The current in-vogue spin-room phrase is “context is everything.” That phrase is used to provide an excuse for every unethical action, from teachers who are caught reading pornography to grade-school children, to politicians who vote to support “gender-affirming” surgery without their parent’s permission or knowledge.
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Was This Class Taught in an Inclusive, Respectful, and Equitable Manner?
Years ago, story after story would appear stemming from the developing “outlook” of what Social Work Graduate Schools were demanding their graduates adopt. They kept throwing out students who were either Conservative, Christian, or both, or just not hewing to the Narrative of how the world was to be seen and dealt with by these newly minted graduates.
A Strong Rejection of the Racebaiters
One of the most insidious aspects of the political left’s strategies is the creation of a new language. In the past year or two, this has been epitomized by the campaign to remove gender-related language indicating the two-sex reality.
When is the Gaystapo Going to Cancel Bisexuals?
LGBT, like Global Warming, has evolved. The latter chose Climate Change, but everything about change focuses on warming. So, it’s still global warming. The LGBT agenda has a different problem.
New World Order Language Update – Don’t Say “Female” When Talking About Women
As we trundle like a battered drunken beast into the gloom and stench of the progressive new world order, it is important to know when definitions change or words come in and out of favor.
Another Inclusive University Language Guide For Dummies
Deconstructing language is at the center of unraveling culture. Teach them to speak as you do, and before long, they are you. But why would you want to be them?
How the Left Has Redefined Words in the COVID Era
From the beginning of the alleged pandemic, the ruling class has been as dishonest as possible in their response to Covid. Much of their power over the hysterics have derived from the manipulation of language. At times it was counterintuitive, but fear overpowers reason in weak-minded people.
Effectiveness of Masks Varies by a Number of Factors
Riddle me this, Batman: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar. To be fair, American English is a can of worms. How can a word such as “sanction” mean both approval and a penalty?
Teacher: ‘Caucasian’ Should Be Canceled as Term for “White Person,” – CRT Stack of Stuff Part 13
Not only are we subjected to a morality that demands we simply give up ours (of a sort, it really is just plain totalitarianism), the Left continues to DoubleThink us by denying and changing/redefining our language out from underneath us.
FED Gets #Woke – US Federal Reserve Introduces Bias-Free Language Guidelines
My first thought when I see “bias language” anything is the National Embarrassment of the UNH BiasFree Langauge Guide. But when I heard this about the FED, my first thought was, “cool, no Critical Race Theory (CRT)!”
It’s Time to Call Cancel Culture What it Is – Blacklisting!
Last week, in an effort to frame things as they are, I decided to call Critical Race Theory what it is. Mandatory Black Supremacy Theory. A close cousin (because CRT does this to people “not of color”) is cancel culture. We need to call that what it is, blacklisting.
Blogging can be Very Amusing: More Hate Email, Right Ken Pataska?
I have always told GraniteGrok writers that they are free to write about anything that amuses them even if it isn’t on our main topics of Politics and Political Culture. Sometimes, “hateful” emails turn out to be very amusing (but then again, I’ve been known to have a strange sense of humor).
Should The “B” in LGBT Stand for Bigot?
Word games are the way of things in politics, and the culture war has weaponized every word. But sometimes, you have to take a step back and say, wait a minute. That’s not right.
Politco Bans the Word ‘Crisis’ From Border Reporting – Okay, How About ‘Man-Caused’ Disaster, Instead?
Politico staffers have been told that the word crisis is not an accurate description of what has happened at our southern border. It’s as if some uppity-up at the White House – where they refuse to call it that – influences the watchdog media.
“Civil” Sports Disobedience
In 1991 I returned to New Hampshire after being activated by the Marines for Operation Desert Storm, aka Persian Gulf War I. The happy homecoming will always be a fond memory. Some things had changed in my absence, of course, but time marches on.
Ashli Babbitt’s Cause of Death During Jan 6th DC Riot Ruled a Homicide
Last I knew, “insurrections” end up with two sides killing a lot on both sides. With regard to the Capitol Rion in DC on January, 6th, there were very few deaths and none was caused by civilians. That already strains the credibility of Democrats calling it an insurrection, but now this!?
Notable Quote – The Effective Definition for the Left’s Use of “Equity”
Here is an effective definition for the left’s use of the word “equity.” “It is a meritocracy, not based on your abilities, motivations, and work ethic but on suitability by skin color, sex, and ethnicity.
Die Gedanken sind frei … A Tune for While You Read
Die Gedanken sind frei … My thoughts freely flower. My thoughts give me power. No scholar can map them; no hunter can trap them; o man can deny… Die Gedanken sind frei.
Do You Really Advance Truth by Destroying Truth?
Today the First Amendment to the constitution of the once freest nation in the world is moribund. Its enemies are not Klansmen in hoods seeking to intimidate blacks. And its enemies are not right-wing conspiracy theorists rooting out communists.
Larger is the New Smaller
Suppose some people come to your home and tell you that, since you have too much money, and they don’t have enough, you have to give them some of yours; and if you don’t, they’ll hurt you. If they do this regularly, they don’t even need to continue with the threats, since the ongoing threat is implied.