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Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2020 21 Comments
The same social justice nonsense we deal with in the United States has been embraced by many other countries as well. While many American institutions are engaged in a struggle over 'critical race theory' training, England has decided to drop 'unconscious bias training' for civil servants. After trying it, people are realizing that it doesn't really change anything.

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 12, 2020 19 Comments
A black man who is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charlottesville, Virginia was recently stopped by police for fitting the description of a burglary suspect. The church then sent a letter to the police department decrying the practice of racial profiling, but RaShall Brackney, the Chief of Police, has pushed back on the accusations.

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 05, 2020 15 Comments
Philip Carl Salzman is a retired Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at McGill University in Canada. He has become the target of a cancel culture mob for the crime of criticizing social justice, rape culture, Black Lives Matter, and other aspects of the academic left which are considered beyond reproach. Students want Salzman stripped of his emeritus status and are demanding a review of the university's policy on academic freedom.

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 20, 2020 26 Comments
Former FOX News host Megyn Kelly recently revealed on her podcast that she has pulled two of her children out of their private New York City school over what she sees as political propaganda. She even says she is leaving the city. The document she describes, and claims was circulated to parents and school staff, is the same sort of social justice rhetoric we regularly document in higher education.

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 28, 2020 38 Comments
In the months before the 2016 election, Trump supporters were repeatedly physically attacked by members of the left, out in the open, sometimes as they left Trump rallies. In 2020, we are seeing a repeat of this behavior as most of the media looks the other way, just as they did four years ago.

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 24, 2020 22 Comments
This week, students and outsiders at Northwestern University in Chicago staged an anti-police protest that left the campus covered in graffiti. The rhetoric included messages like "more dead pigs" and worse. To his credit, Northwestern President Morton Schapiro strongly denounced the protests, and called out the left for thinking they're more important than others on campus.

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 21, 2020 119 Comments
You may have been thinking all the insanity we've been living through for months will finally end with the election, but it's not likely. Far left groups are lining up a host of activities to keep themselves busy in the event of a Biden loss. According to the left, our choices include a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" if Biden wins, or massive unrest if Trump wins.

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 20, 2020 71 Comments
Members of the professional left are now proposing a 'truth and reconciliation commission' to shame Trump supporters if Joe Biden wins. These would be the same people who have spent four years calling Trump an authoritarian, a dictator, a fascist, a cult leader, and worse. Those same people are now proposing Orwellian forms of public shaming for having the 'wrong' views.

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 08, 2020 31 Comments
Nikole Hannah-Jones has admitted that her '1619 Project' was more about controlling the narrative than presenting an accurate portrayal of history. She and the New York Times have also already scrubbed central aspects of the project, angering progressives. Now, a group of scholars is calling on the Pulitzer board to revoke a prize awarded to Jones last spring.