{"id":13566,"date":"2017-06-23T00:12:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T07:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=13566"},"modified":"2017-06-23T00:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T07:12:25","slug":"decolonizing-the-scalp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/06\/23\/decolonizing-the-scalp\/","title":{"rendered":"Decolonizing the Scalp"},"content":{"rendered":"

     The intellectual<\/em> concept of “decolonization<\/a>” is not limited to once powerful European empires retreating into a self-euthanizing society embracing their own colonization, but extends to the purging of all rationality and science in the name of embracing “different ways of knowing” from axiomatically<\/em> purer<\/em> beliefs and knowledge, such as witch doctors throwing magical lightning bolts<\/a> and curing diseases like AIDS with vehicle engine cleaning fluid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

     And now we have a surge in people who are seeking gold<\/a>… from the heads of bald men<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“A new superstitious belief has emerged in some areas of Mozambique – that bald men have gold in their head.<\/p>\n

“However, the head has to be taken to a witchdoctor who will use magical powers to extract the gold – and make them rich.<\/p>\n

“As a result, police say five bald men have been killed in central Mozambique – two in May in Milange district, close to the border with Malawi, and three this month in Morrumbala district.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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     The people having to deal with this madness are quite blunt as to where this madness comes from:<\/p>\n

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“Our preliminary conclusion indicates that the phenomenon is due to cultural beliefs. We are currently investigating the case to find out more and to understand the dimension of the problem.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Wait, but I thought that decolonized persons of color would reject the evil and greedy quest for gold and capitalism and stuff by embracing a noble savage<\/em> utopian socialist lifestyle, just like all those woke White people say!<\/p>\n

     Witch doctors extracting magical gold from bald men’s heads…obviously superior to Western Civilization, amirite?<\/p>\n

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