachers and the K-5 leadership team will be working with students to create a school … Continue reading →

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