Jul 2021. Woke Film Classifications

Classic films including Rocky, Flash Gordon and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back have all received tighter ratings classifications as film censors bow to ‘snowflake’ viewers. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) moved several films from Parental Guidance (PG) to 12A, meaning no child under 12 should watch without being accompanied by an adult. The former… Continue reading Jul 2021. Woke Film Classifications

Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 7

Jordan Peterson – “I’ve known for years that the university underserved the community, because we assumed that university education is for 18- to 22-year-olds, which is a proposition that’s so absurd it is absolutely mind-boggling that anyone ever conceptualized it. Why wouldn’t you take university courses throughout your entire life? What, you stop searching for… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 7

Jul 2021. School Fights Back against Woke

A Lancashire primary school has been forced to suspend its Twitter account after their version of a football anthem following England’s latest Euro 2020 win triggered a backlash on social media. Flakefleet Primary School, in Fleetwood, recorded and filmed their own version of Fat Les’s chart hit Vindaloo and racked up thousands of views when… Continue reading Jul 2021. School Fights Back against Woke

Jun 2021. Andrew Neil on White Privilege

“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]

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

Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 5

Most intriguing are Jordan Peterson’s remarks on new media. “For the first time in human history the spoken word has the same reach as the written word, and there are no barriers to entry. That’s a Gutenberg revolution,” he said. “That’s a big deal. This is a game changer. The podcast world is also a… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 5

Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 4

Many of Jordan Peterson’s attendees, like many journalists, are most interested in Peterson as a political figure at the center of controversies, whether about the use of trans pronouns, or gender roles, or sundry critiques of the academic milieu where he spent years, most recently as a tenured University of Toronto professor well-liked by students.… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 4