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As I’m a little busy, more items from the archives.
How Dare You Not Defer To My Lack Of Self-Possession.
A “queer person and educator” is asked not to swear and scream in the workplace. Loud outrage ensues.
Objections to being shouted at, and sworn at, are framed with great haste as a sign of complicity in oppression: “Tone-policing is rooted in colonialism and white supremacy,” we’re told. In short, then, when a suitably black or gay person shouts at you, you “need to be quiet and listen” – and by implication, you should promptly defer, however wrong or ridiculous, or nakedly opportunist, the shouting person may be. You must “validate” their rage, and any incoherence, with lots of silent nodding, before rolling submissively onto your back. Because, being members of a Designated Victim Group, even if irrelevant or based on nothing whatsoever, they matter, and clearly, you don’t. What with all that “privilege” you apparently have. And because reciprocal courtesies just ain’t woke. It’s the progressive pecking order. Know your place.
You’re A Monster, Just Admit It.
If you aren’t keen to become fat, activist William Hornby thinks you must be racist.
Mr Hornby is, of course, “raising awareness,” a mission that entails steering his followers to a Fat Liberation Syllabus For Revolutionary Leftists, where we learn that, “Fat liberation is a radical anti-capitalist, anti-colonial, anti-state movement that was started by fat Black and Brown disabled queer and trans people.” And where we’re told, quite emphatically, that a reluctance to become fat is “intrinsically entangled with white supremacy, anti-Blackness, settler colonialism, and capitalism.” And therefore, obviously, really, really bad. The goal, then, for all chubby-and-enlightened people, is to “abolish capitalism and settler colonial states like the US,” along with “abolishing prisons and police,” and dismantling the “fatphobic logic of productivity, discipline, and personal responsibility.” One can only hope that this revolutionary project doesn’t involve stairs or significant exertion.
It Says ‘Poison’ In Large Red Letters.
A reminder that the absurd and the sinister aren’t mutually exclusive.
Given the eye-widening content of the educational material, it’s worth comparing the readiness to comply of so many educators, with the reactions of parents, including immigrant and minority parents, who are belatedly discovering what exactly their children are being taught. All in the name of “equity” and “social justice.” It seems to me that if someone – say, a middle-school teacher – doesn’t find the idea of inculcating racial guilt at all troubling and is happy with the prospect of children’s personalities being disintegrated, such that they become estranged from friends and parents, and such that they can’t sleep, then this should be ringing alarm bells. Quite loudly.
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One can only hope that this revolutionary project doesn’t involve stairs or significant exertion.
*applause*
*applause*
Well, it was right there. And I’m only human.
I was browsing the subsequent thread when this caught my eye:
Bears repeating, I think.
“You’re sure this will help us sell crayons?”
Crayons?”
As I’m a little busy, more items from the archives.
Needlessly busy: CMOT Dibbler says that there’s really no need to open and inspect every crate.
Well, since “queer educator” Amber Leventry dismisses as “tone policing” any objection to what she says, then she cannot object when we tell her she is a scumbag.
I can’t imagine where this poor kid got his strange notions.
Well, since “queer educator” Amber Leventry dismisses as “tone policing” any objection to what she says,
Ms Leventry, a dysmorphic woman, does seem to have, um, issues, not least regarding anger. And her politics does seem to be an elaborate rationalisation for behaving obnoxiously. Say, when teaching her small children to scream profanities at passers-by, or when screaming abuse herself at the merest opportunity.
Ms Leventry, a dysmorphic woman, does seem to have, um, issues, not least regarding anger.
I can personally testify to the problems that such a person causes. In the organization that I do volunteer work for, the accountant gets unjustifiably angry and uses foul language in virtually every meeting. Not only does this make it much more difficult to get information and make decisions, it leaves everyone stressed out and emotionally exhausted. It takes me hours to fully calm down and the president, who is older than me, sometimes has to take a nap. But the accountant thinks that his grossly uncivil behavior is no big deal and laughs.
From the same link, in the comments: Harvard epidemiologist in Mao hat wants ‘accountability’ for anti-lockdown academics.
What sort of “accountability” should Justin Feldman face now that evidence is accumulating for the harmfulness of severe lockdowns, the rather limited effectiveness of the mRNA vaccines, and the superiority of naturally acquired immunity? Should he be “held accountable” in ways inspired by the policies of Mao that he admires so much? Seems like a very fair question to put to him.
Black woman interviewed about deadly mass shooting in Los Angeles in which her son was killed. She flashes gang sign and gives shout-out to her local gang.
And liberals profess to be puzzled at the high crime rate in black neighborhoods–when they aren’t denying that high rate.
“We have a big big family. We from Compton. This a Compton matter.”
Straight outta Compton. Some solutions to this problem come to mind.
Meanwhile in Pennsylvania…
Indeed, who wouldn’t?
Apolitical arson is the best arson.
Sentencing her to probation instead of the usual 22 to 36 months in the graybar hotel.
fat phobia is white and racist? Tell that to my slim, fit black neighbors. Or to Japan where fat is really not common. You want to be crippled by age 60? Gain 60lbs.
Shouting: it is not easy for large groups of humans to work together or share a bus or plane. Civilized behavior enables this to work. You can call it “tone policing” if you want. We had a guy with a temper scream at people in a meeting whom we needed cooperation from (ie not employees). He was fired within hours. He was white, why do you ask? We have taught our small grandchildren to say please and thank you and (mostly) to not yell. Ages 2, 3. It is not that hard but if you let them be feral, you get feral. Resentment and anger are not good social lubricants.
The disconnect between millions of brown people crossing our southern border for the good life and the claims of how awful and racist the US is, so awful that the only solution is to “dismantle” it, does not seem to bother any of these clowns.
arson: the conceit that all these people are “exhausted from fighting racism” is really precious. The median income for black and white women is almost identical. Blacks with a college degree make slightly more than whites with one. The big gap is for black men who have spent time in jail. It is an inner-cite cultural problem. The solution is NOT a get-out-of-jail-free card, though this is what the Left wants. Amy Wax had it right, so of course they are trying to destroy her.
but if you let them be feral, you get feral.
Indeed. Our president has remarked, “He’s been this way all his life. He’s not going to change now.” So we all spend extra time looking for ways to minimize his volatile reactions to any unwelcome information. There are no other accountants in the available pool of potential volunteers, and it’s hard to get people to volunteer anyway. Grrr.
Meanwhile in Pennsylvania…
I wonder what she did to the pizza manager to start the initial confrontation.
Not only does this make it much more difficult to get information and make decisions, it leaves everyone stressed out and emotionally exhausted.
As I said in the post,
And if your arguments are contrived and aren’t remotely load-bearing, as is the case with Ms Leventry, then shrieking and arm-flailing would be a handy distraction and a way to prevail anyway. If only because the targets of such bullying don’t care to hang around in order to argue back and point out all of the errors.
I wonder what she did to the pizza manager to start the initial confrontation.
There are two Milano’s pizza joints in Pittsburgh:
Because she did not get the desired outcome of the trial, our protester resorted to the apolitical arson at both locations, as one does, of course.
…a manager at the Uptown location, Mahmut Yilmaz, was accused of attacking and assaulting Jade Martin on Jan. 12, 2018.
She accused the manager. But I’ll bet she started the incident, either by assaulting the manager or by threatening him or otherwise raising a ruckus so that he needed to throw her ass out.
Maybe our Pittsburgh pizza protester was actually trying to get into the Allegheny County Jail. With its beautiful views of the Mon river, health care services, physical fitness equipment, and inmate personal tablet program. Ever think of that? No. All you care about is your selfishly selfish personal safety. Fascist.
The joys of public transportation.
♪♫ A pretty girl, is like a melody…♪♫
I have always suspected that Dibbler supplies the bar snacks.
The joys of public transportation.
Punks should be afraid of the immediate consequences of assaulting police. Liberals who demand that thugs be treated with kid gloves should themselves be treated as pariahs.
On a more upbeat note, there is this interview.
A prettier melody. [ Directs stern gaze at FM. ]
Another palate cleanser.
Both very lovely but after some of the sights our host has exposed us to in the name of “Art” my palate at least is pretty much beyond cleansing.
So we all spend extra time looking for ways to minimize his volatile reactions to any unwelcome information. There are no other accountants in the available pool of potential volunteers, and it’s hard to get people to volunteer anyway. Grrr.
I’m very non-confrontational, but after a while I’d have to start talking to this guy like my son. Calmly and directly, with plenty of “are you done?” and “why are you yelling?” and “nobody else thinks this is funny” and “why don’t you count to 10?”. Make him uncomfortable. Make it obvious to him nobody appreciates his behavior.
I’m very non-confrontational, but after a while I’d have to start talking to this guy like my son.
Yes. We’re already talking about how best to deal with him at the next budget meeting.
The only reason a resignation by Biden might not be the best thing.
The only reason a resignation by Biden might not be the best thing.
Currently both the president and the vice president are malevolent versions olf Chauncey Gardiner.
The difference being that fate chose Chauncey Gardiner to fall into good things by chance.
“The only reason a resignation by Biden might not be the best thing”
Hmmm. Depends.
*ducks*
All this talk of monkey pox…something just occurred to me. Maybe I’m weird but…has anyone ever heard of a true lesbian orgy? I mean one where there wasn’t a camera around to record it for…well, for other purposes. I mean, other than the “performance art” kind. Is there any record of such an event being raided by the police or creating a public disturbance? Maybe a flyer for one? Has there ever been a need to prohibit them? Say maybe in your home owners association documents? Just curious.
Hmmm. Depends.
Big news from the White House: Biden finished meal and showed his cleaned plate.
Maybe I’m weird but…has anyone ever heard of a true lesbian orgy?
Off-hand I cannot remember hearing of one. From everything I’ve read and heard and seen, lesbians are dramatically less inclined towards the sort of promiscuity that gay men are known for, and especially the extreme promiscuity they are notorious for:
Very old joke:
Q: What do lesbians do on a second date?
A: Rent a trailer.
Q: What do gay men do on a second date?
A: What second date?
Stereotypes are of course stereotypes, and individuals vary. I have known a few lesbians who were promiscuous, picking women up in bars for one night stands, or even brief “encounters” in bathrooms, but I never heard of any of them participating in orgies.
Stereotypes are of course stereotypes, and individuals vary
True, but the difference between gays and lesbians is not really their orientation but their sex.
General truth: men are much more variety oriented in sex and are willing to do more extreme things as sexual thrill is the goal. Women certainly enjoy sex but the thrill isn’t the end goal, sex is part of achieving and enjoying an exclusive partnership.
GENERALLY!!
Monkeypox: a disease that no one dies from…is now a world health emergency. Oh FFS.
New York City health is demanding WHO rename “monkeypox” because it “stigmatizes vulnerable communities”.
Also we can’t call Asian giant hornets (aka murder hornets) Asian anymore cuz of a rise in “hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent”.
The petty virtue-signaling is just plain exhausting.
“hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent”–just don’t mention that most of the hate crimes are by blacks (not even latinos) and most of the discrimination is by Harvard et al. I bet not a single crime could be laid at the feet (all 6) of asian murder hornets–which hardly anyone has heard of by the way.
And who is it that claims monkeys look like black people? The woke.
New York City health is demanding WHO rename “monkeypox” because it “stigmatizes vulnerable communities”.
We could call it “progpox” or “dumbass-pos”.
Supporting the contention that all the loud “equity” activists are malevolent narcissists and/or incompetents.
Oh my! George Takei defends child molestation.
It’s not just a different culture, it’s a far worse culture.
It’s not just a different culture, it’s a far worse culture.
The midget was an unexpected twist, though.
it’s a far worse culture… voluptuous vixens
Voluptuous… You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
It’s not just a different culture, it’s a far worse culture.
It’s twenty-first century Felini or perhaps Midnight Cowboy party scene on a subway.
The midget was an unexpected twist, though.
The midget was the dead giveaway.
No originality, cruder, meant to shock but, Ça m’ennuie.
Supporting the contention that all the loud “equity” activists are malevolent narcissists and/or incompetents.
It does seem to be the general pattern. Over the years, I’ve lost count of the “social justice” howler monkeys whose grandiose outpourings – published on their own websites and in their own official press releases, and often about “inclusive excellence” – are littered with typos, grammatical errors, and bewildering non-sequiturs. As if consistent tenses and basic proof-reading were outrageous expectations and a crushing imposition.
A philosophy of carelessness and incompetence that some are happy to make explicit. Say, professional educators – teachers of writing, no less – who take over a year to write a simple 500-word press release.
As if consistent tenses and basic proof-reading were outrageous expectations and a crushing imposition.
“Intriguing prose”. LOL
“Intriguing prose”. LOL
Well, if you’re employed by a university, ostensibly to cultivate excellence, and your own prepared text – published on a university website on the subject of said excellence – contains umpteen glaring blunders, in practically every paragraph, and four grammatical howlers in a single sentence – and nobody notices or bothers to correct them – then the word irony scarcely seems adequate.
I suggest the term man milk, or would that be too silly?
What?
[ Added: ]
Given sufficiently high doses of female hormones, and given sufficiently zealous pumping, some men can indeed be made to secrete a substance from their nipples, albeit in limited quantities, though the resulting discharge is of no nutritional value to the infant. That this discharge is wholly inadequate and basically an exercise in dysmorphic role-play doesn’t seem to matter much to those who enthuse. As noted by Dr Bowen in the article,
But hey, screw the hungry baby. Let’s focus on affirming the dysmorphic man.
Maybe our Pittsburgh pizza protester was actually trying to get into the Allegheny County Jail. With its beautiful views of the Mon river, health care services, physical fitness equipment, and inmate personal tablet program.
Shhh … you’re revealing my retirement plan. The only question is when I’m ready, who am I taking out to win my three hots and a cot? And let me tell you, I’m going big with this. I’m going . . . federal.
As if consistent tenses and basic proof-reading were outrageous expectations
Well they are outrageous expectations because (a) it’s not cool to be bothered with detail and (b) they didn’t originate in Africa.
“Desexing the language of female reproduction has been done with a view to being sensitive to individual needs and as beneficial, kind, and inclusive,”
De-sexing sex-related language ain’t going to help a biological male get pregnant or make any difference to an XY pretending to be XX.
Maybe our Pittsburgh pizza protester was actually trying to get into the Allegheny County Jail.
Theodore Dalrymple related a conversation he had with a habitual criminal who admitted that he preferred life in prison: Warm place to sleep, clean clothes, nutritious food, lack of violence, etc.
a habitual criminal who admitted that he preferred life in prison
The word is institionalised. A common trait amongst habitual criminals.
The word is institionalised. A common trait amongst habitual criminals.
Give them what they want: Life in prison. But they have to work every day.
I suggest the term man milk, or would that be too silly?
No.
From the article, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Position Statement and Guideline: Infant Feeding and Lactation-Related Language and Gender in “Breastfeeding Medicine”.
Because nothing says “evidence-based and indispensable” like thinking men can breastfeed, though I am triggered by “…breastfeeding for mother…”, that is bordering on fascist non-inclusion.
given sufficiently zealous pumping, some men can indeed be made to secrete a substance
Steady on.
[ Nonchalant whistling. ]
I don’t know why anyone is making a big deal over this, I remember when George VI staged a photoshoot for Elizabeth during the Blitz.
Like Dugout Doug wading ashore at Luzon?
Texas needs to reconsider what it considers child abuse according to this alleged doctor* because “trans” kids may “unalive” themselves if they are not mutilated.
*(May actually be a weird talking parrot, beautiful plumage, squire)
Like Dugout Doug wading ashore at Luzon?
Exactly like that, minus, of course, the plane that was blown up a couple months back and the all-female security detail.
A lot of our homeless problem would be alleviated by bringing back asylums. I don’t mean the kind that tortured people and did lobotomies, but the kind where non-functional people could be safe and have a routine. There used to be such. People who were crazy or just non-functional could live there with a simple job–most had farms attached and other simple businesses like a laundry. They had dorms and regular meal times. If these were available, you could give people who poop on lawns a choice: get it together or go to the asylum.
I think we suffer from an excess of empathy. If people detect that someone has some disadvantage, they go overboard with empathy and absolve that person of any responsibility.
There used to be such.
Dude. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It was a movie. It had Jack Nicholson in it. Everyone saw it. It won all kind of Academy Awards and everything. My AP American history (not the common history class they give to the proles) teacher even spoke about it. It exposed how the mental health hospitals were run by a nurse named Rachet in some dirty, utilitarian buildings. It was important. Everyone said so. How much more truth do you need?
the all-female security detail.
Well Putin… I mean Russia…is winning. Or would be were it not for the Ubermench troops that Ukraine is creating in their soooper secret bio labs.
Sooper secret bio labs.
At Isengard?
given sufficiently zealous pumping, some men can indeed be made to secrete a substance
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EW
Hey, don’t look at me. Clam did it.
[ Looks at Clam. ]
[ Everyone looks at Clam. ]
Hey, don’t look at me. Clam did it.
Time for DNA testing, I see.
it’s a far worse culture… voluptuous vixens
It’s a good thing I stay at home. I’d bust out the pepper spray on people like these.
Same with idiots who block traffic and glue themselves to paintings.
Got your DNA testing kits right here.
You knew it was coming, say hello to the Filipinx.
Pst314, could at least one of the female employees go to Human Resources and tell them the shouty accountant makes her feel unsafe? That should straighten things out.
Pst314, could at least one of the female employees go to Human Resources and tell them the shouty accountant makes her feel unsafe? That should straighten things out.
I believe this was a volunteer board for a charity or similar that pst is on. I am beginning to suspect that there is a concerted effort to drive off sane, normal, rational people from such organizations and leave what remains as vulnerable pickings for the lawyers. The very kind of sane, rational people such organizations need do not stick around long due to the insanity or perceptions of legal risk. Or maybe it has always been thus. That much like psychiatry, a disproportional number of nasty and stupid types are drawn to these positions. Either would explain why that in spite of the amount of resources thrown at problems, they just continue to get worse.
I wish our prisons were serving nutritious food and keeping the inmates safe from violence. Perhaps Dalrymple was referring to British facilities.
My son is in prison. He can’t maintain his 150 lbs on prison food. He has been beaten nearly to death. Drugs are brought in by medical providers, guards, and DOC vehicles. Work is considered a privilege, and so most inmates sit idle. We had to go to the Superintendent of the DOC to get our son placed in housing for vulnerable inmates; it was the only course to keep him from being murdered by the black gangs.
As for the “personal tablet…” He has one. It has no general internet connection–i.e., an inmate cannot access Google, etc. The inmates can use them to have video visits or make phone calls. That’s it. It solves the problem of long lines at the phones that keep inmates from communicating with family.
That’s right: this is a small volunteer endeavor, so there is no HR department–just four volunteers.
I don’t think there is any conspiracy involved in our situation, just one person who difficult to get along with. Getting people to volunteer has always been a difficult proposition: I have been told by experienced people that you’re doing well if you can get 5% of the available pool to volunteer. We have a potential pool of about 70 adults, and it has always been difficult to get more than four or five people willing to serve–and for the last six years it’s been three.
I think WTP is correct that these sorts of positions tend to attract people with difficult personalities. I’ve already described the accountant. The president doesn’t yell but she does tend to talk down to people and talk so much that it’s hard to get a word in edgewise, possibly because she is a retired social worker who spent her life helping dysfunctional and low-intelligence people.
My ambition is to get us caught up on all the work that was neglected when a previous key member died suddenly, and to fully document everything that people will need to know: That will tremendously reduce the burden and make volunteering more attractive. [ Gazes in mirror. Sees Dudley Do-Right. ]
Oops: I meant to sign that comment as pst314, not CMOT Dibbler.
Perhaps Dalrymple was referring to British facilities.
Yes, British prisons. Dalrymple is a retired physician who worked for many years in a British prison and in a hospital serving a very poor neighborhood. Look for his books on Amazon, under his pen name Theodore Dalrymple and a few under his real name Anthony Daniels. He has a Wikipedia page which includes a bibliography. He contributes regularly to such magazines as The New Criterion, City Journal, Taki’s, and the New English Review.
My sympathies.
No-one has a problem with violence until the outnumbered innocent White guy pulls a gun.
(Via AoS blogger Darth Odie. This was just a few years ago in Chicago.)
It’s a mystery why blacks are arrested more than whites.
Giving a new meaning to the phrase Your breath smells
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzxj4/pig-breathe-through-anus-study
And if your arguments are contrived and aren’t remotely load-bearing, as is the case with Ms Leventry, then shrieking and arm-flailing would be a handy distraction and a way to prevail anyway. If only because the targets of such bullying don’t care to hang around in order to argue back and point out all of the errors.
That.
That.
Well, if someone – in a school or university – insists on conducting what is supposedly a political exchange in the form of screaming and arm-flailing, and with a determination to prevent a considered reply, or any reply at all, and does so despite requests to behave like an adult, and if that person applauds themselves for behaving in this way, then I think you can assume that they’re not acting in good faith and are more interested in domination than discussion or learning anything new.
Needless to say, such behaviour is now actively encouraged on any number of campuses.
As if it were noble and heroic. As if it were an ideal.
So sorry about your son, Lady Theo. May he be paroled soon.
Finding the right words can be tricky so I will simply concur with what Princess Cutekitten has just said.
Put this:
are more interested in domination than discussion or learning anything new.
together with that:
Needless to say, such behaviour is now actively encouraged on any number of campuses. As if it were noble and heroic. As if it were an ideal.
for the bigger picture.
Diagnosis is a privilege, yo, front the fee because self diagnosing tiktokers have more info than doctors.
Peace out.
“such behaviour is now actively encouraged”–for example, college debate has devolved into shouting matches. Un-fucking-believable but true.
These same people claim to be made “unsafe” by the slightest criticism. Bullies gonna bully.
self dianosing tiktokers have more info than doctors.
Crazy as a bedbug, as the very old expression goes.
Damn wypipo, we could’ve all just vibed…
Damn wypipo, we could’ve all just vibed…
Give her what she wants.
we could’ve all just vibed…
I was conversing with an old friend from elementary school days and he reminded me about a couple of kids in our 4th or 5th grade class who talked like this. I vaguely remembered one of them. Mostly because even at that age we shunned them as immature. He remembered them a bit better as he went to middle school with them. He said that they were praised by his English class teacher or teachers for their “imagination”.
[ Schedules tomorrow’s Ephemera, ponders what to have for dinner. ]
Another “educator” sez we need to talk to preschoolers about sexuality because any later is too late, and not at all about grooming.
…ponders what to have for dinner
Fish and chips on toast with beans covered in a curry?
I was conversing
Did you mean conversating? I think that’s the approved word now.
Well, technically I was typing but that just sounds stupid, so…
Another “educator”
A curiously lop-sided face, almost as if it (appropriate gender-neutral pronoun) has an incipient Bell’s Palsy