Showing posts with label political correctness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political correctness. Show all posts
4-Year-Old Boy Recommended For Counter-Terrorism Program After Saying 'Cooker Bomb' Instead Of 'Cucumber'
by Lenore Skenazy. In Britain, the inmates are running the asylum. A 4-year-old boy who mispronounced the word "cucumber" as "cooker bomb" so freaked out his pre-school teachers that they recommended him for a de-radicalization program. This happened in Britain, where nursery staff clearly couldn't keep a stiff upper lip when faced with all the ... MORERichard W. Rahn: Tyranny And Free Speech
Censorship has become a hallmark of the Obama era. Do you support free speech? How about free speech for climate change skeptics? For homophobes? For racists? For sexists? For white males? For even Donald Trump? Those who defend free speech, as did the American Founding Fathers, understand it is not about defending speech you agree ... MORELefty Protesters Drive People Into Arms Of Donald Trump
by Robby Soave. Trump's useful idiots. Donald Trump's supporters aren't fazed by his decision to cancel an appearance at a Chicago rally over the weekend—in fact, they are more likely to vote for him to be the Republican nominee because of it. That's according to a new poll of likely Republican voters conducted by Monmouth University. ... MORE7 Harsh Realities Of Life Millennials Need To Understand
A guide to the real world. Millennials. They may not yet be the present, but they’re certainly the future. These young, uninitiated minds will someday soon become our politicians, doctors, scientists, chefs, television producers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and, one would hope, the new proponents of liberty. But are they ready for it? ... MOREIndividualism & Capitalism vs. Marxian Gender & Race Conflict: Trigger Words And College Safe Spaces
by Richard Ebeling. The media has been full of stories recently about the new sensitivity on college and university campuses concerning the avoidance in courses or assignments of the use of “trigger words” or phrases that may have a “hurtful” affect on students when thoughtlessly used in the teaching environment. Student and other groups ... MOREDisconnect Between Public Comments & Private Thoughts
by Jay Jamison. Trump is like jury nullification. Once a criminal case is handed to the jury, the outcome is no longer under the control of the authorities and professionals who conducted the trial. Jury nullification is a term that describes a verdict that runs counter to the law, the evidence or even the instructions of the presiding judge. During a trial, ... MORERebecca Perring: Did Germany Just Ban Sausages? Pork Banned In Cafes And Schools To 'Not Offend Refugees'
Muslims 1 Bratwurst 0. An increasing number of public canteens, child daycare centres and schools have stopped serving sausages, bacon and ham over religious considerations. Now members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party are fighting to keep pork on the menu, insisting the consumption of pork is part of German culture. Daniel Günther, ... MOREFree Speech Is Very Threatened On Campus
by Conor Friedersdorf. At a recent Intelligence Squared debate,
an audience filled an auditorium at Yale University to weigh the timely
proposition, “Free speech is threatened on campus.” The debate
concerned higher education generally, not just the host institution. And
at the event’s conclusion, having heard arguments on both sides ... MORERobby Soave: PC Hysteria Claims Another Professor
Students demand an end to academic freedom. The movement to purge all offensive speech from American college campuses has claimed another scalp. Andrea Quenette, an assistant communications professor, was chased out of her own classroom—not because she was a bad teacher, but because her students said she wasn’t agreeing with them ... MORETom Nichols: How the P.C. Police Propelled Donald Trump
By assailing sensible conservatives as sexists, racists ... The American left created Donald Trump. When I say “the left,” I do not mean the Democratic Party—or,
solely the Democratic Party. Rather, the pestilence that is the Trump
campaign is the result of a conglomeration of political, academic,
media, and cultural elites who for decades ... MOREDaniel Payne: Say Hello To Twitter’s Tweet Police
No wonder Twitter stock is tanking. Twitter yesterday announced it is forming a “Trust and Safety Council,” an effort to “ensure that people feel safe expressing themselves on Twitter.” The council features “safety advocates, academics, and researchers,” “grassroots advocacy organizations” and “community groups,” all of them ... MOREGender-Integration Of Combat Jobs Fuels Legislation, Lawsuits To Impose Draft Registration On Women
by Morgan Chalfant. The Obama administration’s decision to open up all combat roles to
women has led to a heated debate over whether women should have to
register for the draft and has sparked both legislation and legal action
that could change the Selective Service’s rules. It remains to be seen what the impact of Defense Secretary ... MORE
Generals Want Women To Register For The Draft
by Ilya Somin. Instead, Let's Abolish It. Top Army and Marine Corps generals recently stated that they believe that women should be required to register for the draft, now that they are no longer barred from most combat positions in the armed forces: The top Army and Marine Corps generals told senators Tuesday that it will take up to three years ... MOREThe Regrettable Decline Of Higher Learning
by Victor Davis Hanson. Political correctness has taken a toll. What do campus microaggressions, safe spaces, trigger warnings, speech codes, and censorship have to do with higher learning? American universities want it both ways. They expect unquestioned subsidized support from the public, but also to operate in a way impossible for anyone else. ... MOREJohn Cleese: Political Correctness Is Killing Comedy
Oversensitivity will be the death of free expression. Monty Python member John Cleese has become the latest comedy legend to wade into the shark-infested waters that is the debate over political correctness in comedy. In a video for commentary website Big Think, Cleese warns that oversensitivity from political correctness is hurting comedy and ... MOREPolitical Correctness Nightmare: An NAACP Leader Uses F-Word To Apologize For Using T-Word After N-Word Meet
by Olaf Ekberg. The NAACP’s mission of political correctness and equality careened off the rails this week when a local president complimented a TV reporters breasts during an interview. Don Harris, the president of the Maricopa County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had just finished an event ... MORE
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