========= Dec. 21, 2014 7:01 p.m. ‘What do we want? Dead cops!” So chanted marchers at one of the protests organized in the last month against the failure of grand juries to indict white officers in the death of black crime suspects Michael Brown and Eric Garner. On Saturday they got their wish, as a black assailant citing revenge for Brown and... Read more
Archive for the ‘Politically correct’ Category
Progressives and the Police
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The LeftThe High Cost of Unfree Speech on College Campuses
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Politically correct, The LeftSome good stuff. === How many salaried counselors, deans and lawyers does it take to prohibit the distribution of copies of the U.S. Constitution on campus? WSJ Dec. 21, 2014 3:07 p.m. Regarding your editorial “Unfree Speech on Campus” (Dec. 13): Recently, at the University of Michigan, one conservative Muslim student was suspended from the establishment paper, The Michigan Daily, and had his door... Read more
Students unable to “hear” sensitive words?
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctThey can drink. Smoke pot. Watch about any kind of movie. But suddenly any words that can conjure up, anything at all offensive in anyone’s mind, should now be “off limits”. I wish I was kidding you. ============== Harvard Law Prof. Jeannie Suk writing at newyorker.com, Dec. 15: Students seem more anxious about classroom discussion, and about approaching the law of sexual violence... Read more
Madam Xu’s Party Line
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, China, Politically correct, The LeftBeijing confirms that Confucius Institutes subvert Western academic freedom. Chinese Vice Minister Xu Lin. Updated Dec. 25, 2014 5:03 p.m. ET 18 COMMENTS Critics have argued that China’s Confucius Institutes pose a threat to academic freedom in the United States, Canada, Europe and beyond. Now the Beijing official in charge has confirmed it. If you’re new to this issue, the Chinese government has set up... Read more
Let’s Talk About How Islam Has Been Hijacked
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | Politically correct, Radical Islam, The LeftAnother voice in the wilderness. ===== “I’m appalled by what is done in the name of my religion. Yet my American friends don’t want to hear it.” By Aly Salem Oct. 26, 2014 7:23 p.m. ET This week a Canadian Muslim gunman went on a rampage in Ottawa, killing a soldier and storming into the Parliament building before he was shot dead. Authorities have since... Read more
How is it NOT Islam?
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, The LeftNot sure how many more terrorist acts we need to see on US soil before people wake up. ========== How do you tie together all of the major terrorist events on American soil since 9/11? Simple: you study the woven web behind the Moore, Oklahoma, beheader Alton Nolen. He converted to Islam in prison and sat under the influence of Imam Suhaib Webb.... Read more
