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This is pretty legit. After spending eight-and-a-half years in China, I have gained some insight into current Chinese Mainland culture, which should not be confused with other Asian nations and cultures, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. In a previous post where I discussed some commentaries regarding Solo‘s flop and China’s poor showing, I also touched…

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August 6, 2018

culture, interesting stuff, literary critique, nonfiction, original fiction, video

asia, asian culture, china, cultural customs, culture, rose tico, star wars, technology, the last jedi

Watch “The Wave 🌊 ft. Jordan Peterson (ＪＢＰＷＡＶＥ )” on YouTube

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July 30, 2018

culture, interesting stuff, music, video

12 rules for life, jordan peterson, music, remix, youtube

https://medium.com/@TheWakeful/the-uk-street-grooming-scandals-how-the-left-has-failed-in-its-responsibilities-15e507e227f7

View at Medium.com Where’s #metoo for Oxfordshire, I wonder? With witch hunts for Weinstein and other celebs ongoing, I wonder why call-out culture hasn’t forced the officials of the various towns in England to account for themselves? Oh. Wait. White/Indian slavery can’t exist can it… https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12435/rape-gangs-oxford#.WxkwjfWxpJ8.twitter

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July 29, 2018

culture, interesting stuff

censorship, crime, metoo, rape, silencing, slavery

I expect you may not be aware of it, but the anti-bullying psychology, created by left-thinking university psychology professors, is the ultimate in political correctness, turning every one of us into a potential bully or victim, or, to use your preferred language, oppressor or oppressed. Thanks to the successful political activism of the anti-bullying field, schools are now required to function as totalitarian police establishments responsible for children’s interpersonal relationships 24/7. School staff need to do double duty as security guards, detectives and judges, treating any complaint of subjective harm as a serious crime needing thorough investigation, interrogation, adjudication, reporting and punishing. Rather than eliminating bullying, these laws have led to a growing epidemic of bullying and intensified hostilities among students, parents, teachers and administrators. Today is the most stressful time in history to be a school administrator, as they can face lawsuits for failing to accomplish the impossible (research has shown that the most highly regarded anti-bullying programs barely cause a dent in the problem, yet schools are supposed to know how to get stop all children from being bullied.) Just today, the news reported that a Pennsylvania court awarded a student $500,000 dollars (link is external) because the school district could not stop fellow students from ridiculing her “gender-nonconformist presentation” – in all three schools she attended! Half a million dollars! American dollars, not Canadian! For a mere $500, I could have taught the girl how to stop being bullied, but now we, the taxpayers, have to fork out half-a-million bucks because schools can’t force all children to respect nonconformist gender presentation. In actuality, the schools’ attempts to stop the bullying made the bullying escalate.

-Kalman, The Two “Fatal Flaws Lurking in American Leftist Politics”

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July 29, 2018

culture, interesting stuff, quote

advice, bullying, life, media, opinion, relationships

[YT] Mindless Entertainment: In Defense of James Gunn

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July 29, 2018

culture, interesting stuff, video

callout culture, censorship, social control, social crimes, social issues, society, virtue signalling, youtube

[posting][opinion] Conscientious Objection and Ideological Dominance within Public and Private Spaces

Warning: This a form of musing. The ideas presented here are by no means definitive and have been posted for shared consideration. Every man’s home is his castle. Although this proverb is a unsophisticated sentiment which leaves aside the complexities of the interplay between pro-social behaviour and individual expression of conviction, more people than you…

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July 23, 2018

culture, original fiction, random writing, thought piece

christian cultural theory, Conscientious Objection, cultural theory, culture, ideological dominance, ideologies, private space, public space