A conversation on the one of the more malignant aspects of the current social zeitgeist.
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Dead Wild Roses: Dead Wild Roses 2019-12-19 10:53:55
A spark of light folks, yet another prominent individual believes in biological reality. Go go JK Rowling!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Cancel Culture – The New Censorship
Cancel culture is the mirco level of what is happening in many parts of our online culture. The macro: group dynamics, power dynamics, and class are what drive the process. As critical thinkers and active citizens we need to be aware of both levels and how they interact and form
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Urban Problems – Being Lonely Together
I think it is uncontroversial to say that we are hardwired to be social animals. Yet, why do we design our cities and spaces to make interaction and social contact less affable and easy to access? “Urban loneliness is a virtual pandemic. Even though there have never been
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Concept of ‘Household Slack’
This is an interesting way to think about household dynamics and how we approach the problems, conflicts, and solutions we encounter in everyday living. “Imagine the household model as a system of pulleys and ropes. Those ropes are tightened (creating tension) or loosened (creating slack) based on material
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Religious Certainty of the Regressive Left
I’m fairly new on Twitter but have already had the displeasure of witnessing the fury of faux-progressive backlash against feminism and feminists attempting to speak their mind in public places… in Canada. Canada?? The easy going, live and let live notions we like to believe in the more sensible regions
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Meghan Murphy Speech They Don’t Want You To Hear
This is the talk that the transactivists don’t want you hear. They protested, they shouted, they tried to intimidate the Library and women organizing the event. Share this widely folks, do not let the woke totalitarians win.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Global Trumpism – Mark Blythe – Worth an hour of your time.
Mark Blythe seems to have a very good grasp of the current political and economic situations we now face. If you want a no bullshit update to the state of the world, watch this.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Inequality is a Killer.
Some of the claims put forth in the controversial book The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societal Almost Always Do Better are being verified in the United States; rising inequality is shortening the lifespan of its population. Sam Pizzigati on writing on Counterpunch illustrates the effects of inequality in the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Meghan Murphy on Cancel Culture
I’ve been hearing more about ‘Cancel Culture’ and recently found this article by Meghan Murphy giving her ideas on what Cancel Culture is and how it is affecting the popular discourse. It would seem that the built in distance within Social Media has given rise to some deleterious effects
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How Identity Politics Drove the World Mad – A Review by Sir Roger Scruton
I may have to pick up Murray’s book as it appears to have shed some light onto the nebulous core of identity politics. I chose this excerpt because I like how Scruton frames some of the tenets of identity politics i.e. the hardware/software analogy is particularly insightful. Id-pol may seem
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Discussing Post Modernism – Nick Pemberton
When the topic of post modernism comes up, I always brace for the onslaught of adherents who sorta miss the point of what PoMo thought is all about. It’s been so long since I’ve dealt with an actual post modern argument, and not just people who want to replace authoritarian
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Anarchism – Definitional Clarity?
Just who is anti-authoritarian and who isn’t? Like most topics, the devil is in the details, as the cleavages between the various sub groups of anarachists creates a great deal of tension within the movement as a whole. “Some anarchists are upset by the idea of taking any authority
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Tyranny of the Toilet Queue – When Equal isn’t Fair
The term gender-neutral is a misleading term. It is because gender neutral spaces almost always become male spaces due to the previously existing imbalance in society. Because many women still rightly fear men in restricted spaces, many women avoid gender-neutral spaces because those spaces give males access to them. These
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Case for Transitioning Toward Socialism – Chris Wright
I do like me some socialism, as I do believe it is the tonic that will address some of the societal problems we are currently experiencing. I think tackling the inherent problems socialism bring with it might be good for a change. It’s like changing the government every so often,
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Folk Music’s Radical Patron: Remembering Mitch Podolak
Photo courtesy the Winnipeg Folk Festival “Move that over and paint it brown.” I always believed that this famous quote by Mitch Podolak (which he denied making), spoke to the fact that there was a lot more to organizing a “folk festival” than simply hiring a bunch of folk musicians
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Faith in Humanity, Down A Few More Notches – Oil Change Fraud
Why it is so important to have a mechanic you trust.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Should Drag Queens Be Reading to Children in the First Place?
From the CBC: “A group of religious protesters interrupted a drag queen story-telling event for children in Ottawa on Saturday, claiming the event was “child abuse.” Organizers say the interruption was “hateful” and “bigoted” and called the police. No one, however, was arrested. About 100 parents and children attended the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Talking With Boys – How to Reduce The Amount of Sexual Violence in Society
How do you solve a problem? Look at the root causes and address them. Laurie Halse Anderson writes in Time: “How do we reduce the horrifying amount of sexual violence in this country? We talk to our boys. Parents, family members, educators, clergy and other leaders have the opportunity
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