“White privilege” is a term often invoked as a causal explanation for the success of whites relative to other groups. But the problem with white privilege isn’t its assumptions about racial discrimination, but its causal disposition. White privilege suffers from a bad case of mono-causality, or “one-thingism” as Jonah Goldberg puts it. https://rumble.com/vjhvhd-jun-2021.-andrew-neil-on-white-privilege.html [user-submitted-posts]
Category: Society and Culture
Media Bias Part 15
This is stuff on the BBC! – Academic Dr Charlotte Riley pronounced Karens ‘completely unwilling to accept that their whiteness is a privilege’, said ‘they want to be treated in a special way because they are women’ and instructed them to ‘think critically about your identity and your privilege’. Karens, she explained, ought to ‘try… Continue reading Media Bias Part 15
Jun 2021. The Homeless Vets
The number of homeless veterans living on the street or in temporary shelters and cheap hotels is expected to skyrocket after the end of this month as the federal moratorium on evictions for back rent expires. How can a country look itself in the mirror, if we have people that faced Death for us, are… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Homeless Vets
AntiSemitic Chants and the Police Ignore
A Muslim March of Hate in London last month saw the Police do Nothing to Arrest those shouting for the Blood of Jews, shouting Passages of Hate saw the Police do Nothing. AntiSemitism is on the Rise all over the Western World, the Authorities do Nothing. In fact many members of Authority make cagey comments… Continue reading AntiSemitic Chants and the Police Ignore
Jun 2021. The Forgotten Scots
Neil Oliver – “We’re in failed state territory. I hang my head in disbelief and sadness at what Scotland has become – the state of the economy, the state of the health service, of education, the fiasco of the ferries, the drugs deaths. It’s a shambles and shameful and I look on at the country… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Forgotten Scots
Jun 2021. The Boycott of GB News
GB News was the subject of a widespread boycott in the first week of its broadcast as several companies pulled advertising from the new channel. Following severe criticism from chair Andrew Neil, presenter Nigel Farage confirmed some companies have already U-turned on their decision. The GB News host said: “We saw a number of companies… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Boycott of GB News
Jun 2021. Andrew Neil on Cancel Culture
Andrew Neil has lashed out at the “insidious” cancel culture and said it is not about social justice anymore. “Cancel culture is insidious, it stands against everything we have stood for since the enlightenment onwards and that is why it is serious. The original meaning of woke was somebody who was aware of social justice… Continue reading Jun 2021. Andrew Neil on Cancel Culture
Jun 2021. Laurence Fox
Laurence Fox is, of course, the well-loved scion of the Fox acting dynasty — which includes dad James, uncle Edward and cousin Emilia — whose hugely successful career was scuppered last year because he dared to challenge claims on BBC Question Time that a racist British Press was picking on Meghan Markle. After that episode… Continue reading Jun 2021. Laurence Fox
Jun 2021. The Stonewall Crisis
How things have changed. Today, many lesbian, gay and bisexual people feel bitterly let down by the charity they once trusted. Stonewall stands accused of campaigning against women’s rights as defined in the Equality Act, and of bullying those with whom it disagrees out of jobs. More troubling still, many homosexual and bisexual people feel… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Stonewall Crisis
Jun 2021. The Rise of Anti Semitism
Robert Jenrick has condemned a “deeply disturbing upsurge in antisemitism” in recent years and said the government will name and shame local authorities that have failed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of the problem. https://vk.com/video503532632_456240924 [user-submitted-posts]