Know Your Place
In the new, progressive pecking order:
I just saw a notice go out to the alumni of Caltech, saying we had to eliminate anyone who still resisted these measures to increase awareness of our terrible bigotry. And quite honestly, the key problem that we’re facing here is that we are all for some reason terrified of telling the black community, “you’re wrong.” The black community that is behind Black Lives Matter is frequently wrong… They make terrible arguments… [But] if you contradict [these terrible arguments] then it must mean that you don’t think black lives matter… and that’s not how science works… If a person says, “Two times three equals a chicken,” that person is wrong. I don’t care how trans they are. We have to have the ability, inside of a free society, to treat each other as equals. And if I can’t tell you you’re wrong, you’re not my equal.
Eric Weinstein pokes at academia’s deference to Black Lives Matter. Via Rafi.
It’s worth noting just how often professed egalitarians delight in overt hierarchies. Of which type of person matters, and does not.
Update, via the comments. The point made above, but in slightly more direct terms.
Also, open thread.
Heh
It is a very interesting thing this modern use of the word ‘controversial’…
Big Nurse is watching.
http://www.littlereview.com/goddesslouise/art/cuckoo/cuckoo16.jpg
Big Nurse is watching.
See also.
The Orwell statute story is from a spoof Guardian article. Enjoy a bit of humour while you still can.
Heh
Over the years I’ve been paying increasing attention to checking the bona fides of medical professionals I encounter. One thing that stands out is the number of (usually West) African doctors trained in former Soviet countries. The GPs at my local surgery are all Ghanaian (as are the nurses) and attended medical school in the Ukraine. As they barely speak intelligible English, and I frankly doubt advanced proficiency in Ukrainian, I do wonder what the medium of instruction might have been. Dance, probably.
Behold your betters.
What the actual f…?
What the actual f…?
As someone notes in reply, the would-be kneecap-breaker would be an ideal candidate for a series of photos, one taken each decade. The journey from 20 to, say, 60 would be quite instructive, I suspect. Something tells me it’s not a look, or indeed attitude, that will age well.
As someone notes in reply, the would-be kneecap-breaker would be an ideal candidate for a series of photos, one taken each decade. The journey from 20 to, say, 60 would be quite instructive, I suspect. Something tells me it’s not a look, or indeed attitude, that will age well.
I suspect the eventual look will resemble Clem, a friendy demon in Buffy theVampre Slayer.
I thought that little goblin was saying “If you don’t support black asthmatics…” and wondered what the hell did I miss now?
It must be the fangs making her barely intelligible.
The journey from 20 to, say, 60 would be quite instructive, I suspect.
I suspect suicide way before 30 is more likely.
I suspect suicide way before 30 is more likely.
I ain’t goin’ near that bet.
I ain’t goin’ near that bet.
I love it when you go all demotic.
I love it when you go all demotic.
I like to slum it, on occasion.
[ Slides into fur coat, whips off knickers. ]
[ Slides into fur coat, whips off knickers. ]
I thought you only did that on Friday nights. Evidently lockdown really is disorientating.
I’m not sure if this is real but it is too good to check.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/jeff-reynolds/2020/06/14/chaz-chop-creates-conflict-resolution-council-and-the-rules-are-spectacular-n527988
Pro tip: If you ever find yourself writing “demand” in all caps repeatedly, you are being a jackass.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/06/oberlin-college-black-student-union-issues-21-demands-from-institutional-change-to-extra-meals-and-parking-spots/
If you ever find yourself writing “demand” in all caps repeatedly, you are being a jackass.
Even the idea of humility seems wholly inconceivable to them.
“If you ever find yourself writing “demand” in all caps repeatedly, you are being a jackass.”
Demand, eh? Who do they think they are?
“I can’t breath” play acting, part 1.
Police arresting a black criminal, who goes into a common script: “He’s hurting me!”, followed by constant screaming, followed by fake convulsions, followed by “I can’t breathe”.
“I can’t breath” play acting, part 2.
Police stop car because man and woman are fighting. Angry and indignant that they were stopped, they refuse to answer questions. When arrested, the woman fights and then repeatedly screams “I can’t breathe”, while the driver insults the police, even using racial slurs. The police released the full dash cam video because of angry talk on social media about police violence against innocent black people.