In my book, The Indispensable Right, I discuss how an enforced orthodoxy has replaced free speech and intellectual diversity in higher education. As suggested in prior columns, the intolerance for opposing views will only increase after the election. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) has already learned that lesson after suggesting the need for greater diversity of opinion in the party and the reconsideration of issues like transgender athletic policies. The response was fast and furious, including from a department head at Tufts University.
Many of us have been writing about that intolerance for years, but while belated, it is good to see a Democratic member acknowledging the problem. It took the loss of both houses of Congress, the White House, and the popular vote, but the belated recognition from long-silent Democrats is a welcomed sign.
After the election losses, Moulton told The New York Times that it was time for greater reflection within the party, including on the issue of transgender policies: “I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete.” He later added in a WBZ-TV interview that “this is an example of a contentious issue that we have to be willing to take on as a Democratic Party . . . we’re losing on issues like this.”
Democratic politicians and pundits immediately confirmed his criticism with a signature flash mob pile-on. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey denounced Moulton for “playing politics” with the lives of transgender citizens.
Former staffers and interns demanded the usual public confession and apology from a dissenter. One top aide resigned rather than work with Moulton.Steve Kerrigan, Chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, expressed outrage and declared “these comments do not represent the broad view of our Party.”That broad view clearly does not include dissenting viewpoints.
This is clearly a debate that triggers intense feelings, including how it is discussed. The Tufts controversy follows a CNN contributor being chastised on air as a bigot and “transphobe” after he also raised objections on the issue by referring to “boys” playing girl sports. CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton rephrased his comments after the heated objections from other guests.
At Tufts University, the chair of the political science department, David Art, went with the “no soup for you” option for Moulton. Art declared that Moulton would be cut off from student internships in the future due to his statements. While refusing to confirm statements made about Moulton to the faculty, he reportedly told the Boston Globe that Tufts would not facilitate such internships, even if Moulton and the students wanted them.
The Globe described Art as “evasive” but quoted him as saying, “I definitely said other things in addition to that.”
Moulton struck out at Tufts, saying that the move is “frightening [and] sounds like China.” Once again, it would have been good if Moulton had shown a modicum of concern over the last decade as the mob was running professors out of universities or canceling events.
However, allies are hard to find in the Democratic party.
I understand objections to how these athletes are referenced. Those objections can be made in the course of a discussion without leveling charges or sanctions against those with opposing views.
Tufts eventually countermanded the policy of the political science department and wrote on X that “we have not–and will not–limit internship opportunities with his office.”
There was, however, one thing missing from the Tufts statement. There was no indication that Art or his department would face any repercussions or review for announcing a type of political litmus test for internships. It suggested that any members taking the same position would also be barred from internships. It was a direct attack on free speech and diversity of viewpoints, but the university simply responded by saying that there is “nothing to see here.”
While Professor Art clearly consulted with colleagues, it is not clear if conveying the views of his department in seeking to sanction Moulton. The assumption is that others in the department supported his position. It is a familiar pattern for those of us who have challenged this orthodoxy for years. Academics enforce a group-think culture that allows for little challenge or criticism.
That is only likely to increase after this election. There is no evidence any real effort to restore a diversity of viewpoints or tolerance on faculties. The mistake made at Tufts was to be so open about it. However, that only demonstrates the level of anger within academia at the results of the election.
The academy can then return to its previous lock-stepped orthodoxy. Indeed, the Tufts Political Science Department was spotted this week heading to another faculty meeting:
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage” (Simon & Schuster, 2024).
They are saying the quiet part out loud now.
Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC) said the fact that Republicans won the election is “proof that the American people don’t pay attention to the details of our politics.”
McHenry then clarified: “It’s probably less about paying attention and more about not caring.”
Basically, they are saying that you MAGA cultists are a bunch of suckers.
libturd sucker ^^^
@Anonymous
You are an idiot, and all of us, along with the majority of Americans, think you are, unequivocally, an idiot. Pathetic, and as usual, contributing nothing whatsoever to the conversation.
Nobody is listening, the days of trolls are gone, *poof*. Express an informed opinion, which we’d all welcome, or STFU.
James
The MAGA cultists have been conned into voting against their own self-interest.
If you think inflation and prices are high now, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Bwahahahahahahaha stooge.
McHenry got it PARTLY right.
the fact that Republicans won the election is proof that the American people no longer trust the media
Saw Carville going off about this earlier. Still *zero* self-reflection. None.
The problem with the modern democratic party IS the modern democratic party, and the stalwart voters that still think America is the racist hive of 1962 in need of intervention are VERY much the problem, as well. There is seemingly no cure, and the people have spoken: we want a free and Constitutional country, period. this seems to be beyond the grasp of their tiny aristocratic minds in 2024. What ‘went wrong’ this November is not confusing to actually intelligent, compassionate people. Impossible.
The dems either fracture, find the balls to stand up to the radical left, clean up their act, or die an ignominious death that history will not give a toss about. Forget the gaslighting (nothing ‘switched’): this IS absolutely the party that fought to retain slavery, created the KKK, and shat on civil rights. JFK was a *rare* exception at the time; it’s why he’s *dead*. People that have thought otherwise since then have been doing nothing but attempting to absolve their own consciences and dragging the rest of us through the muck of their dysfunction and drama. Enough.
James,
Exactly! They have no self-reflection, no understanding of what real people want, of what their own voters want and refuse to accept they ran on a bad platform and Harris campaign was awful. I fully expect them to continue to whine and cry about racism, sexism all the other -isms without once taking a moment to stop and think that it might be their woke policies that failed them. And if they keep it up, they are going to lose more and more voters in the mid terms and in 2028.
I hope that you are right, but I am not at all sure that they will not increase their numbers. What we do know, is that when people’s strongly-held views are challenged or disconfirmed, they double down on it. This is a symptom of cognitive dissonance.
“This general issue, why people obdurately maintain their beliefs, has long been a concern of behavioral scientists. One of the most famous of those studies was When Prophecy Fails, by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. Their research focused on a small group in Chicago who believed that the world would perish from a great flood on December 21, 1954. The only ones to escape the disaster would be the cult members themselves, who would find transport on a flying saucer from the planet Clarion. To that end, they quit their jobs, abandoned their possessions, and otherwise made themselves ready for the ascension.
December 21 came and went without incident. To be sure, there was some regret and recrimination. However, for the most part, the cult reaffirmed its general view. Earthlings had received a “second chance” to mend their ways. The good works of the cult were one reason for this. Those works broadened to include environmental stewardship and social justice. The remaining members pledged their solidarity.
[ ]
In previous essays here, I have discussed our attempts to make ourselves — and the world — seem coherent and satisfying through the construction of “narratives,” stories we tell one another. Perhaps the most important audience for these stories is ourselves. Against the various obstacles that life puts in our way, we have to keep believing that we are people of good character and judgment. We have to believe that the world makes sense and that we can move through it with confidence. Narratives help us identify society’s good and bad characters and otherwise assign credit and blame. They keep us believing that we are the heroes of our own lives.
Freud was the master in explaining how we develop narratives of this sort, often to protect us from the psychic pain of something that has happened to us, or of something that we have done to others. By contrast, cognitive dissonance theory focuses on the logical inconsistency of our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. For example, we may avow that we love our fiancé and then cheat on them the next day. We may claim to sympathize with the difficulties of poorer people and then vote for a candidate who opposes raising the minimum wage. According to Festinger and his colleagues, these contradictions, or at least the more serious ones, trouble us. That is particularly the case if other people challenge us about the discrepancy.
As the reader can imagine, most of us do a lot of fancy footwork to escape our perceived lack of integrity. We may soften our beliefs about ourselves. (“OK, I’m not perfect. Nobody is.”) We may redefine the contradictory condition. (“I cheated because I was drinking and got carried away.” “I didn’t understand fully the candidate’s views on that issue.”) We may add new behaviors to correct the imbalance. (“I bought my fiancé a nice present and recommitted to them.” “I gave money to some social justice causes.”) We may try to deny that there was a contradiction. (“I was so drunk I don’t recall what I did last night.” “Politicians don’t do what they say they will anyway.”)
I have discussed this theory with my students through the years. Most of them say important inconsistencies bother them. But others say they aren’t that bothered. After all, our society encourages compartmentalization, that is, the separation of what you do at work from what you do at school from what you do in your social life. Anyway, no one is that consistent; and young people, in particular, have permission to try new ideas and behaviors. Everyone agrees, however, that it is a problem if people you care about will challenge you. Then justifications, like those just described, come into play. To stave off such challenges, it is best to hang out with people who agree with you and to consume media reports that reinforce your vision. All these rationalizations and evasions, I should note, are part of cognitive dissonance theory.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pathways-of-experience/202102/doubling-down-why-people-deny-the-facts
PS: I agree with this guy’s recitation of the theoretical underpinnings, but not his other conclusions.
In brief: “you can’t fix stupid”.
@Upstate
I do too. There is just nothing for it; insanity is called insanity for a reason, and the modern democratic party is bloody, f****** insane. They’ve gone beyond being out of touch; these people believe in their own, very much contrived reality, period. Thankfully they are also cowards. So long as the rest of us remain steadfast, and that will not be easy, mind, I think we’ll be ok. This election is a start. It will take another several decades to sort out; you and I will likely be dead and gone before we see the final resolution. But we can take steps.
And to the younger radicals: I get to vote in at least 12 more national elections, including midterms, and NOT taking into account local elections; and you’d better believe I will. There will never be this so-called ‘millennial utopia’, which is code for toddleresque dumpster fire that *diminishes* everyone equally, so long as I live, and apparently, that includes a great many others as well. I used to say to these folks when they would proclaim a ‘majority’ that no, actually, collectively, the rest of us still outnumber you, as we have shown, and we will until the day we die. This is seemingly what it has come down to, sadly.
And good riddance to the likes of McConnell and Pelosi. Trust me: we didn’t like them either, but for very, very different reasons. They are not the ones in charge anymore, and won’t be again. We will be, for a very, very long time. Get used to the likes of Musk. Cry all you want. We would not be in this mess if your parents could have told you, No.’, or given you the occasional spanking. I guess we have to provide that, and I do not expect to get to enjoy a golden retirement. I won’t relent though, because I am not frightened by hard work. Too much on the line. We are taking our country back, whether they like it or not. 🤷🏻♂️
The rest of us simply don’t care because we do have the gift of prescience due to the ability to think critically.
“And good riddance to the likes of McConnell and Pelosi”
Let’s just hope that Thune isn’t cut from that same cloth, or if he is, that he convinces himself that his best interests and what the electorate voted in favor of on November 5th are one and the same.
Upstate Farmer: yeah. keep telling yourself these things. It is a fact that Trump barely squeaked by–50.2% of the vote is far from a mandate. And, it is a fact, the Trump and Republicans lied, over and over again. It is a fact that Trump called Harris, who is far better educated, accomplished and qualified than he–a trust-fund baby who inherited his wealth and squandered millions, “stupid” and other insulting names. It is a fact that Trump lied about migrants, lied about the economy being a disaster and that the country is headed in the wrong direction. It is a fact that many Americans believed these lies. Harris’s financial support came from grassroots–“real people”; Trump got not less than $200 million from Musk, who is now the defacto Vice President, being directly involved in discussions with foreign leaders and going around threatening Republican Senators if they don’t vote for Trump’s cabinet nominees. He also got $100 million from Miriam Edelman–to promote Israel’s interests. So, Upstate, keep telling yourself these things, and when it all goes to hell, which it surely will, we’ll see how the next midterms turn out when the economy hits the skids, the national debt soars, J6 criminals are let out, we don’t have a Department of Education or NOAA any more, and abortions are banned.
Gigi
What have you been right about – ever.
50.2% is a MAJORITY.
But more important is that Harris only got 46 something
Where are the 81M ballots that one of the worst candidates ever – Joe Biden got ?
This despite the most extensive door knocking campaign ever.
Democrats beleived they could “get out the vote” They made superhuman efforts to do so.
They FAILED – either people did not want to vote for Harris, or they did not want to vote, or they wanted to vote for Trump.
Democrats had a MASSIVE advantage in the traditional media.
The MSM was a HUGE loser in this – we EXPECT political candidates to insult each other – we do not expect the MSM to call one candidate a Nazi.
But they did so – and voters voted for the “Nazi” anyway.
This election establised that people not only do not beleive the MSM – or YOU,
But they are not even listening any more.
I was worried about “resistance” before the election.
Not now – The “resistance” is an irrelevant sideshow
The media may pay attention – but no one is paying attention to the media.
“50.2% is a MAJORITY.“
Its barely a majority. Not enough to be a real majority or a clear mandate.
Trump got 50.15 %
Harris 48.16%
well, George, let’s count by popular votes. Trump has a mandate from 3.15 MILLION more individuals, persons, voters, than Harris did. Is that easier for you to comprehend?
George: I would suggest a 312–226 electoral vote a “clear mandate.”
It’s OK if you disagree with me.
“They would not listen, they’re not listening still
Perhaps they never will”
Vincent was quite sane compared to Gigenius.
John Say: When I look at an image of the swirly sky in VG’s “Starry Night,” I think of Kamala Harris’ word salad.
(Just joking around tonite.)
Actually, your reference is poignant, from a very evocative song. (I have it on a 45rpm on my Wurlitzer jukebox.) Thanks for posting that thought.
“He also got $100 million from Miriam- Edelman–to promote Israel’s interests.”
Natasha, Yes, Adelson, not Miriam Edelman, another person, gives to Israel and the conservative movement. Additionally, Israel is a critical asset to US security. I don’t know why you go there since you make a fool out of yourself every time you speak about Israel.
“Trump barely squeaked by–50.2% of the vote”.
He won, despite leftist cheating and not actively campaigning in California or NY. Doing so might have provided Trump a wider margin for the popular vote. However, looking carefully at the vote totals, one sees more evidence that Biden lost (stole) the 2020 election because many votes suddenly disappeared.
Harris graduated from UC law – rated 82nd out of 192 in US law schools.
Trump graduated from Wharton – the top school of business in the US.
Harris was going to be Fired as an attorney in SF when Willie Brown backed hr for DA.
Her record in CA is piss poor and really just a mess.
Trump has succeeded in nearly everything he has touched.
For every failure you cite – Trump succeeded half a dozen times.
Trump inherited between 50-200M his personal net worth is 7B today – it has trippled While he has been campaigning for president.
Sorry Gigi – Trump is far better educated and accomplished.
“Harris’s financial support came from grassroots–“real people”;”
ROFL
“Trump got not less than $200 million from Musk,”
So ?
“who is now the defacto Vice President, being directly involved in discussions with foreign leaders and going around threatening Republican Senators if they don’t vote for Trump’s cabinet nominees.”
So ?
” He also got $100 million from Miriam Edelman–to promote Israel’s interests.”
So ?
You are still 700M short of what Harris raised from mega donors over the same period.
Do you think that came without strings ?
“when it all goes to hell”
If it does Republicans will be thrown out – everyone knows that.
You can beleive whatever you wish. But I am pretty sure that neither Trump nor republicns are going to deliberately try to screw up.
Biden/Harris did not try to deliberately screw up.
They just beleived stupid things about economics that do not work.
“which it surely will”
We will see.
“J6 criminals are let out”
That would be martyrs
“we don’t have a Department of Education”
Yeah!!
“NOAA”
Yeah!!
“any more,”
Yeah!!
“abortions are banned.”
you need to up your meds.
I find it interesting – you talk about Trump cutting departments wholesale and yet somehow increasing spending ?
How does that happen ? magic ?
1) The Tump adminstraton needs to create a “Czar” for free speech on college campuses.
2) On his ATW podcast, if I remember his words accurately, Matt Taibi had a theory to explain why the hard Democratic Left establishes absurd positions (e.g. no difference between the sexes) and then demands a loyalty oath to that position: those who “swallow” the absurdity without complaint are marked out as mindless loyalists who can be counted upon for future undemocratic actions or positions.
The word “Czar” connotes too authoritarian a role. We need something more akin to a “Civility Leader” — someone who can coordinate the various aspects of policy toward the goal of restoring civility, tolerance, trust, non-militancy and authenticity in the public square…which includes academia, public K-12, journalism, social media, TV, podcasts….all venues of public communication.
In order to be effective, this role must be non-partisan, i.e., mediate the interchange between partisans, but never take sides. The job is to define and uphold standards of civility.
We need something more akin to a “Civility Leader” — someone who can coordinate the various aspects of policy toward the goal of restoring civility, tolerance, trust, non-militancy and authenticity in the public square…
Do you actually believe that the Soviet Democrat party that was formed during the Obama/Biden administration is going to change to becoming tolerant and civil if the word “Czar” is changed to “Civility Leader”? You see any sign of an outbreak of civility and tolerance in your party since the beating they got in the election a week ago?
If so, you’re clearly well out of touch with the party you follow and vote for. Chalk that belief of yours up to wishful thinking.
Wouldn’t it be “Civil” to present your “Warfighter” bona fides, Audie Murphy?
What were your MOS, AWARDS, THEATER, AND CAMPAIGN, Lil Sgt. York?
“demands a loyalty oath to that position: those who “swallow” the absurdity without complaint”
Evidently we need to nurture the leftists who are willing to spit instead of swallow…
edwardmahl,
I agree that the conformity test is part of it.
There is also another aspect that may be more important to the upper echelons of the opponents. First, I don’t think any of the significant players give a flying crap about their victim classes – they are just using them. They know that by stating absurd and often sick positions they will trigger reactions from normal folks. Those who object to the bullcrap will be denigrated using technical-medical sounding terms that are backed up by a proliferation of nonsensical academic publications. The fearful and the deluded sycophants are the army that attacks and destroys those who object to nonsense.
I’m not a religious person but the word I would use for these people is EVIL.
According to Megyn Kelly, Seth Moulton recently voted against bills that would have kept boys out of girls sports. It is only after this issue appears to have had political consequences in the Presidential election that he has switched positions.
“Seth Moulton recently voted against bills that would have kept boys out of girls sports.”
Mouton was up for reelection in 2024. Most likely he thought (probably correctly) that if he didn’t endorse the party line, he would not get reelected. The resounding defeat of wokism on November 5th may have given him confidence to speak up. I’m seeing quite a bit of that now – Rep Jared Moskiwitz’ (D-Fl) endorsement of Matt Gaetz for AG is one example. Politicians misrepresent their beliefs to get elected all the time. I don’t particularly like it – I regard it as hypocritical – but it is a fact of life.
I saw that clip where Kelly gave Moulton hell, but I could not find it earlier today. But yes, Moulton was a huge part of the problem in the first place.
I nominate “Nurse Diesel” for US Secretary of Defense
There’s no need to sugar coat it .. .
(OT)
Complete speculation:
The Gaetz pick could be a crafty political move — a diversion from the other choices causing “insiders” to freak-out. As in: You want to freak-out about and reject, for example, Hegseth as Defense Secretary? Fine. Here’s someone to really freak-out about, Gaetz. You can reject one of my choices. Any more and you’ll be guilty of obstructing the MAGA agenda.
Then he replaces Gaetz with his real first choice for AG, e.g., Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Lee then sails through.
Sam. Wholly agree, although I contemplate a wider base/foundation for his “crafty political move.”
Alternatively, this scenario could align with Donald Trump’s true intentions—selecting an individual who embodies unwavering loyalty and is willing to comply with his directives without regard for existing rules or regulations.
It’s worth recalling that Trump has often boasted about his ability to choose only the most qualified and exceptional people for his team. However, a closer examination of history suggests a stark contrast to that claim, revealing a pattern where the outcomes and performance of those he has chosen do not support his assertion of consistently making the best selections.
Alternatively, this scenario could align with Donald Trump’s true intentions—selecting an individual who embodies unwavering loyalty and is willing to comply with his directives without regard for existing rules or regulations.
That’s a precise description of the true intentions of Biden/Border Czar Harris that were then carried out as we’ve watched the last four years.
Put Mayorkas in running Homeland Security – who will then refuse to enforce existing immigration law and policy to willingly flood the country with 20+ million Illegal Alien Guest Democrat Voters as well as killing 100k+ Americans every year with fentanyl to destabilize the country they all hate. Oh…. and deprive President Trump of competent Secret Service protection!
Other true intention picks of Biden/Border Czar Harris: put the bitter leprechaun Merrick Garland in as Attorney General – who will select who will be investigated and prosecuted and who will be given a pass. Democrat Different Two Standards Of Justice; the complete opposite of American justice.
Curious George the Constitutional Confederate just can’t help lapsing into psychotic episodes of channeling the real life actions and history of the Biden/Harris government he has been fawning over and making excuses for during the last four years onto Trump, who he hates as much as he hates Lincoln for freeing the Confederates’ slaves.
Svelaz please for the love of god will you STOP WHINING. Trump is free to pick whomever he wants for whatever reasons he wants.
This is the fourth post where you have repeated this childish garbage. Tedious.
Let him whine.
No one is listening.
That is the big takeaway from this election.
Democrats went too far.
The MSM went too far.
Voters are no longer listening.
I very much worried how the country would react to a Trump victory.
I was deeply concerned about “the resistance”
I am not any more.
While there may be bad behavior on the left.
People are not listening.
George – what have you been right about – ever ?
Why should anyone take you seriously ?
A week ago voters said loudly they are paying no attention to what you and your ilk say.
In this election you said and did extreme things to win – and voters rejected you.
Voters rejected your views on politics.
Many have noted that Trump supporters alone are insufficient for Trump to win.
On top of Trump supporters atleast 10% of voters did not vote FOR Trump – they voted AGAINST you.
While Trump has a mandate to enact his platform.
The much bigger lesson of this election – is that the majority of voters dislike YOU more than Trump,
They they have rejected YOU, your words, your policies more than they have embraced Trmp’s
All of Trump’s appointment reflect the fact that he does not need to concern himself with what the media – or YOU say.
If you want a message from the Gaetz or other appointments, it is that Trump know that no one is listening to you and your ilk.
Lin, I agree with you. There are many reasons for Trump’s move. They are smart and innovative. Among other things, he is widening the base, using people who are disrupters, which is what the system needs, and taking people who want to make their mark.
“The Gaetz pick could be a crafty political move — a diversion from the other choices causing “insiders” to freak-out.”
I doubt that. I have seen no evidence of wily craft in any of Trump’s other appointments. What I see is him appointing the people that he believes are best able to do the job done in the way that he wants it done. I expect that the Gaetz nomination is one and the same. If you assume that the “sex trafficking minors” allegations were nothing but Democratic lawfare, aided and abetted by Republican allies of McCarthy out for revenge for his ouster as Speaker, and that seems to be a plausible premise, who would be better motivated to flush out and hunt down the vermin within the DOJ who specialize in such persecutions than someone who has himself been a victim of it? OAD advanced the opinion that Trump possibly should have made a more conventional AG pick and made Gaetz Assistant AG to fulfill that attack dog role, and I understand his logic. But again, that would be crafty, and I see no evidence of craft in these appointments, only a desire to attack the Swamp as directly and effectively as possible. Regarding Thune, he said that he cannot make any judgement on the Gaetz AG appointment until he gets to take a closer look. On the gripping hand, Thune (along with Cronyn and Scott) evidently committed to approving Trump’s interim appointments in exchange for Trump staying out of the majority leader contest, so if he opposes Gaetz’ nomination, he had better have some damned good, articulable, defensible reasons for it, or his days as majority leader could be numbered. If the nomination is defeated, and Thune has not done everything in his power to advance it, vague assertions and evasions about the reason are not going to cut the mustard.
Dear Prof Turley,
Test. Speaking of free speech, evidently, I’ve been effectively banned from participating on your sometimes amusing blog – Res ipsa loquitur. While I will grudgingly accept post-moderation, with a fair and reasonable explanation, I will not tolerate ‘pre’moderation .. . my vanity won’t abide by it.
*here’s to a smooth transition . ..
The seeds of today’s hysteria over men in women’s sports were sown in the late 70’s through the 80’s and 90’s. How can we forget the lawsuits by Gloria Allred, against the Boy Scouts, Little League, Men’s Clubs, etc. They demanded the equal rights to join and participate in any and all previously male only activities. Now the tables have turned. People like Allred set the stage and legal precedents that men and women are equal in every way. As a former boy scout, I resented it then. Today I look at much of this as payback now. This course needs corrected, no women in men’s activities and vice versa. Natural law, not lawyer law should prevail.
“Natural law, not lawyer law should prevail.”
The morality of that issue has nothing to do with “natural law” as you apparently mean that phrase. What it has to do with is the moral imperative to allow any private organisation to set its own membership criteria without nanny state interference.
I spent some time last evening watching various videos of prog/left cultists recording themselves having serious mental breakdowns because of Trump’s/Republican’s victories. It was painful, not only watching these fully grown toddlers have nasty tantrums because they did not get what they had been promised, but anticipating what could be done to ameliorate their unhinged promises and rages. These are members of our next generation of leaders and they are as unprepared and incapable of that as harris was to be POTUS. The problem of the multitude of delusional and (quite frankly, after observing the videos) volatile cultists and their interactions with civilized society is a far greater problem. Just waiting for these hapless toddlers to age out may not be a solution but how to dissuade them from their indoctrination is unfathomable.
I noticed that Van Jones on CNN used the same trope in 2016 and 2024: a young child goes to bed hoping and praying for a woman [or even better, a black woman} becoming President. In the morning, the heartbroken parent will need to break the awful news of a Trump’s triumph (which is really a triumph of bigotry) to this child — what can the parent say? My question: can’t Van Jones get new material?
“what can the parent say?”
If the child is old enough to have some understanding of how politics and governance work, the parents failed their obligation to install the concept of realistic expectations in their child. If the child is too young for that, the parents failed their obligation to insulate their child from emotional involvement with issues beyond its understanding.
and let us not forget the untoward influence of unionized, partisan teachers, the vast media propaganda machines and the slow destruction of traditional churches/synagogues.
“and let us not forget ”
Believe me, I have not forgotten. But the question I tried to answer was “what can a parent say”, and parents do have the ultimate responsibility there, regardless of the obstacles placed in their way.
These will NOT be the leaders of the next generation.
I love headlines…
“The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’”
The onion will have a hard time making something that was so full of lies and untruths even more stupid and funny. They have their work cut out for them.
The onion will have a hard time making something that was so full of lies and untruths even more stupid and funny. They have their work cut out for them.
Any chance there’s an Anonymous with enough money to buy CNN and MSNBC as their ratings are tanking and convert those two lying propaganda arms of the Soviet Democrat party into something more stupid and funny?
There is a bit of an amusement factor to watching Joy Read, Whoopy Goldberg, et al melting down like the Wicked Witch Of The West because The Qualified Brown Vagina was rejected by American voters.
But it gets old.
In 2012 Trump appeared on the view hinting at a potential reform party run for president with Oprah as his VP.
The same people calling him a NAZI right now were fawning over him and begging him to run and save the country.
These people have no credibility, and they have no shame.
“convert those two lying propaganda arms of the Soviet Democrat party into something more stupid and funny?”
You ask too much. Conversion to something funny might be vaguely possible, but making them stupider than they already are is a task that Hercules and the entire Justice League, working in concert, could not accomplish.
And yet Jones is more credible and right more often than the MSM
It seems Democrats live off of minority groups until minority groups reject them, and then Dems move onto another minority group to use and abuse. The percentage of Trans folk in America is vanishingly small. The definition of “Trans” vacillates between someone who “identifies” for one week, one month, one fleeting peer pressure impulse, to someone who has had genitals removed by surgery. The percentage of Trans people who have actually undergone surgical sex reassignment is unknown. Even if “the science” has called into question and cautions against interrupting puberty with hormones, Democrats still plow down their anything goes path hence the rebuke of Moulton
It appears Latinos, the largest minority group in America, have turned against Democrats, at least in Florida. I stated many times on here that Latinos will not support the culture wars of Democrats. This is to say they will vote Republican at high percentages.
Trump received 56% of the Hispanic vote in Florida, new exit poll finds
Out of 10 states polled, only in Florida did Trump best Harris among Latinos
https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/11/13/trump-received-56-of-the-hispanic-vote-in-florida-new-exit-poll-finds/
Besides Trans individuals, only two groups reliably vote Democrats: blacks and Jews. Blacks are rejecting Democrats slowly, as the last election showed. Jews are now flocking to Democrats. Anti-semitism be damned, Jews cant get enough of DNC talking points. At least Hispanics have more moral fiber. I’ve spent my lifetime defending Jews. It appears Jews don’t GAF. Noted!
79% of Jews voted for Harris, according to the largest exit poll, defying a red wave that some had predicted
https://www.jta.org/2024/11/06/united-states/79-of-jews-voted-for-kamala-harris-according-to-largest-preliminary-exit-poll
Jews are heavily concentrated in NY and Florida, which makes the National Pool a poor provider of data concerning how Jews voted. I mentioned it last time Estovir published this report. None of the polls can provide accurate numbers, and the uncertainty is worse because many Jews will vote for Trump and say they didn’t
“The Fox News analysis … It found that 55% of Jews in New York and 56% of Jews in Florida voted for Harris, likely reflecting the impact of the states’ significant Orthodox populations.”
That means up to 45% of Jews in NY and up to 44% of Jews in Florida voted for Trump. That is quite different than what Estovir is trying to say.
Are you meshuggeneh? The link is to Jewish Telegraphic Agency which got its numbers from the National Election Pool, a “consortium of major news organizations”. Did you even read the JTA article? Stop being a putz. Fox News is meaningless compared to a consortium. 100% of Jews everywhere should have rejected Kamala Harris. Schmendricks like you are part of the problem with our people
” National Election Pool, a “consortium “
Braunstein, a consortium has the same problems I suggested: Garbage in, Garbage out.
” Did you even read the JTA article? “
Are you a clown? I copied the Fox snippet from the article, so it is obvious I read it. You don’t sound intelligent.
” Fox News is meaningless compared to a consortium. “
Did you not comprehend what I wrote? “None of the polls can provide accurate numbers.”
“100% of Jews everywhere should have rejected Kamala Harris. Schmendricks like you are part of the problem with our people.”
I agree with the first half of the statement (100%), but it is ignorant people like you, despite voting correctly, who create barriers because people like you don’t look before they shoot.
A couple of months ago, a Jewish friend offered me a $100 wager that in this election, more Jews nationwide would vote for Trump than for Harris. I accepted, but told him at the time that it was a bet that I would be happy to lose, on the presumption that if Trump did receive the votes of more Jews, he would surely be the victor. In spite of your well-founded reservations about the polls, I am expecting a win-win: Trump going to the WH; and my buddy to pay me that $100..
Biden did everything he could to let you win that $100. The only problem is by the time you get paid, it will be worth $80.
“The only problem is by the time you get paid, it will be worth $80.”
Knowing my buddy, it might be down to $50 by the time he pays up. No ethnic aspersions intended, I am at least as much of a cheapskate as he is 😉
Finally! A sane and normal Democrat! Rep. Seth Moulton should be applauded by everyone for pointing out the obvious and having a degree of common sense. He is also saying the quiet part out loud, “this is an example of a contentious issue that we have to be willing to take on as a Democratic Party . . . we’re losing on issues like this.”
And by their reactions, the Democrats still have not nor seem willing to learn. They are going to double down, triple down on the woke mind virus and they will loose even more or by greater in the mid terms and the 2028 election. As we have all seen, their policies are abject failures. All they have left is fear, wokism and intolerance.
“InfoWars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses,” he wrote. “With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal.”
Maybe JT is setting himself up to be sold to the highest bidder?
JT’s half truths and misinformation would be a great addition to the Onion.
JT’s half truths and misinformation would be a great addition to the Onion.
Dennis McInliar are posting early as Anonymous today. As usual, insulting his host here, because it just isn’t enough to go find a blog where he feels fulfilled and enjoyment while reading the owner’s blog posts. Just come back every day to take a shot at his host.
There’s absolutely nothing about InfoWars in this column, but Anonymous Dennis drops this deuce with quotes regarding comments about InfoWars.
If Dennis/Anonymous didn’t have half truths, misinformation, flat out lies to use to write the daily deuces that get posted, he wouldn’t have anything to post.
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”
― William F. Buckley
cindy bragg: excellent addition to today’s discussion!
thank you, lin!
Ladies, he tried to warn us. Most liberals have always had a cynical view of human rights. I didn’t understand that, myself, until recently.
Dostoevsky also warned us that utopians are always totalitarians deep down, so it goes back even further than Bill Buckley. I didn’t believe Fyodor, either. Now I do.
Hayek warned us that socialism is “The Road To Serfdom.” He was only talking about economic rights, and I didn’t believe even that. Now I realize it was an understatement.
Professor Turley is also warning us: “As suggested in prior columns, the intolerance for opposing views will only increase after the election.”
I had hoped this election would put to rest any risk of civil conflict, but maybe I still don’t get what’s actually happening. I was sooo looking forward to happier times 🙁
Diogenes,
While I could be wrong, so far the so called second resistance seems much more muted, less energized, less vocal then their first meltdown. We did see some rioting in Seattle and Portland and some protests in Chicago. Other than those isolated incidents, it is much less than I thought we would see. Certification of the vote and Trump’s second inauguration we could see violence but the violence projected is not anywhere to what was feared. With exception of the woke leftist Democrats and MSM, to which the rest of us sane and normal people generally ignore, the rest of the country seems to have breathed a sigh of relief.
We may have to endure some darker days as the failed Bidenomics policies are still dragging down the economy and some of those policies failures will to come to light till well after the Trump inauguration but we have turned a corner for the better. Be of good cheer! Christmas is back on!
” much more muted, less energized, less vocal then their first meltdown.”
Right before the election, I mentioned that I didn’t believe the leftist violence would be as great as expected. Some critical groups and people voiced their opinions, and some of those people influenced the amount of rioting. Trump did an excellent job in decreasing the risks through his rallies (One in the Bronx), speeches and his ability to force the news media to print his way of thinking,
Diogenes,
As an example, I think there was more national outrage over Peanut the Squirrel’s assassination by NY leftist thugs.
That does make me feel better, Upstate 🙂
Alas, poor Peanut 🙁
Turley asserts that the left exhibits intolerance for opposing views, yet he overlooks the fact that intolerance is also widespread on the right. For example, Trump has already threatened schools and universities with the withholding of federal funds if they teach ideas such as Critical Race Theory (CRT), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), or “wokism.” These ideas represent different perspectives, which confirms that those on the right are intolerant of these viewpoints. Turley conveniently avoids dealing with this issue. If intolerance of differing opinions is wrong, why doesn’t he also criticize the right? His hypocrisy is glowing.
For one who promotes reading comprehension and context, are you able to distinguish and separate proactive from reactive?
Perhaps Trump is righting a ship that has gone off course. We all want to reach the promised land, but not by unilaterally choosing who reaches shore first, –especially when chosen by ID, not merit….
Lin,
Great comment.
“Perhaps Trump is righting a ship that has gone off course”
Absolutely. We went way off course in 1865 when black people were freed. Perhaps we can get those cards back that showed skin color. If your color is darker than a certain shade, off to the slave camp you go.
Make MAGA MASA, Make America have Slaves Again.
I scrolled down to see if anyone objected to your idea. I gave up without seeing one, carry on. You’re apparently in the company of like-minded friends. I weighed the possibility this was sarcasm but no, I think not.
I did not object to the statement because most blacks are already back in chains, and apparently happy to be there. I guess Freedom isn’t all it is cracked up to be for some people, and most blacks are content with loose pants, loose women, and a warm place to smoke dope. Take Jackson, Mississippi, for example. The blacks there seem quite content to eschew marriage, education, ambition, lawfulness, godliness, cleanliness, etc. What can anyone do with a community like that? I mean, this is America, and people get to live the way they want to.
I wish most blacks made better choices, but who am I, as a white person, to preach to black people that they should quit twerking, quit stealing, quit selling dope, quit smoking dope, start getting married, start raising their kids better, start making their kids go to school, start making sure their kids do their homework, quit listening to Sexy Red and Cardi B, etc?
Black people are entitled to live as they want to. I do wish they would stop blaming white people for their own rotten life choices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEOWBA_PBs
FWIW, Pine Bluff Arkansas is even worse, IMHO.
Ooops. Wrong link:
You could not be more wrong. It is not that we not only object to the idea, but we just have the good common sense not to even respond to such an idiotic moronic comment. There is a reason why we all generally just scroll past all the anonymornon comments.
Have you considered that by not objecting, you’re throwing out the welcome mat to these views? You have no problem voicing your disagreement with my views.
I scrolled down to see if anyone objected to your idea. I gave up without seeing one, carry on.
Normal people here generally ignore cowardly Anonymous Soviet Democrat Marxist Useful Idiots who try to do their version of an SNL skit portraying Trump and Republicans as racist.
A carbon copy of the stereotype the failed Vice President DEI Hire Border Czar desperately attempted to get herself elected. An attempt which failed miserably, in part because black Americans and Latinos gave Trump an even greater percentage of their vote than they did before. News flash! It failed!
However, those Anonymous attempts to post as a carbon copy of the stereotype The Qualified Brown Vagina attempted to create of Trump do find a warm welcome in the equally vicious minds of racist Black Nationalist Marxists like yourself, Uncle Tom enigmainblackcom.
Some here do occasionally mock and ridicule them, but others reserve the time they would spend ridiculing such people for comments more deserving of attention. Yours, for example.
Would you like to join your fellow vicious Marxist racists here who have been telling us black and Latino women and men who voted for Trump did so because they were too dumb to realize that Trump’s lies had caused them to be “deluded by their false consciousness”? That was Marx’s excuse for working class people who rejected the utopia of communism and the entitled vicious totalitarian upper class communists who wanted to rule them. Numerous wealthy Marxist black racist talking heads i.e. Joy Reid and Sunny Hosten have been saying pretty much the same thing almost daily since the election..
Is that the reason those black and brown Americans voted for Trump while rejecting demands they vote by race for the Qualified Brown Vagina, Tovarisch enigmainblackcom?
Or would you prefer to go with the explanation given by your fellow Marxist racist, Bolshevik Barack Obama?
He lamented “the brothers” are just too sexist to vote for a woman. An indication that Barack also believes “the brothers” were not only too dumb to make their own voting choices without his instructions on how to vote, but also indicating he hoped they wouldn’t remember “the brothers” were perfectly happy to vote for a woman when that woman’s name was Hillary Clinton.
Is that your explanation for why the DEI Hire’s campaign to claim Trump is a racist failed so miserably? “The brothers” are just too sexist to vote for the DEI Hire?
You’re apparently in the company of like-minded friends.
You’re telling us you keep coming here to deliberately surround yourself in the company of people you believe are Trump stereotype racists??????
Given that you’ve proclaimed you’re here in the company of racists akin to President Bribery Biden (the one who warned you that if you didn’t vote for him, boy, then you aren’t black), that does raise a question for you:
Why does a proud Marxist Black Nationalist racist like yourself abuse himself coming here to knowingly have your feelings hurt reading racist posts?
Why don’t you instead find it more gratifying to spend your time writing more posts for that failed blog of yours, Uncle Tom? For a self proclaimed author, that blog of yours indicates that your sense of competence as a writer is about as misplaced as Vice President DEI Hire’s sense that she was qualified to hold public office.
Enema in black, you are even dumber than I thought, It was absolutely sarcasm. H/ow the fvck could a triple digit IQ not see that???
You really though someone seriously posted MASA???
You might be the reason for many of the stereotypes.
You think none of you would use terms like MASA? Have you met Old Airborne Dog and the original George? That’s probably unfair to old George who while never tiring of bringing up Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation and the Black people that don’t belong in this country, probably wouldn’t use that particular term.
Some of your fellow commenters have demonstrated they didn’t see it as sarcasm. They know those comments are welcome here.
“You think none of you would use terms like MASA?”
You really expect us to buy that you believe that any of the serious, anti-woke, commenters on here would post such retarded drivel, as opposed to idiot twats like (new)George, Gigi, McIntyre and that lot? I have considered you intelligent but misguided, but if you actually believe that, I need to re-evaluate.
No one said they didnt see it as sarcasm. Are you stupid, dude?
One guy said it was a moronic comment. Doesnt mean he thought the comment was serious.
And i dont care about them. I care about you. Are you a double digit IQ and seriously didnt know that was sarcasm.
Nothing airborne has ever said makes me think he is a racist or supports slavery. In fact he has called George a kluxxer.
Although George is a racist, he also has never supported the idea of slavery, VERY OFTEN referring to it as REPREHENSIBLE, in fact.
So get your facts straight before you accuse people and embarrass yourself, or just keep enforcing those stereotypes.
Trump is not a Democrat so he would not in the least want to reconstitute Democrat history of enslavement, civil war, the Klan, a hundred years of denying minorities the right to vote. Those were all Democrat party initiatives.
Communism is the modern form of slavery. The American Left has never really fully disassociated itself from Communism. For example, no prominent Democrat is raising the issue of the enslaved Uyghurs in NW China.
Correct so far as it goes. Frankly, I haven’t seen much ire from Republicans on that subject, either.
At times you seem insane. Do you have any logic to your argument.
Whether motivated by proactivity or reactivity, the distinction is irrelevant.
The critical issue is that Trump is threatening punitive measures to silence discussions surrounding Critical Race Theory (CRT), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and other so-called “woke” ideas by defunding schools. This constitutes collective punishment aimed at stifling specific viewpoints.
Ironically, Trump mirrors the very behavior that Turley condemns in the left: punishing individuals for holding opposing views.
Claiming that CRT, DEI, and other left-leaning concepts are “harmful” exemplifies viewpoint intolerance. If educational institutions choose to incorporate these topics into their curricula, they risk losing federal funding as a consequence. Turley should champion the rights of schools to offer diverse perspectives, as these subjects represent different ideas deserving of consideration. If those on the right disapprove of these teachings, they are free to opt out; however, that choice seems insufficient for them. Instead, they resort to threats and punitive actions to silence dissenting opinions.
Again, your intelligence limits your understanding. DEI is not a “specific viewpoint.” It is a mandate imposed on others, with punishment for those who fail to comply with its tenets. Likewise for schools that impose CRT theory on students without the opportunity of a course or lecture with opposing viewpoint. Do you get it, tunnel-visioned commenter?
Impose? What a laugh. They don’t impose those ideas—that’s strictly a construct of the right. The idea of what CRT implies offends those on the right. Their solution is to censor it by calling it “harmful” and “racist” and punish those who express a desire to discuss it and debate by calling for the withholding of federal funds for the entire school. The right cannot handle the idea that there might be systemic racism still present in this country. Just the idea is enough to trigger a reaction demanding punitive action. By the way, opposing viewpoints are being discussed. The right is bent on denying the discussion of the ideas from CRT more than offering opposing views. Their idea of an opposing view is to reject the concept of CRT by punitive measures.
DEI is also an idea that includes particular views that some believe should be considered. I have no problem admitting that it sometimes does go overboard, but the concept of inclusion and diversity somehow offends those on the right.
Turley always talks about viewpoint diversity. That is also what DEI is. Attacking DEI as some evil indoctrination scheme is the very thing Turley opposes. Still, he won’t outright call it out because he will undoubtedly incur the wrath of his MAGA readers.
when state institutions and governmental entities create funded “DEI departments” as well as paid representatives, it is “imposed” on students and taxpayers alike.
Why are you so limited in comprehension and contextual understanding, but so eager to strike back at everyone here? What is your real purpose? Why do you put down Turley everyday? You are all mouth and no intellect.
Why do you use parentheses around “imposed”? It reveals a lack of honesty regarding the claim.
The real issue here is that you’re struggling with reading comprehension. Just because they are funded as a department doesn’t mean they are imposing their ideas on everyone else; that’s a misleading representation of the situation.
Turley is not exempt from scrutiny. He made that choice when he exercised his free speech. His column and the opportunity to post comments make it completely fair to criticize, mock, demagogue, or oppose his viewpoints. The fact that you can’t grasp this fundamental aspect speaks volumes.
listen, clown. First of all, do you know what “parentheses” are? Don’t use big words that you don’t understand.
Second of all, you should know that establishing DEI departments and heads means that those represent positions taken by the institutional head. They are not “constructs.” They are tenets of the institution. Your excuse of “free speech” belies your limited understanding and intelligence on matters way above your head.
“Second of all, you should know that establishing DEI departments and heads means that those represent positions taken by the institutional head. They are not “constructs.”
It’s amazing how lacking in reading comprehension you can be. I’m not addressing the physical characteristics of DEI at all; that’s an irrelevant point you’ve brought up.
You miss the point, as usual. DEI is based on an idea or a point of view, and it IS part of the viewpoint diversity Turley talks about. It is about attacks on the concept of DEI. After all, it gives those on the right feelings of irrational resentment because it’s somehow awful. They use it as a justification to censor or deny the concept from being discussed because it may give students or others an idea they never thought of before, like maybe there is validity to considering the viewpoints and beliefs of others.
Says Georgie, addressing his use of construct,
“It’s amazing how lacking in reading comprehension you can be. I’m not addressing the physical characteristics of DEI at all; that’s an irrelevant point you’ve brought up.”
I can’t think of anything funnier. Well, maybe his reference to parentheses.
CRT and DEI are social constructs that deserve attention as such in “social studies” or wherever in today’s school curriculums. The issue is their promotion as “correct thinking” or a nationally sanctioned ideology. Thus, just as with abortion, the incoming administration plans to put it to the states and stop the funding which sanctions the teaching of social doctrine.
The concepts being discussed are not being presented as the only legitimate or “correct” way of thinking. It has never been the case that these ideas are intended to imply that white individuals are inherently oppressors. Such notions often stem from individuals who hold bigoted and racist viewpoints, and their goal seems to be to vilify these concepts to prevent them from gaining traction as serious ideas worthy of consideration. This kind of rhetoric can be viewed as a suppression of free speech.
Additionally, those who identify with conservative viewpoints have become increasingly anxious and offended by allegations of indoctrination, often made without substantive evidence. When individuals highlight specific phrases or contextual statements as evidence of indoctrination, they may inadvertently be promoting a misleading narrative. This misrepresentation can perpetuate the erroneous notion that the intention behind these discussions is to induce feelings of guilt or shame among certain groups, rather than fostering a more nuanced understanding of societal dynamics and historical contexts.
“This kind of rhetoric can be viewed as a suppression of free speech.”
Listen this this fvcking idiot contradict himself AGAIN. So now, speech is a means of suppressing speech.
Last week, its your fault if your speech is suppressed by speech, because you allowed it to be, instead of standing your ground.
You just can’t make up the kind of stupid shit that will come out of this idiot’s gaping maw.
Yes indeed George everything is permissible in your philosophy. Male boxers assaulting female boxers. Male swimmers taking gold medals that should go to a woman and children mutilated before the age of consent. Intolerance for some viewpoints is justified. You somehow think that you’re supporting women and the kids but you support tolerance for those who would cause damage to women and children. The hypocrisy is living well between your ears. Your little contrarian game has been recognized and it is not aging well.
CRT and DEI have been tried out and been shown to be very destructive as policies.
They haven’t been “tried out.” CRT and DEI are ideas and perspectives. Turley always defends ideas and perspectives as fundamental parts of free speech. The right is hell-bent on denying the existence of those ideas because it can’t tolerate the thought that there are things that are not very flattering about our country’s history. For some reason, they think everyone should blame them for past injustices and flaws. Because it ruins an idyllic vision of an exceptional America, those ideas, according to the right, have no place in our history discussion.
It doesn’t matter if they seem destructive or not. It’s like accepting that disinformation and misinformation shouldn’t be censored because it’s harmful and damaging. As Turley says, the best way to counter it is more speech. The right is calling for punishment instead.
“CRT and DEI are ideas and perspectives.”
Racism and prejudice are ideas and perspectives, too. Perhaps we should teach them in school? Actually, I think it would be helpful for society to re-examine those concepts in an academic sense. Because those ideas already exist in the population at large, and among all sides of the political spectrum, and among all races. Think of the classes and courses you could have!
Racism 101 – Re-examining the Efficacy of Racial Stereotyping in the Post Trayvon Martin Era.
Racism 105 – Jogging while White and Female – Is it waving a red cape at a bull?
Racism 107 – Are the Inner City Ghettos actually a Reservation for African-Americans, permitting sovereignty and an alternative set of laws?
Racism 109 – How will predominantly Black Communities be able to access the Municipal Bond Market when they ain’t got no money???
Racism 112 – Should Laws against Child Labor apply to black pre-teens who sell drugs?
Racism 114 – Is teaching twerking to young black girls really a bad thing, or is it just in conflict with White Colonial Values.
Racism 116 – Do African Americans really need education, paved roads and a water department?
His hypocrisy is glowing.
George, the embodiment of intolerance and hypocrisy is in yet another psychotic episode of self-confession and channeling his own actions on to his host here that he seemingly comes here specifically to insult.
George’s incredible lack of reading comprehension and complete inability to grasp nuance and context aren’t sufficient excuse for his lies and complete lack of civility towards his host.
When the unpardonable heresy is suggesting that boys are boys and girls are girls, which is an unalterable and indisputable biological fact, then you have a problem both as a party and as a society.
Moulton and other democrats like him will withstand the intolerance shown them by the far left extremism of a shrinking number of their fellow democrats. Over the next four years it can be expected Trump and the Republican Party will attract even more moderate democrats away from the illiberal progressivism that, like a plague it is, will continue to devastate their party. Once the Democratic Party’s soul searching has completed, the farthest left extremists will have been duly marginalized, if not fully eradicated.
The comment is actually from Ron A. Hoffman.
I commend the Professor for his excellent and humorous column today.
Rep Moulton was being actually fairly brave in his statement and for a time (brief as it was) there was some rational discourse in the Democratic Circles. It was almost common sense.
Hopefully the transgender craze is starting to wane and some sanity may be returning. The data against this craze has been built up over years and decades and has not faded away simply because it is not inconvenient.
We have known for decades that puberty alone cures over 80% of women and 95% of men of gender dysphoria disorder and the rest need long period of therapy. Of late further evidence became available with the Cass Commision Report in the UK which reviewed the literature and more recent studies and published it which reaffirmed the previous knowledge and the lack of difference between surgical treatment and psychotherapy and counseling. Suicide is not improved. All transgender drugs and surgeries were stopped under the age of 18.
There is also a $10 million dollar NIH study (unpublished) which reiterates these findings but head of the study will not publish because she is a transgender proponent.
Is it not strange that the transgender advocates want hormones and surgeries for children who think they are the wrong sex and are just in the wrong body.
Yet also in psychiatry there is the dissociative identity disorder where multiple personalities inhabit the same body (made famous by The 3 Faces Of Eve) and yet these people are treated with counseling and psychiatric meds and it is almost unanimous that they are disturbed individuals but for transgenders the proposed treatment is radically different and more remunerative for surgeons and endocrinologists and the patients are just in the wrong body???
As far as the Rage reactions are concerned we could go back in time and reinstitute the use of frontal lobotomy for these Rage sufferers. It was a highly efficacious treatment with treated people sitting quietly in their chairs and smiling (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest).
1. The Python clip is so apropos-ly funny.
2. As to Tufts’ standing on balanced, objective education, take a look at the political-divide charts in this 2019 general overview of all schools: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/08/19/the-growing-partisan-divide-in-views-of-higher-education-2/
3. As to Moulton and his previously tacit position(s), he seems a likely poster boy for “I was for it until I was against it.” So many remain silent until it hits home or appears impending. Yet if they proactively voice concern, they are troublemakers.
So here’s the rock……………………………………………………………………………………….and here is the hard place.
Tolerance notwithstanding, Moulton did not fail to regurgitate the party line with respect to the bipartisan immigration bill which failed in the Senate, Interviewed yesterday evening on News Nation, Chris Cuomo rightly interjected that the bill failed in that it was flawed. Not surprising how far one is obliged to reach to secure a fairly unbiased reporting of that vote. It is shared below. You’ll note a lack of any reference to Trump as the accused interlocutor in the defeat of the matter. 2023’s H.R.2, which spoke directly to the need remains sitting behind Schumer’s toilet bowl for cause. Expect to see a reawakening of it under Tom Homan’s leadership, though I have no doubt that the usual suspects have already reserved their spaces with the 9th District to foil any attempts at righting the rails of the Biden-Harris train wreck and the damage it has done to the Union.
https://missouriindependent.com/2024/05/24/bipartisan-border-bill-loses-support-fails-procedural-vote-in-u-s-senate/