I’m tired of being lied to by the Left and the Right. It’s been a rough couple of years for me as I’ve been riding a bit of a roller-coaster when it comes to demarcating my political position and adopting a cognitive frame in which to reasonably process the world.
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Dead Wild Roses: Why Definitions and Truth are important – Defining “Female”
Making shit up is a specialty of theirs apparently. Reality has an anti-woke bias.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Current Incarnation of “Pride” Explained
The first cropped photo is what activists would like you to see. The unedited version of the same photo is what pride is at the moment and what they do not want you to see. There is no pride in ‘liberating’ activities that do not belong in the public sphere.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Just Stop Oil – Should Be Curtailed.
100% behind the right of JSO to speak their message in public. Blocking traffic and defacing public monuments are not a part of free speech, they are engaging in disruptive activism and should face the lawful consequences of their actions.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Thirty Minute Explanation of Marxism – James Lindsay
Potentially illuminating. Worth a watch IMHO.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Canadian Flag – A National Symbol
There is currently a shortage of national symbols and ideals Canadians can call on to foster a feeling of belonging and a sense that they are part of an entity that is bigger than themselves. Our national identity is rarely mentioned these days and it is sort of a shame
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: No Apology – Riley Gaines – DARVO in action.
The world is a little more topsy-turvey down in San Francisco.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trying to Have Conversations on a University Campus
Universities should be places where the hard discussions can be had. Contentious issues are what Universities are made for… or at least what they were made for. Once you meet the interloper please observe his tactics. He is attempting to provoke a reaction using mid level violence techniques. His goal,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Skywells in Chinese Architecture
Thanks to the BBC for their essay on Skywells. A skywell, or “tian jing” (天井) in Mandarin, is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. Different from a northern Chinese courtyard, or “yuan zi” (院子), a skywell is smaller and less exposed to the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Canadian Politics on Twitter
It’s been weird over in twitterland regarding Canadian politics as of late. The amount of furor and nasty partisan attacks going both ways seem to have intensified – people are doubling and tripling down on their hills to die on. I’m not sure as to exactly why, but here’s an
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