The @royalacademy have issued an apology to artist Jess de Wahls. They initially removed her work from their shop and publicly accused her of having 'transphobic views' for stating that "humans can not change sex". To their credit, the apology is solid. Thank you RA
Congratulations to @JessDeWahls. I can only imagine how unpleasant this whole thing has been. A reminder that it is fearless women that are on the front line of this debate who find themselves demonized and attacked for speaking simple truths. Don't abandon them to the mob.
There's a startling contrast in the response to this apology. Overwhelmingly, those critical of the RA's initial decision are now praising them for their robust apology. Fair is fair. This never happens when someone apologizes to the woke mob however. They twist the knife more.
To transgress the 'progressive' orthodoxy is to commit an eternal sin. You will never be allowed to achieve redemption. Nor to even begin to seek it. You are a witch that must be burned. Just another intolerant religion with its own tribal dogmas and blasphemy laws. Reject it
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1. Far-right extremism has been intellectually terminated in the uk, thankfully. That's not to say it doesn't exist, it does. But whenever it rears its racist intolerant head, civil society, authorities and institutions oppose it unanimously. It no longer gets a seat at the table
2. Things can regress however, which is why it's important to keep challenging/rejecting the bad ideas/violence of the far-right. It's also why we need to apply the same standards to the current rise of far-left extremism
3. The far-left in recent years have succeeded in bringing about a return of racial identity politics, dividing & defining people by skin colour. They have advocated political violence & criminal damage in service of their goals. And they have enjoyed mainstream support for it.
I'm currently reading 'White Fragility', and so far there's a heavy emphasis on the argument "if you disagree with me, it just proves that I am right".
I was truly expecting something more challenging. Perhaps it'll pick up. Perhaps not.
Ugh. I've just got to a section where it's argued that it's simply not enough to accept you have privilege handed to you because of your white skin. No, that's too passive & implies lack of choice. You must acknowledge that you are actively, consciously complicit in this act
This is exactly why it's like a religion. It doesn't matter how hard you try to satisfy all the dogmas and injunctions, there will still be those whose zealotry will demand further sacrifice of your faculties.
Wakey wakey. I'll be providing some commentary from the Speaking Truth To Social Justice conference today. A really ideologically diverse group of people in the room today.
I got to meet and shake the hand of Alan Sokal of 'The Sokal Affair' infamy moments ago. He's here today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_aff…
After the opening remarks from Michael O'Fallon, @peterboghossian will take to the podium with 'How Social Justice Silences'.
2. Whether Harris & Dawkins are anti-Muslim bigots.
For context, @AmericanAtheist thought it was a good idea to share smear pieces accusing prominent public atheists of being partly responsible for the Christchurch attack. What they should have done is publicly defended them from these disgusting attacks. What are you even for?
The New Statesman printed the above quote simply as "Each Chinese person is a kind of replica of the next one and that is a very frightening thing"
The original context makes it an attack on the effects of authoritarianism in China. Their editing just makes it racist. Shameful
There was a time when our own society constrained most women to a similar path (domestic work, motherhood, no autonomy)
"They’re creating robots out of women by so constraining what can be done. Each woman is a kind of replica of the next one and that is a very frightening thing"
1. Shaun King is a dangerous, race-baiting hack. Once again, he is sharing selective and false information in order to push an anti-white narrative. This time, a selectively edited video
2. Here's what actually happened though. This kid did nothing wrong.