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Also, open thread.
Attention, dear readers. I bring you a chance to participate in a cosmic drama, to facilitate utopia. A godless heaven here on Earth. Specifically, do you know of any “artists and visionaries,” or people “good at spreadsheets”? Because there may be a job going, come the revolution:
This comrade who is studying to become a teacher says that a revolution is ready to happen in America. She provides a lengthy to-do list for the revolution. On that list is daycare and historians, “who can help us understand what has happened and what's going to happen.” pic.twitter.com/2uRDlq75we
— Inside The Classroom (@EITC_Official) November 26, 2023
I’m guessing the revolutionary catering is already taken care of.
All the fun of the fair. || All the fun of the fair 2. || Today’s word is fulsome. || It has its own tracking ID. || Yeah, screw those ambulances trying to get to an emergency, says she. || The thrill of can openers. || Incoming. || When you’re getting married and you want glamour and spectacle. || He went exploring. || “She’s more of a woman than I am.” || Modernity is a helluva thing. || Inadvisable. || Impression made. || Parking dispute. || We put the clever ones in reality shows. || “Use your eyes. This isn’t rocket science.” || Always respect the media. || The progressive retail experience, parts 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, and 523. || Erotic bathroom scenes. || Today’s other word is tool. || Love and fentanyl. || The last thing that will ever happen. || And finally, a matter of some urgency.
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I gather today is some kind of national holiday over yonder, beyond the sea. I shall therefore wish American readers a jolly time. I’ll also share an educational lecture on the topic by Professor James O’Flannery:
Among Professor O’Flannery’s other lectures is this one, on the Chinese Revolution, and which I strongly recommend.
Also, open thread.
As I’m pushed for time, some items from the archives:
This Little Red Light Keeps Flashing.
Bewigged pervert takes an interest in the panties of schoolgirls. Progressive women rush to his defence.
At which point, readers may wonder whether such overwhelming support, largely from progressive women, is actually part of the problem.
It’s interesting to see how Mr Yates’ supporters – again, largely progressive women – will merrily elevate themselves with the airing of modish views, their displays of compassion and inclusivity, while in effect screwing over the girls. Girls, who, by disapproving, even politely, become low-status.
They Call It “Queering” History.
Tudor history, as seen through the welding goggles of wokeness.
On sex-swapping Bond and other cultural projects.
Readers are invited to ponder whether similar transitions might enrich the character of, say, Miss Marple, who, via similar logic, could be depicted as male, and as always having been male. Thereby exploring her individuality. Answers on a postcard, please.
On provocation, restraint, and the malice of the activist class.
The dynamic is basically, “You, unlike me, have some self-restraint, which gives me an advantage, therefore I shall test it and see how far I can go.” It’s the psychology of a child unaccustomed to consequences.
Yet Prompt Payment Is Expected.
On chronic tardiness as a progressive credential.
I think we can assume that with some confidence.
Punctuality is, among other things, a gesture of recognition, of empathy. You’re acknowledging the other person as mattering, as someone whose time is as finite as your own and no less valuable. And if someone exempts themselves from such reciprocal expectations – having been encouraged to do so by supposedly grown-up educators – then it seems likely they will do less well in life, whether socially or materially.
To pick a humdrum example – if a schoolfriend’s mom invites you to join them for tea, and you turn up an hour late, unapologetic, and still expecting to be fed, this is not an obvious basis for congratulation. Or a second invitation.
From this childhood example, you can, I think, extrapolate.
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