Follow Logical Meme:
Store
Normism: The Philosophy of Norm Macdonald, a short book I wrote about the late great comedian, is available on Amazon.
Search Results for: JAPCAT
The Acceleration of Identity Liberalism
Rod Dreher’s piece on “The Left’s Identity Politics Poison” provides some examples of how Identity Politics is causing the Left to ‘eat their own’, so to speak. He points to “The Left’s Toxic Identity Obsession”, a JAPCAT article in Commentary … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Politics, NYT
Comments Off on The Acceleration of Identity Liberalism
Mark Lilla vs. Campus P.C.
Our latest installment of the JAPCAT phenom is “Campus Identity Politics Is Dooming Liberal Causes, a Professor Charges” by Evan Goldstein. The day after the presidential election, Mark Lilla had to get something off his chest. “I wrote in a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture Wars, Political Correctness
Comments Off on Mark Lilla vs. Campus P.C.
Kinsley on P.C.
The latest in our JAPCAT entries is Michael Kinsley writing in Vanity Fair (“How American P.C. Culture Conquered Britain, Too“): People who accuse other people of being “politically correct” are actually stealing a bit of ancient Communist Party lingo from … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish, Political Correctness
Comments Off on Kinsley on P.C.
Trump vs. P.C.
WaPo has a piece on “Why Trump may be winning the war on ‘political correctness’“: In the 2016 Republican presidential primary season, “political correctness” has become the all-purpose enemy. The candidates have suggested that it is the explanation for seemingly … Continue reading
Posted in Political Correctness, Republican Party, White Identity
Comments Off on Trump vs. P.C.
Brave New World: NYC Elite Prep School Edition
The most hilarious paragraph from a piece on an elite NYC progressive school’s attempt at the great social engineering elimination of racism: That December, the head of the school, Damian Fernandez, who in a meeting with me identified himself as … Continue reading
Posted in Political Correctness, Race
Comments Off on Brave New World: NYC Elite Prep School Edition
Birth of a Nation: A ‘Public Menace’
Here’s another one I believe we can safely put under the JAPCAT phenomenon. Dorian Lynskey’s “A Public Menace” fits the profile, and has an eerie subtitle to boot: “How the fight to ban The Birth of a Nation shaped the … Continue reading
Posted in Black, Cultural Marxism, Film, Jewish, National, White Identity
Comments Off on Birth of a Nation: A ‘Public Menace’
Unhappy Jewish America
The Economist has a brief piece on “Unhappy Jewish America”, which begins: THE Vietnam war was raging when Sheldon Zimmerman arrived in Manhattan as a young rabbi. His liberal beliefs blended seamlessly with his Judaism: he once took a youth … Continue reading
Posted in Democrat Party, Jewish, Republican Party
Comments Off on Unhappy Jewish America
Jim Norton: “Trevor Noah Isn’t the Problem. You Are.”
Today’s JAPCAT episode surrounds Trevor Noah, the newly anointed host of The Daily Show. (Steve Sailer has a comprehensive post on it today.) Jim Norton is a great comedian (whom I’ve seen live) and cultural conservative. Writing in Time, Norton … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Marxism, Political Correctness
Comments Off on Jim Norton: “Trevor Noah Isn’t the Problem. You Are.”