It’s always nice to see a politician suddenly get a good dose of the obvious:
“We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are. Things need to change…It is time to say enough is enough.” ~Theresa May, British Prime Minister, following London Bridge terror attack, 3 Jun 17
Lord help me, but for most of us that “time” came on 9/11. I have no idea what the quote actually means in real or concrete terms, however I can say, “it’s about time”.
Katie Hopkins, however, takes her to task:
What she DIDN’T offer was much concrete to change things on the home-front beyond a crackdown on Islamic extremism, tougher sentences and another assault on the social media giants’ role in allowing terrorists the means of communication and propaganda.
But I’m sorry, Prime Minister, neither of the last two things is going to make much difference at all and the first will only work if you follow through with real, tough action.
Actions speak louder than words, as I learned as a child. You have to wonder what our “leaders” learned.
Why is it every time I read something by Sally Kohn, my first reaction to her is “you’re an idiot?” As is my second reaction.
Colleges and Universities – increasingly the inmates are running the assylum:
Students are demanding that the University of California-Davis create an “Environmental Justice” degree program because existing environmental studies courses are not focused on “social justice.”
The students complain that the Environmental Science & Policy department is currently too “white-dominated,” and that courses focus too heavily on environmental issues affecting “privileged communities.”
Yes, friends, I’m sure employers are lining up at the door to hire someone with an “Environmental Justice” degree. Colleges – graduating thousands of future baristas every year.
Meanwhile at Evergreen College – another day, another threat (speaking of the inmates running the place}:
Evergreen College was closed and partially evacuated last Thursday and Friday after authorities received a call from someone threatening to murder people on campus. Over the weekend, authorities received a new threat which prompted the college to be shut down again Monday.
Even the “progressives” are getting a little upset with this nonsense.
The majority of Americans who utterly reject the ridiculous behavior of this growing group must not let the extremists control the narrative by characterizing their behavior as being politically rebellious or “on the right side of history.” Instead, this behavior must be portrayed as it truly is, as a shameful and pedestrian surrender to authoritarian political doctrine and mob mentality.
Considering this, “fascist” works fairly well as a label for members of the social justice mob. It drives home their authoritarian, ideologically-possessed mindset and tactics which can only be described as systematic brainwashing followed by witch hunts for any who would even think to diverge from the social justice orthodoxy…
The writer is the former president of the College Democrats of Maryland. And I agree – if it looks like a fascist, talks like a fascist and acts like a fascist, it’s probably a fascist. And those at Evergreen involved in this bullying and intimidation fit the description like a glove. I’m torn between describing them as the New Red Guard or Ne0-Brownshirts.
Like I’ve said, the reckoning for Evergreen will likely come next fall when enrollment drops like a rock.
Fake News? CNN denies it was staging a shot of anti-extremist Muslims in London. Of course if you watch the video at the link, it’s clear they were indeed staging. But their explanation/defense was … well pretty lame.
“This story is nonsense,” a rep for CNN told us via email. “The group of demonstrators that was at the police cordon was being allowed through by officers so they could show their signs to the gathered media. The CNN crew along with other media present simply filmed them doing so.”
A source with knowledge of the situation added that the network was part of an “assembled group of media” in the area where the shot in question occurred.
“You an clearly see at the beginning of the video on social media that a group of press photographers is asking the demonstrators to stand in front of them so that they can see them — there’s nothing sinister going on there.”
I’m not sure anyone said there was anything “sinister”. In fact, I’d guess it’s pretty much business as usual. It’s a posed shot, not a spontaneous demonstration. My question is, if there was a police cordon, why couldn’t CNN go to the demonstrators? That, at least, would lend their shot and story some credibility and authenticity. Instead we get a posed shot, with demonstrators jammed together to appear to be a part of a larger group and it’s not … fake news?
~McQ
