Yes, I know: I need to get back to writing my long think pieces. Soon, guys! Soon.
The Outrageous, Totalitarian, Aggressively Stupid Left
Our Animal Farm, by Victor Davis Hanson
The left was all for free speech when it wasn't in charge. But now that leftists have captured the commanding heights of our culture? Their supposed liberal values, Hanson observes, have been thrown out the window for the sake of maintaining their power. They are pigs dressing in man's clothes.
The N-word as slur vs. the N-word as a sequence of sounds, by John McWhorter
McWhorter comments on the latest firing at the New York Times, noting the lurking insulting assumption beneath the "controversy": that black people are very, very dim and therefore can't understand the difference between usage and reference.
Andrea, Jennifer, and the 2 Williams, by Ann Althouse
In which Althouse hilariously spanks Andrea Mitchell and Jennifer Rubin for being morons who don't understand literary allusions. But remember, readers: RuBiN aNd MiTcHeLl ArE mOrE eLiTe ThAn YoU aNd ClEaRlY kNoW bEtTeR.
Impeachment Nonsense
WATCH: Trump Legal Team Obliterates Dems’ Impeachment Case With Videos Of Their Violent Rhetoric
The ‘Sound And Fury’ Of Trump’s Impeachment Trial Signifies Something Sinister For America, by John Daniel Davidson
The links above argue (correctly) that the House impeachment managers' case against Trump in their now-concluded show trial relied on emotional reasoning, outright lies, and politically-motivated hypocrisy -- not on recognized legal or moral standards. Those of us who operate on principle, on the other hand, know the truth: as I pointed out several posts ago, on the day of the riot, Trump urged rally-goers to march to the Capitol and peacefully make their grievances known. That's the one fact that's relevant in this entire sordid affair, and it absolutely exonerates Trump. Period. End of discussion. All else is simply an evil attempt to tar half the country with the "violent traitor" brush in order to justify unprecedented attacks on our civil liberties. So don't get sucked into the left's ginned-up moral hysteria. Trump was rightfully acquitted.
Edited on 2/15 to add:
Michael van der Veen Destroying the Media &
Unspeakable Truths about Racial Inequality in America, by Glenn Loury
"Where is the self-respecting black intellectual to take his stand? Must he simply act as a mouthpiece for movement propaganda aiming to counteract 'white supremacy'? Has he anything to say to his own people about how some of us are living? Is there space in American public discourses for nuanced, subtle, sophisticated moral engagement with these questions? Or are they mere fodder for what amount to tendentious, cynical, and overtly politically partisan arguments on behalf of something called 'racial equity'?" Here, Loury lays out facts the left - and a lot of guilt-ridden white people - would rather ignore.
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