HT Peter Creswell
About right
04 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in history of economic thought, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Leftover Left, political correctness
HT Peter Creswell
The liberal and the illiberal outlook (Bertrand Russell)
03 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in Karl Popper, liberalism Tags: political correctness
SJW Triggered by “men are taller than women” – gets swiftly removed by taller, stronger man
03 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health economics Tags: political correctness
#AllahIsGay @golrizghahraman & family bigotry against not wearing the #hijab versus coming out as gay
02 Mar 2018 1 Comment
in discrimination, economics of religion, gender, liberalism Tags: free speech, Leftover Left, political correctness
Our politically correct betters defend the right to wear the hijab and to come out as gay.
Are they equally tolerant of hostile reactions by a Christian family against coming out as gay and a Muslim family against a daughter casting off the hijab?
Both involve moral judgements about people expressing their right of free speech and free association.
https://twitter.com/ExMuslimTV/status/952680188017627136Rat bags do have rights but you still should call them out as rat bags for doing what they do.
https://twitter.com/groonhu/status/947305131225346048Does the left understand the difference between toleration and approval?
Our green MPs in New Zealand will defend to the death the right to wear the hijab.
https://twitter.com/ExMuslimTV/status/955384880300478464They and the Left forgets the I disagree with everything you say or do predicate to defending a right.
The Green MP Catherine Delahunty was right to politely but strongly criticise the modest dress of women at a farm run by a fundamentalist Christian sect in New Zealand and what it stood for in terms of the right to be the author of their own lives:
I looked at the gorgeous, yet regimented girls in their identical clothing and wondered how a physicist, an international lawyer or a plumber might blossom if the only role models she was exposed to were those in her own community. We agreed to disagree, because you can’t argue with religious certainty and a literal interpretation of a religious text.
This community feels they are under attack by people like me and throughout the day the women and men I met did their best to share their vision of a safe, structured and practical world led entirely by men who consult with women. I appreciated their generosity, their hospitality and their candour, but I also felt claustrophobic
Later buying fish and chips in Westport we talked to a group of young women who had chosen to travel down from Rotorua to study deep sea fishing. I found their sturdy independence a relief. Their world may not be so “safe” but they looked like they were living on their own terms.
It is a pity that her fellow green MPs do not extend this willingness to defend rights with a willingness to judge how those rights are exercised.
The fundamentalist Christians are not alone in ostracising those who stand up on their own two feet and chose to be the author of their own lives despite their family’s wishes.
https://twitter.com/rlolopez/status/890539940106338305
Changing times
02 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, politics - USA Tags: political correctness
Lindsay Shepherd: The Linguistic Imperialism of the Left
25 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in liberalism Tags: free speech, political correctness
Family guy: brian’s racist tweet
24 Feb 2018 1 Comment
in liberalism, television Tags: political correctness
Intersectional Feminism: What is it? | FACTUAL FEMINIST
23 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender Tags: political correctness
Hillary Clinton on sexual assault issues: Crusader or hypocrite? | FACTUAL FEMINIST
23 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, political correctness
Why anti-discrimination laws shouldn’t apply to religion. It sanitises religion, drags it into the Age of Enlightenment, kicking and screaming.
22 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of religion Tags: antidiscrimination laws, Freedom of religion, gay marriage, political correctness
Kill Climate Deniers: The Explosive Inside Story – @sarahinthesen8 should report this too?
20 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - Australia Tags: Australian Greens, political correctness
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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