Humour is about exaggeration. But it’s not exaggeration unless there’s at least a modicum of truth. So yeah, I’m trying to be funny. But take me at least a little bit seriously. Actions have consequences. So does abstinence. It’s not… Read More ›
racism
RACISM DEFINED
WHAT IS RACE? One defeasible but serviceable tell that two species share a common ancestry is that they remain interbreedable. So though possible, it’s highly unlikely that the pre-contact peoples of the Western Hemisphere were sui generis, as some of… Read More ›
IT’S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT …
When someone initiates a conversation with “It’s a little known fact that …”, what he typically means is that there’s something he knows, but his interlocutor probably does not. But I want to bring our attention to another use of… Read More ›
SUPREMACY
I’ve always had trouble with the concept of supremacy. I think I understand it when it’s used aspirationally. I’m hoping that the Chiefs best the 49-ers in the upcoming Superbowl. Or predictively. I’m betting that the Chiefs best the 49-ers…. Read More ›
THE HODES/RODYCH DEBATE
This entry will make no sense unless first you read these: Hodes, C. (2023). A Settler Colonialism Induced Feminist Snap: A case study in IRS denialism and institutional violence in Canada. Feminist Asylum: A Journal of Critical Interventions, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.5195/faci.2023.107 , https://feministasylum.pitt.edu/faci/article/view/107,… Read More ›
HOW TO SURVIVE THIS
If you’re called out for a micro-aggression, call out the micro-aggression of being called out for a micro-aggression. If it’s then argued that the subaltern can’t micro-aggress, nod your head in full agreement and then point to yourself as the… Read More ›
BASIC GRAMMAR FOR ESL STUDENTS AND THE WOKE
Call it special pleading, but there’s a reason to keep old people alive. It’s not that we’re wiser. It’s that we’re more likely to’ve seen it all before. For example: Back in the day – by which I mean when… Read More ›
THE MEANING OF OBSCENITY
I’m going to make up a stat, but I’m guessing it won’t be too far off the mark. I’m going to claim the mainstream media dedicated 17 times the coverage to the loss of those 5 would-be adventurers in a… Read More ›
CRITICAL RACE THEORY
By Critical Race Theory (CRT) is meant a) an analysis of the concept of race such that b) race will turn out to be a, if not the, prime determinant of social stratification. In that sense CRT cannot but be… Read More ›
REDUCTION
No one can accuse me of being fair. But were I to be, then yes, every discipline has its own vocabulary, its own syntax, its own rules of inference … Words, phrases, sentences, they all take their meaning from the… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 