Tag: Education
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: A Thirty Minute Explanation of Marxism – James Lindsay
Potentially illuminating. Worth a watch IMHO.
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: Reality Versus Trans Ideology – Helen Joyce & Peter Boghossian
This interview is so good!
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Claire Pomeroy writes that the establishment’s refusal to stop the transmission of COVID-19 has created a desperate need to account for the widespread disability it’s causing. But Brody Langager reports that in Saskatchewan, a non-profit’s website is instead serving as the closest
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Emma Goldberg et al. study how the end of COVID-19 protections in China predictably gave rise to a swift and extensive outbreak. And Michelle Gamage reports on the push to ensure kids in British Columbia schools aren’t avoidably exposed this fall, while Mark
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Kathleen Stock at Oxford University
Calm, reasoned, and sensical. Listen to Professor Stock engage with the debate around gender identity and self ID.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Riley Gaines – Heroine of the Day
Who would have thought that denying reality in sports would make sports unfair. The days of bullshite openly on parade are quickly coming to close. Reality and female rights shall once again have their day in the sun, and not a moment too soon.
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Prince William, Noblesse Oblige, and Ending Homelessness
Earlier this week Prince William announced his plan to end homelessness in the United Kingdom. The initiative is called ‘Homewards’ and takes inspiration from a similar program in Finland, which has nearly halved itshomeless numbers since 2010.Under the Homewards program the homeless will be given aplace to stay before other issues such as drug use, joblessness,or
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jessica Wildfire writes about the desperation to return to some past normal (stoked of course by the people who profit from it) which is leading far too many to take obviously reckless risks with their health in the midst of a pandemic.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trans “Existence” – The Motte & Bailey Tactic Illustrated.
Know it when you see it. “A very common (and newly-named) informal rhetorical trick I’ve been observing, both online and in real life, is this one right here. The motte-and-bailey fallacy (also known as the ‘motte-and-bailey doctrine’). Although it is often found in arguments made by supporters of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Importance of Shared Language and Shared Meanings in Society
Objective truth, outside of philosophy, needs to make a comeback in society. “Increasingly, Western societies – especially the English-speaking countries – are becoming two different peoples speaking two very different languages and believing in two modes of living. One camp believes in some form of objective truth and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why I am Leaving the Cult of Wokeness – Open Letter
A long read, but it illustrates the journey from being part of the activist left to becoming a useful member of society. If there’s one thing I’m NOT afraid of, it’s being ‘cancelled’. If being cancelled means me living in integrity as a human being who thinks for themselves, CANCEL
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Bring Out Yer Band! *clang* Bring Out Yer Band! *clang*
When you learn music, your hemispheres fire off together, and since you’re not just sitting there listening to a lecture, you’re also doing some fine motor function (and/or gross motor function if you’re on percussion or canon), a bunch of those lobes are on fire too.
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: A Word of Advice…
We’re still trying to make sense of this election. There’s no question Rachel Notley’s NDP made phenomenal gains against the UCP. They pulled in 776,000 votes (157,000 more than they received in 2019) and gained 39 seats (15 more than they had in 2019), but it still wasn’t
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Protest Gender Ideology in Canadian Schools on June 9th – Keep The Children Home
This is call to action by one parent who is very concerned about the pernicious effects of gender ideology on children. Apparently, he lost his child to the transgender cult – because that is what cults do – insert a wedge between parents and their children to break the bonds
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Dialectical Methodology of the Activist Left and How to Diffuse it
Arguing with certain people can be very frustrating as they seem to not want to engage with what is being said. Instead, the use of hyperbole, insults, and emotionally charged language are meant to infuriate and obfuscate with the goal of winning the superficially wrought emotional battle (arguing versus agitating).
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