Steve Bannon Thinks That the Democrat Party is Toast

The Democrats have gone full bore Marxist. The central principle of Identity Politics is the separation of the populace into “moral” and “immoral” segments, which are then designated the focal nexus of love, and most significantly, hatred.

The “right side of history” carries the meaning that the arrow of history is always pointed toward inevitable moral improvement; hence there exists an arrow of moral improvement always pointed toward an ultimate utopia. The Democrats assert that their constantly changing morality supersedes the morality of today, that they have progressed beyond common understandings of moral principle. They are the most moral ever, being at the tip of the arrow of history. They are "Progressing" toward utopia, for the entire planet.

An arrow of morality presumes first that morality is not constant, consistent or absolute. Atheism is a primary requirement for enabling this belief. Second then is the belief that the creation of “new” morals is an indicator of moral eliteness, via self-authorized diktat to the moral laggards and common heathen.

Further, it is recognized that democracy and republics are organized around the tyranny of the majority over the minority. And that is where the mechanics of identity politics shines: in gathering all possible minorities under the “protection” of the moral elites, a majority of minorities can topple the previous tyrannical majority into minority status. That explains open borders and the elites’ dance with Muslims. The imported volume of these non-majority populations are thought to be captured by and vote for the moral elites.

The theory depends upon the compliance of these new minorities, and their willingness to be purchased by the promise of free stuff in return for their votes.

Steve Bannon thinks that this Marxist dependency is doomed, because it misunderstands and underestimates both the new minorities and the traditional minorities that have been promised and then ignored by the moral elites.

” He also noted Bannon’s belief that the Democratic Party’s addiction to divisive identity politics may succeed in stirring up much noise on the fringes, but that this very tactic will work against them among the very same minority groups they are using to cause an uprising.

This includes African Americans and Hispanics; both groups have expressed their resentment for the Democratic Party and anger at being used for political gain.

Do African Americans and Hispanics (class designations that don’t acknowledge common principle sets with ALL Americans) actually believe that the Marxists will work tirelessly for their benefit? That belief goes head-on against the Marxist importation of voluminous very cheap labor, the maintenance of welfare ghetto plantations, the insistence upon skin tone diversity but not diversity of thought, the constant attack on traditional Christian-based morality, not to mention the recent illumination of the primary feature of elitist Marxism: constant virulent unhinged hatred, based entirely in assertions of inverted reality (blatant lies and hypocrisies) along with their usual logical incoherencies.

It appears to me that the Marxists don’t actually hate individuals. They hate that which certain individuals represent, which is a threat to their self-image and worldview. To consider that they might actually not be the uber-menchen, the most evolved and superior of humans, is not to be entertained, period. The result of such an attack on the uber-menchen is a focused effort to destroy, completely and with finality, the source of the attack. This effort (and desire) to destroy is called “Social Justice”.

The west and its civilization is at logger-heads with “Social Justice”. There is no commonality visible between the arrogance of the Narcisisstic Marxist Social Justice Camp and the Constitutional Law and Civil Liberty Camp.

Marxists tolerate only their own and through (mandatory) hatred encourage the destruction of the Constitutional Camp. They have removed themselves completely from civility. That would be OK, except that they preach and practice domination and demolition. The new Cultural Marxists are beyond communists; they are totalitarian wannabes in the same sense as Lenin: they wish to destroy and eradicate all opposition. That includes the western civilization which opposes them.

The irony in the dilemma which the West now faces is that our demise, the continual erosion of a democratic, intellectual meritocracy, is by and large spurred on by the very people that our system was created to protect.

Feminists, both female and male, cry daily for more of the same poison which infects us. More illegal and unscreened immigration. More tolerance of philosophies which are intolerant themselves. More invitations for an enemy created by a corrupt and immoral government to ignore our borders and live among us.

More cries for moral nihilism, the repression of speech (one of the cornerstones of their own suffrage) and the denial of fundamental biological reality.

More cries for the denial of basic math and the continuance of government-sponsored bread and circuses. More of everything which our civilization cannot sustain. More of everything which rots us from the core.

That This Sentence Even Exists Demonstrates How Low Education Has Fallen

Algebra is not racist, don't get rid of it

Devaluing the college degree is important to the Left. While PhD degrees are already devalued, there might be a little value here and there... unless you get into the humanities. Women's studies degrees should be handed out to entering freshmen, who are then told to find a job. Pretty much the same for all humanities, which turn into Marxist Critical Theory Regarding Everything Cis-Normal. We know that at the finest schools, say Oxford, literature studies exclude white males such as Shakespeare. So sure, if you're intent on being ignorant in your own field, then by all means eliminate arithmetic.

But know that your degree will be scorned for what it equates to, mathematically: toilet paper.

Hegel and the SJW

SJWs are NEVER content

Until all cis-normals are purged from the universe, SJWs will continue to converge every entity they touch. The antithesis must be achieved; no synthesis is satisfactory. They march toward appropriation of all of culture, which they will destroy by re-assembling it into permanent Marxist/communist three class war. And the weak SJW will be purged along with the Oppressor Class just as has always happened in class war countries around the world.

History is Hazardous: Eliminate it NOW

Which "Ethnic Minorities" will get busts and portraits? Which minority will get the "best spot"? This is not over. Lord of the Flies prevails now at King's College.

I'm thinking young Afgan males might prevail.

In Love With Islam: Remember, Shouting "Allahu Ackbar" and "This Is For Allah" is NOT Islamic No Matter Which Mullah Does the Chopping

Queering Engineering

Doomed. Just Doomed.

A Lesbian SJW has been put in charge of the Engineering Education Department at Purdue. Step into the alternate universe of Lesbian Messiahism in Engineering, if you dare:

Queering Engineering At Purdue

Possibly holding the record for highest number of Marxist Class War buzz words in the most compact form, meet Donna Riley:

Having all but ruined humanities education, the Social Justice Warriors now turn to the STEM fields. Purdue University has hired Donna Riley as its new head of its School of Engineering Education. Here’s an excerpt from Prof. Riley’s biography page at Smith College, where she taught for 13 years:

My scholarship currently focuses on applying liberative pedagogies in engineering education, leveraging best practices from women’s studies and ethnic studies to engage students in creating a democratic classroom that encourages all voices. In 2005 I received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to support this work, which includes developing, implementing, and assessing curricular and pedagogical innovations based on liberative pedagogies and student input at Smith, and understanding how students at Smith conceptualize their identities as engineers. I seek as an engineering educator to be part of a paradigm shift that these pedagogies demand, repositioning concerns about diversity in science and engineering from superficial measures of equity as headcounts, to addressing justice and the genuine engagement of all students as core educational challenges.

I currently teach traditional courses in the areas of chemical and environmental engineering, as well as elective courses on engineering and global development, science, technology, and ethics (cross-listed with SWG) and technological risk assessment and communication. I seek to revise engineering curricula to be relevant to a fuller range of student experiences and career destinations, integrating concerns related to public policy, professional ethics and social responsibility; de-centering Western civilization; and uncovering contributions of women and other underrepresented groups.

In EGR 330 (Engineering and Global Development), we critically evaluate past and current trends in appropriate and sustainable technology. We examine how technology influences and is influenced by globalization, capitalism and colonialism, and the role technology plays in movements that counter these forces. Gender is a key thread running through the course in examining issues of water supply and quality, food production and energy.

In EGR 205 (Science, Technology and Ethics), we consider questions such as who decides how science and engineering are done, who can participate in the scientific enterprise and what problems are legitimately addressed within these disciplines and professions. We take up racist and colonialist projects in science, as well as the role of technology, culture and economic systems in the drive toward bigger, faster, cheaper and more automated production of goods. A course theme around technology and control provides for exploration of military, information, reproductive and environmental applications. Using readings from philosophy, science and technology studies, and feminist and postcolonial science studies, we explore these topics and encounter new models of science and engineering that are responsive to ethical concerns.

She will come to Purdue from Virginia Tech. This is an excerpt from her faculty page there:

Riley’s research interests include engineering and social justice; engineering ethics; social inequality in engineering education; and the liberal education of engineers. In 2005 she received a National Science Foundation CAREER award on implementing and assessing critical and feminist pedagogies in engineering classrooms. Students in Riley’s research group are pursuing interests including culturally inclusive pedagogies; understanding faculty motivations and approaches to teaching engineering ethics; connections between critical thinking and engineering ethics pedagogies; engineering education policy; and public participation in engineering projects impacting communities.

And there you were, thinking that the hard sciences and engineering were immune to this kind of thing, because they are about numbers.

Anybody object to bringing cultural politics into the engineering classroom? Anybody think there’s something … off about using engineering courses to “de-center” Western civilization? Go ahead, I dare you to object. You and your white male science privilege!

Here’s the kind of thing Purdue engineering students can expect henceforth. It’s from the blog of one of Dr. Riley’s students at Smith, who writes approvingly:

Critical pedagogy is the education movement aimed developing students into socially and politically aware individuals, helping them recognize authoritarian tendencies, empowering them to act against injustice, and employing democratic and inclusive classroom practices. The term “critical pedagogy” has been used by educators to refer to a broad range of pedagogies that employ critical theory, feminist theory, queer theory, anti-racist theory, multicultural education, and inclusive pedagogies. In this post, I will discuss some of the critical pedagogy practices employed by Dr. Donna Riley (currently a professor at Virginia Tech) while teaching a class called “Engineering Thermodynamics” as Smit College, an all women college, during Spring and Fall semesters of 2002. It should be noted that Riley uses liberative pedagogy as an inclusive term for critical pedagogy, feminist pedagogy, and radical pedagogy. Some of the classroom practices employed by Riley included:

Connecting learning to students’ experiences. Students learn the most from examples which they can relate to, based on their social and cultural backgrounds. Hence, Riley used a wide variety of thermodynamic systems in class as examples. Also, the textbook for the class was chosen such that it contained a wide variety of examples of thermodynamic systems.

Democratic classroom practices. Students were assigned teaching roles to teach parts of the course to the entire class. They were not only asked to develop modules to teach the class but also encouraged to relate them to their own lives. Also, the seating arrangement reflected the democratic classroom practices. Instead of sitting in rows facing the instructor, students were asked to sit in circles with each student facing and talking to the entire class instead of just the instructor.

Taking responsibility for one’s own learning. Students were required to take responsibility for their learning in that they were asked to do metacognitive reflections on what was working or not working for them in the class. They were also asked to do assignments in which they reflected on their learning of various aspects of the course.

Ethics discussions. In order for students to be develop as ethically responsible individuals, they need to learn the impact which an engineer’s work has on the society. To develop such an ethical awareness, Riley and her class watched and critiqued videos on “energy in society”, critiqued the textbook used for the class by analyzing the aspects (e.g. alternate energy, environmental applications of thermodynamics, energy system in developing countries) which were missing from the textbook. Also, students were assigned ethics problems to reflect on.

Breaking the Western hegemony. In order to decenter the male hegemony of the Western civilization, Riley discussed examples of thermodynamic inventions done by non-Western and non-male inventors. Also, some of the assignments required students to make interracial and intercultural connections in thermodynamics.

Normalizing mistakes. By normalizing mistakes in the process of learning, Riley fostered a classroom environment in which students were comfortable attempting problems (sometimes even on the black board) in class and learning from their mistakes. Another strategy used by her for normalizing mistakes was acknowledging when she herself did not know something.

Discussion of history and philosophy. Riley discussed the history and philosophy of the development of thermodynamic laws to demonstrate to the students that the process of discovery does not lead one to an absolute truth. Instead, making mistakes is acceptable in the process of discovery. Students were also required to reflect on how the knowledge of history and philosophy of thermodynamics helped their learning.

Assessment techniques. The assessment of students put a greater emphasis on participation. Moreover, a flexible grading system was adopted. Students were asked to work in pairs on some exams. In the second offering of the course, problems were given to the students only as a learning exercise and not as an assessment tool. Moreover, continual course feedback was taken from students to improve their learning experience.

One of the critiques of critical pedagogy is that it does not provide specific classroom practices. It just suggests that teaching and learning should be contextual and aim at raising critical awareness among students. A lot of times educators do not know how to apply critical pedagogy in their classes, especially in hard and applied sciences, due to a lack of knowledge about how to apply it. I hope the practices noted above can be adopted to and adapted for any classroom and any discipline.

Here’s an interview with Dr. Riley as part of a “Queered Science” series. Riley is a lesbian, and uses gender-neutral pronouns. Excerpt:

While overt sexism and homophobia are less common than historically, they still play out in ways that are subtle and, therefore, insidious and hard to combat. How do you see this happening in the sciences, and how do you deal with it?

One of the biggest sources of sexism and homophobia is lodged in the epistemology of science. How we think, and what we think, matter in determining what we know and don’t know, and affects our workplace interactions in very negative ways. We think that we eliminate bias by keeping our “personal lives” – some aspects of ourselves – out of the lab, classroom, or office. But actually this is how we allow implicit bias to seep in and saturate everything we do, because that which is male, straight, white, able-bodied, monied, is not left behind in the practice of science and engineering – it is just so normative that lots of us don’t notice.

I have learned that talking about these issues and building solidarity with like-minded others is the only way we can ever address them. Ultimately scientists and engineers have to be able to think outside the epistemological boxes we’ve been trained into to understand diversity and social justice. Cultural change takes a lot of hard work, it takes talking to people and organizing — skills typically not in our wheelhouses as scientists and engineers.

Congratulations, Purdue. This is going to be interesting. I wonder where the undergraduates who just want to get an engineering education without being harangued by a critical-studies commissar will go to school now?

My favorite part is that "sexism and homophobia is lodged in the epistemology of science". The epistemology of science is the search for valid and true thinking regarding the cause and effect relationships of material objects. Nothing more. One has to fabricate completely new meanings to these concept-containing words in order to shoe-horn in Marxist Victimhood claims. Obviously this Lesbian SJW is up to the task, and focuses entirely on anti-that which is male, straight, white, able-bodied, monied. Sane males will go elsewhere to become engineers. Females who wish to destroy engineering will sign up; whether they ever get jobs remains to be seen.

EPA Has an Environmental Justice Office - No Kidding

Founder of EPA’s environmental justice office quits; Also, the EPA has an environmental justice office

Why of course it does!

Higher "Education": Mandatory Indoctrination and The Combative SJW Prof

UMass-Amherst’s Mandatory Social Justice Classes Denounce ‘White Privilege’, ‘Cultural Imperialism’

Colleges are institutions of learning, not centers for indoctrination. But some schools are making “social justice” classes mandatory for students who want to acquire their degrees and diplomas.

A student in one such program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst has given a long interview detailing what actually happens in the classroom day to day—revealing some of the exercises that students are put through and the “facts” that are pushed on them.

The premise of “Education 115: Embracing Diversity” at UMass- Amherst is that the U.S. is a nation of racism and bigotry. In the class, students were told to act out examples of racism to prove America is racist “from A to Z,” recognize the existence of “white privilege,” the dominion of men over women, and come up with ways to fight these societal ills.

The class taught students terms like “privilege,” “internalized classism,” and “cultural imperialism,” and asked students what they could do to end classism on campus.

Students were further instructed to create a mock campaign to make the university more inviting to a hypothetical low-income black lesbian majoring in engineering. Meanwhile, a “Man Box” assignment taught students the dangers of asserting masculine values.

The student told The College Fixp that the professor, Benita Barnes, taught students that the United States was a nation overrun by sexism and racism, and that she believed the university was an extension of the country’s problems. “There were no real discussions,” he said. “There [were] no debates or anything like that. It was just these are the facts and that was it.”

The student said that the professor was often combative with students who questioned her or disagreed with what she was saying.

The College Fix published a couple of course assignments given to students, including the one instructing students to come up with a campaign to make the school more welcoming to the hypothetical minority enrollee. In that “case study,” the hypothetical black lesbian faces racism from her roommate and must deal with a “male-centric” engineering department with a sexist bias against female students.

I'm pretty sure that her hairdo is cultural appropriation...

Truth is objectively dialectic; Social Justice is weaponized secular morality

Post Modernism gained strength through the concept of word dismemberment (deconstruction): Words were declared to have no unified meanings; they are not truths, they are subjective, meaning whatever the user wants and no more. No objective truth can be expressed using words, and therefore it actually does not exist. Thus there is only subjective meaning in the world. The culture of the west morphed into Post Truth. Because Modernism valued Enlightenment, empirically provable concepts as “truths”, scientific in nature, being empirically justified even if contingent, Modernism has been culturally rejected.

Under Post Truth and Post Modernism, the Aristotelian logic valued by most scientists and mathematicians no longer applied to any argument, and even to some sciences. Thus the criticism that it is logically false to claim that “it is true that there is no truth” bears no weight with the Post Modernist. Logic is no longer necessary, and is discarded.

Replacing logic and truth in the arena of Post Modernism is the subjectively derived “truth” of the new moral system. After rejection of all pre-existing moral systems (except one secular source [1]), the new moral system emerged, called Social Justice. Social Justice is held as a First Principle which is intuitively obvious to the Post Modernist.

However, since Aristotelian logic no longer applies under Post Truth and Post Modernism, there is no need to test the truth value of the precepts of Social Justice against such obsolete standards as coherence, logical form, grounding, Reductio Ad Absurdum. It is sufficient to “feel” the “truth” of the all-new First Principles of morality.

Because logic and truth are eschewed, because the new morality is inarguable, and because the moral superiority of the new class of self-righteous elites needs no input from the unrighteous, paleo-Modernists, the wall of eliteness surrounding the Post Truth, Post Enlightenment, Post Modernist elites is impregnable to assaults from paleo-reasoning of Aristotelian logic.

Which is why arguing logic with these self-anointed elite Social Justice Warriors is futile – IFF the intent is to sway them. The only useful point of arguing logic is to present the Enlightenment concepts of valid thought to those whose curiosity brings them to be observers on the side-lines. Unfortunately, it is difficult to know whether there is any actual influence brought to bear on silent observers.

Still, it seems obvious that intelligent thought about such claims as “it is true that there is no truth” would reveal that Non-Contradiction is a more self-evident, valid concept than is equal outcomes for all humans except for Enlightenment Modernists, who are “evil” [2][3].

Notes:
1. Marxist classism and class war is now the dominant cultural theory of the Post Truth, Post Modernist Social Justice Warriors. The classes are a) the Oppressed Class; b) the Oppressor Class; c) the Savior (Messiah) Class. Every social conflict can be shown to be divided into these three Marxist classification. Frequently Classes are combined (Messiah Class members also being members of the “Oppressed” Class.) However, the elitist, self-righteous, “moral” imperatives remain, no matter what. This becomes the identity of the SJW, the core of the SJW’s very being without which the SJW would be nothing but too common to notice.

2. It is interesting to note that the Left, including the majority of Atheists, tends toward elitist Social Justice, while the Right tends strongly toward Enlightenment Empirical Modernism. This brings the Right to criticize certain non-empirical faux sciences, and brings the Left to defend the faux sciences which support their objectives under Social Justice and Atheism. When the Left defends Evolution and AGW, they are not defending Modernism or Enlightenment Empiricism because neither endeavor is Empirical. They are defending ideological support which is given by non-empirical, unprovable and non-truth-bearing endeavors.

3. "Equal Outcomes" is a Marxist, totalitarian concept; it has been given a moral imperative designation by the SJW community.

Getcher Preferred Pronoun Right Here.

Michigan student successfully changes preferred pronoun to 'His Majesty' on class roster

OK, I Missed This, But Now I'm Woke To It

The four-letter word that has liberal celebrities ducking for cover

But you'll have to go there to get yourself woke. I be a little drowsy.

University of Undefined Social Justice

UNL students restricted by new ‘respect’ policy

‘Nonnegotiable’ list of expected beliefs about diversity and inclusion

"Calling the University of Nebraska Lincoln a place that “values acceptance,” the institution kicked off the fall semester with its newly installed chancellor essentially telling new students they should not say or do things that might be offensive or cause people to feel disrespected, calling the stance “nonnegotiable.”

“We insist on a culture of respect, and we recognize that words and actions really matter,” Chancellor Ronnie Green said during a speech at the new student convocation on Aug. 19.

While suggesting the university values free speech and freedom of expression, Green – who took the helm of UNL this summer – went on to declare: “We do not tolerate actions of hate and disrespect.”

The policy, being called by campus leaders a set of “belief statements” on diversity and inclusion, is also spelled out on its website.

Green’s comments come as Christianity and conservatism — even support of Donald Trump — is accused of being intolerant, hateful and racist on campuses nationwide.

Green did not define, neither in his speech or the written policy underscoring it, what an action of disrespect might be, leaving it widely open to interpretation. The vague set of beliefs also comes a time when accusations of microaggressions, or unintentional slights some interpret as racist acts, have a vice grip on universities.

“We all share in the responsibility to create a positive culture here and to safeguard equity, inclusion, diversity and respect,” Green continued in his speech. “ … We take action when we observe something or someone being treated unfairly or in a demeaning manner. It’s our core belief as a university here at the University of Nebraska. It’s nonnegotiable. That’s who we are.”
[emphasis added]

The "Nonnegotiable" Vacuum Principle - undefined SJW generalities waiting to be filled with minority accusations against the hated Oppressor Class. Can't wait for BLM/communists to show up.

A Lyft Ride With an SJW

Finally. Microaggressions Have Subcategories

Rutgers: to avoid microaggressions, only speak when 'necessary'

"The board warns students that failing to follow these guidelines could lead them to commit a microaggression, which include “microassaults,” “microinsults,” and “microinvalidations.”

[...]

A microassault may include “avoiding someone,” for instance, while an example of a microinsult is telling someone they are strong for a girl. A microinvalidation, meanwhile, could involve asking an Asian or Latino person where they are from."

OMG OMG OMG! Think back quickly - have I microscrewedover anyone lately... OMG. Can't think of any violation of anyone, but I must be punished anyway for not knowing this. I'll, I'll... I'll listen to at least five minutes of Hillary calling Trump racist, if I don't pass out from the pain first.

I Learned This Lesson Years Ago

Never donate to the Red Cross
"I happen to know, from direct personal experience, that the Red Cross is entirely converged and totally corrupt, so it doesn't surprise me in the slightest to hear that the Red Cross is refusing donations in Louisiana unless they can profit from them:"

After 9/11 we donated a substantial amount (substantial for our means) to the Red Cross. Not much later we found out that the Red Cross had experienced a bubble in its income, which it used not for the survivors or for the responders or their families, but to build themselves a huge and lavish new building for themselves.

A little later I discovered that the blood I routinely donated to the Red Cross was always taken out of the area, leaving our area in need.

We quit all relationships with the Red Cross, and I have found another outfit which is local to our hopital's geographic area. I have come to agree with Vox that the Red Cross is totally converged to SJW principles, which include the principle that Class must be considered in all things, because some classes are victims and deserve top prioritization, while other classes are oppressors and deserve the least prioritization. And the least access to blood.

The Red Cross is a heathen group, operating under a false flag: the cross of Christianity.

When Common Sense Fails

Pregnant ex-women are called "male".

March of the male mums: Sex-change men to give birth on NHS... with three British men born female already 'on brink' of having babies

Dozens of transgender men are having their eggs frozen at NHS clinics
Eggs are frozen before surgery or hormone therapy to switch sex
Treatment means that a British trans man could soon become a parent
In rare circumstances a man could become pregnant and give birth

These XX "men" are constantly dosed with massive amounts of hormones in order to create their fantasy gender. This excessive dosing will likely translate to problems in the development of their fetuses; we shall see. If this does happen, I think child-abuse charges are definitely in order, not only for the women-men, but for their enabling physicians. In fact, the entire Social Justice cult will be to blame.

If nothing else it is proof that the women are merely posing as men, are not men, and are fraudulent in their claim to be men. Men do not have neither pregnancies nor births. Denial of that is an indication of insanity.

Latest Social Justice Concern

Are men who self-identify as women being denied abortions? That just cannot stand! Sexual freedom for all!

Amber Tamblyn Has a Lot to Learn About Trans Women’s Reproductive Rights
Are men who identify as women being denied their reproductive rights? ‘That’s a major part of the discussion’

Inadvertently self-identifying as functional idiots.

Update:

The Culture War in Two Frames

And I'm much more equal than you, too. Unless you are a black, female, tranny, Muslim, bi-coastal, homeless rape-victim, with a computer program which proves that climate change is caused by flyovers. In that case, get in line.

The Astonishing Ressurection of Sir Tim Hunt

Incredible. Read it all there.

The Tim Hunt Debacle

And here is the lying dirtbag who attacked him:

Why Feminists Cleared a Nobel Prizewinner

A very flawed accuser: Investigation into the academic who hounded a Nobel Prize winning scientist out of his job reveals troubling questions about her testimony

Read both of these to understand what happened to Hunt at the hands of Social Justice and its demonic adherents.

And this comment at YOUTUBE from Louise Mensch:

I am delighted to be able to say that David Colquhoun and all the pushers of the false narrative have been comprehensively defeated this week. The Royal Society has reappointed Sir Tim Hunt, who represents them on a working group on EU funding - major policy for the RS. Tim Hunt sits on the group with a number of eminent female and male scientists. Professor Collins has won a huge and plum appointment at the Okiinawa institute in Japan; Sir Tim will continue his work on behalf of the Royal Society and the EMBO (European Molecular Biology Agency) from there. What a knock to David Colquhoun and all Hunt's detractors. As long as he remained un-reappointed, their narrative might have won, but with Sir Tim Hunt once more representing the Royal Society his detractors have comprehensively lost. Colquhoun sacrificed his honour and his reputation - and in the end didn't even win a debating point. I've seen homeopaths with more credibility. Congratulations to Professor Collins and Sir Tim Hunt

YES! Congratulations to Sir Tim Hunt!

Couldn't Think It Through Beforehand Though...

ACLU leader quits after daughters encounter men in the women’s restroom

Maya Dillard Smith, interim director of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has resigned over the ACLU’s position on who can use which public restrooms. The resignation occurred after her two daughters were traumatized by encountering men in the women’s restroom. Dillard Smith explained:

I have shared my personal experience of having taken my elementary school age daughters into a women’s restroom when shortly after three transgender young adults, over six feet [tall] with deep voices, entered. My children were visibly frightened, concerned about their safety and left asking lots of questions for which I, like many parents, was ill-prepared to answer.

Dillard Smith complained that the ACLU has become “a special interest organization that promotes not all, but certain progressive rights” and that the “hierarchy of rights” the ACLU chooses to defend or ignore is “based on who is funding the organization’s lobbying activities.” Further expressing her disillusionment, Dillard Smith stated:

I understood it to be the ACLU’s goal to delicately balance competing rights to ensure that any infringements are narrowly tailored, that they do not create a hierarchy of rights, and that we are mindful of unintended consequences. I believe there are solutions that can provide accommodations for transgender people and balance the need to ensure women and girls are safe from those who might have malicious intent.

Unfortunately, as she has learned, Dillard Smith’s view of the ACLU bears little relation to reality. The ACLU’s goal — like that of the LGBT movement — is to shove a radical agenda down the throats of the American people, not to balance rights and find reasonable accommodations.

A transgender activist — a biological male who goes by the name Cheryl Courtney-Evans — responded to Dillard Smith’s resignation by calling her “lazy,” “ill-educated,” and a “b–ch” who needs to sit down and “STFU.” No one who has seen LGBT activists in action will be surprised by this charming response.

Actually, Dillard Smith is well educated. She earned a degree in economics from Berkeley and a master’s degree at Harvard.

She’s also a liberal Democrat. And until she resigned, she was one of the youngest ACLU directors in the nation and one of only three African-Americans employed by the ACLU in that role.

These days, one hears intelligent people assert that the “culture war” is over. It isn’t, and won’t be soon, because the left will keep looking for new cultural battlegrounds. Today, public restrooms; tomorrow, the world.

Remember, this person was a director, not a newbie. She supported it until it happened to herself. They never stop until they get bit personally, and even then many of them will blame themselves, not the biter. It's an illness.

Obama's kids will always have armed guards, and that will never happen to them. Privilege is where you find it, and it's not for the commoners.