tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post9070864658894272335..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: Our authoritarian futureThe Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-56941416087158692152015-11-09T15:56:09.417-05:002015-11-09T15:56:09.417-05:00I lived and worked in Silicon Valley for almost tw...I lived and worked in Silicon Valley for almost two decades, and watched the horrifying culture change take place.<br /><br />I call them blue-state fascists for a reason, and will continue to do so.Rivenshieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838742377855184956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-44590974848896558272015-11-09T11:51:48.043-05:002015-11-09T11:51:48.043-05:00"In the absence of a transforming catastrophe..."In the absence of a transforming catastrophe, like a world war,"<br /><br />"Gotcha covered, there, buddy!" - Obama.<br /><br /><br />Ib1netmonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-74944037016161898802015-11-09T10:46:37.313-05:002015-11-09T10:46:37.313-05:00The good news is that the kids who constantly run ...The good news is that the kids who constantly run to the Man to assuage their fragile egos never actually <i>become</i> the Man.<br /><br />The kids who run to tattle on the bullies never grow up to be cops. The bullies do.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-85323295648904401122015-11-09T10:22:18.934-05:002015-11-09T10:22:18.934-05:00I hope you are right. However, if the press accou...I hope you are right. However, if the press accounts are accurate, around 10% of the Yale undergraduate population (ballpark) participated in the protests. That suggests that several times that number agree with the protests (since most people at such schools are hard to get out of the library). So I do think these attitudes are very common at elite universities. That said, I strongly suspect that far fewer undergraduates at even strong non-California elite state universities (e.g., Michigan, Wisconsin, UVA, UNC, UT-Austin, and so forth) think this way. But Ivy League grads are increasingly wired (by our increasingly credentialized society) to assume out-sized influence as adults. So I remain worried.TigerHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07478818024748287426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-76691005429081399532015-11-09T09:29:32.955-05:002015-11-09T09:29:32.955-05:00TH, I don't believe these totalitarian impulse...TH, I don't believe these totalitarian impulses (and, since this "outrage" isn't really thought out, I call it an impulse) are really widespread among the young. Certainly many schools show up as worrisome on FIRE's reports, but the number of offenders within the schools seem small. Obviously I lack factual evidence in saying this, though, and a survey would be helpful. But it is true the Academy is over-concerned with offending fluidly-defined victim groups, or at least one hears the stories constantly.<br /><br />A few prophylactic expulsions might put a lid on these really ugly incidents (I'm referring to the unhinged Yale girl) and the impulsive craziness would diminish, but a revival of civic education is the ultimate solution. The lefty definition of civic education (SJW focused, like my children endured at a Sacred Heart elementary school) isn't what I mean either, I'm referring to old-style "three branches of government and the Bill Of Rights" focus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-11133962413979906142015-11-09T03:22:41.729-05:002015-11-09T03:22:41.729-05:00"Among our many great accomplishments -- good..."Among our many great accomplishments -- good restaurants and craft beer have to rank high -- we baby boomers have a lot to atone for, at least in the raising of our children. Especially those children whose heads we filled with mush and dispatched to elite universities."<br /><br />Luckily easily for you all you have to do is simply start with separating day from night, good from evil, my children (non-existent) from yours, your accomplishments of the production and creation of good restaurants to good restaurants that you would admit are not you or "your generations's" accomplishment, if any are possible conceivable.<br /><br />It is extremely difficult, but considering the amount of humans that died without the capability to cogitate beyond "us" and "me" your blessings are quite seemingly infinite today. Viewage of the profound effects acting toward evil stoutly and courageously, Breitbart opposition, and supporting Truth and decency with humility potentially influence, yes indeed, "our" advantage advancing other-than the lack of God.<br /><br />Because I know bad people do not want God advanced and work with an admirable amount of effort if the toil's map-determination is ignored, I would feel terrible if I combined the good and bad as one entity for ease-of-argument's potency.<br /><br />Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.com