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Category Archives: Political Correctness
Lutz Bachmann Resigns From PEGIDA
Lutz Bachmann, leader of PEGIDA, has been ousted for the usual reasons: Orwellian opposition to alleged ‘hatespeech’ and/or for offending P.C. sensitivities, this time in the form of a photo of him looking like Hitler: (CNN)As thousands-strong anti-Islamization rallies make … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Political Correctness
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Give It Time…
Progress marches ever onward… with the occasional hiccup: Duke University is backing away from a proposal earlier this week to allow a weekly call to prayer for Muslim students at the Duke Chapel bell tower. The proposal would have involved, … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Death of the West, Islam, Political Correctness
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Whitey Lurking in “Blue Bloods”
Here’s a hilariously sanctimonious Slate column with the click-baity title “Breathe Easily, White America” that tackles the dastardly ‘white privilege’ lurking in the CBS show Blue Bloods: Blue Bloods is currently the most popular network television show on Friday nights—though … Continue reading
Posted in Political Correctness, Race, TV
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Scalise “Regrets” Speech
From Politico: Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise is in full damage control mode and has publicly apologized for a 2002 speech to a white supremacist group. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders also issued statements of support for Scalise … Continue reading
Posted in Political Correctness, White Identity
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How Far We’ve Come
The following is the opening paragraph to a review of “The Selected Letters of Willa Cather” in what is typically cited as a preeminent ‘conservative’ publication, The Weekly Standard: This volume includes 566 letters, less than one-fifth of those that … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Political Correctness
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Sony’s Amy Pascal Calls Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson: “Healing Process” Begins
This is comedy gold. The racism of Jewish Hollywood, Part 2,912: After weathering one of the most embarrassing days in her career, during which her racially insensitive remarks were disseminated on the Internet, Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal is ready … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Political Correctness
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Trauma
From Powerline (hat tip: Charles Murray): Columbia Law School is permitting students claiming to be impaired due to the emotional impact of recent non-indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner matters to postpone taking their final exams.
Posted in Culture, Political Correctness
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Verboten on CNN: “Anchor Baby”
Chris Cuomo didn’t get the memo: Three years ago, CNN reported that the American Heritage Dictionary has reclassified the term “anchor baby” as “offensive,” saying it is often “used as a disparaging term for a child born to a noncitizen … Continue reading
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“White Men Don’t Catcall. They Harass In Other Ways.”
This from the “Slate Looking More Like The Onion” files — Of the catcalling video, yes, it appears the Left has acknowledged how the said catcallers were all ‘men of color’, but that doesn’t mean that Whitey ain’t doin’ the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Marxism, Humor, Political Correctness
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Infected by Politics
The great Heather MacDonald has a brief column on political correctness at the CDC: The public-health establishment has unanimously opposed a travel and visa moratorium from Ebola-plagued West African countries to protect the U.S. population. To evaluate whether this opposition … Continue reading
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