Trump Defunding The Woke Cult

[Mike]

As the article title says, "Trump tells federal agencies to end trainings on "white privilege" and "critical race theory".

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/05/910053496/trump-tells-agencies-to-end-trainings-on-white-privilege-and-critical-race-theor

He has threatened to defund them if they don't. It's a brazen move by Trump, and as you might have guessed, I love it!:) In a sense, he's "canceling" the cancelers. A beautiful irony.

Trump calls critical race theory "a sickness that cannot be allowed to continue." And I couldn't agree more.

As I was saying in another thread, most people don't know what critical race theory is, and from the outside it may appear that Trump is some rampaging racist that's bullying these "equity" programs out of existence.

So it's important to know what it is. Critical race theory is very complex. Here's an article by the foremost authority on this stuff - James Lindsay - if you're interested: https://newdiscourses.com/2020/06/reasons-critical-race-theory-terrible-dealing-racism/https://newdiscourses.com/2020/06/reasons-critical-race-theory-terrible-dealing-racism/https://newdiscourses.com/2020/06/reasons-critical-race-theory-terrible-dealing-racism/

For those that don't want to plod thru it, here are some cliff notes that Lindsay provides. His bullet point summary:

Critical Race Theory...

1) believes racism is present in every aspect of life, every relationship, and every interaction. and therefore has its advocates look for it everywhere.

2) relies upon "interest convergence" (white people only give black people opportunities and freedoms when it is also in their own interests) and therefore doesn't trust any attempt to make racism better.

3) is against free societies and wants to dismantle them and replace them with something its advocates control.

4) only treats race as socially constructed groups, so there are no individuals in critical race theory.

5) believes science, evidence, and reason are a "white" way of knowing and that storytelling and lived experience are a "black alternative", which hurts everyone, especially black people

6) rejects all potential alternatives, like colorblindness, as forms of racism, making itself the only allowable game in town (which makes it totalitarian)

7) acts like anyone who disagrees with it must do so for racist and white supremacist reasons, even if those people are black (more totalitarianism)

8) it can never be satisfied, so it becomes a kind of activist black hole that threatens to destroy everything that it is introduced to.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

What a black hole indeed. Haven't people of colour suffered enough? This crap makes everything ten times worse for them.

My Critical Race Theory would read as my mother taught me:

1) Skin is only skin deep. It's what's inside that counts.

THE END

A racist – sees skin colour and judges on skin colour
An anti-racist – sees skin colour and judges on skin colour
Not a racist – sees no skin colour

[atman]

Hopefully the order to end trainings on "White Privilege" and "Critical Race Theory" within the federal agencies will also apply to the Military, where such toxic indoctrination appears to have been extremely prevalent during the past several years, thanks mostly, some say, to the efforts of the previous administration.

Trump, in the meantime, while still loving the Military and having greatly invested into it, is at least shaming those who promulgate and seek to profit from the War Is Peace Cult.

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1303034314997858308

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

This should probably go here, being tangentially related. Extreme ideologies and disinformation is causing real mental illness. I don't like the word 'Funniest' in this video's title, because it isn't funny. It's quite disturbing. Media manipulation has turned this poor girl's mind to mush.

klygfDhB7QA

Sooner or later, she's going to need serious help, along with many like her. I would suggest 2 of these a day for 20 days, or until symptoms pass.

44255

[thepainterdoug]

I see color, I see height , I see weight, I see young, I see old, I see everything. I just dont make it mean anything.

this entire idea of trying to deny what you see is insane and infantile. you see what you see, red ball, blue ball, black car white car, cat from dog and on and on

but it doesnt mean anything. you dont need to add meaning to it! thats what you need to get. denial of reality is not the answer.

[Mike]

I see color, I see height , I see weight, I see young, I see old, I see everything. I just dont make it mean anything.

this entire idea of trying to deny what you see is insane and infantile. you see what you see, red ball, blue ball, black car white car, cat from dog and on and on

but it doesnt mean anything. you dont need to add meaning to it! thats what you need to get. denial of reality is not the answer.



Doug, that's just your white fragility speaking:)

That's what the critical race theorists would tell you.

Point #8 explains that this cult will never be satisfied. For example, if you claim to not see color at all, you're either lying or not displaying the proper respect for someone's racial background. But if you do see color, you're racist, regardless of how eloquently and sincerely you justify how you process that. They want you stand up for them and speak up against racial injustice("silence is violence!"), but the moment you stand up and speak they want you to sit down and shut up. They want you to be an ally, but don't be too good of an ally, because then you'll be a "white savior". And so on...

And by the way, I'm not singling out black people here; I'm talking about the entire woke mob, many of whom are white. The most popular perpetrator of this sh!t is a white lady actually, Robin D'Angelo.

[Satori]

As the article title says, "Trump tells federal agencies to end trainings on "white privilege" and "critical race theory".

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/05/910053496/trump-tells-agencies-to-end-trainings-on-white-privilege-and-critical-race-theor

He has threatened to defund them if they don't. It's a brazen move by Trump, and as you might have guessed, I love it!:) In a sense, he's "canceling" the cancelers. A beautiful irony.

Trump calls critical race theory "a sickness that cannot be allowed to continue." And I couldn't agree more.

As I was saying in another thread, most people don't know what critical race theory is, and from the outside it may appear that Trump is some rampaging racist that's bullying these "equity" programs out of existence.

So it's important to know what it is. Critical race theory is very complex. Here's an article by the foremost authority on this stuff - James Lindsay - if you're interested: https://newdiscourses.com/2020/06/reasons-critical-race-theory-terrible-dealing-racism/https://newdiscourses.com/2020/06/reasons-critical-race-theory-terrible-dealing-racism/https://newdiscourses.com/2020/06/reasons-critical-race-theory-terrible-dealing-racism/

For those that don't want to plod thru it, here are some cliff notes that Lindsay provides. His bullet point summary:

Critical Race Theory...

1) believes racism is present in every aspect of life, every relationship, and every interaction. and therefore has its advocates look for it everywhere.

2) relies upon "interest convergence" (white people only give black people opportunities and freedoms when it is also in their own interests) and therefore doesn't trust any attempt to make racism better.

3) is against free societies and wants to dismantle them and replace them with something its advocates control.

4) only treats race as socially constructed groups, so there are no individuals in critical race theory.

5) believes science, evidence, and reason are a "white" way of knowing and that storytelling and lived experience are a "black alternative", which hurts everyone, especially black people

6) rejects all potential alternatives, like colorblindness, as forms of racism, making itself the only allowable game in town (which makes it totalitarian)

7) acts like anyone who disagrees with it must do so for racist and white supremacist reasons, even if those people are black (more totalitarianism)

8) it can never be satisfied, so it becomes a kind of activist black hole that threatens to destroy everything that it is introduced to.

I’ve just read this post and the bullet points, which are taken from the article. I started to read the article and will finish it later. But, just from reading the bullet points, I’m struck by the logical fallacies presented by Critical Race Theory. Not the least of which are contradiction and paradox.

For instance, if the proponents of CRT are correct, and in my view they are not, then they are themselves racist. By definition they have to be. But, they seek to control racism by controlling everyone. How convenient for them. They want to be the Uber-racist, manipulating the levers of racism-control. While seemingly denouncing the control stemming and flowing from “racism”, they would place themselves in control—which perforce would include control over “racism.”

Further, CRT is so very broad and all encompassing that, as a theory, it says nothing, because it seeks to say everything. Everything about racism, as defined and recognized by the proponents of CRT. This is a nefarious “glittering generality”; an “atrocious generality”, if you will.

[Constance]

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[Satori]

This should probably go here, being tangentially related. Extreme ideologies and disinformation is causing real mental illness. I don't like the word 'Funniest' in this video's title, because it isn't funny. It's quite disturbing. Media manipulation has turned this poor girl's mind to mush.

klygfDhB7QA

Sooner or later, she's going to need serious help, along with many like her. I would suggest 2 of these a day for 20 days, or until symptoms pass.

44255

I’m on the fence regarding whether she is seriously and genuinely suffering from heightened emotional and psychological distress, or whether she has found her shtick or niche in the form of another way to attack Trump supporters and MAGA, and to push the “woke” agenda.

[Mike]

Hi Satori:thumbsup:

re logical fallacies: critical race theorists don't believe in logic. That's just another symptom of "whiteness" (see bullet point 5)

BUT...they will happily apply it when it suits them.:bigsmile:

You're 100% spot on about everything, of course, which is what makes this critical race stuff so hard to explain. I was actually trying to explain it to a friend today, and he kept interrupting me to say "But that doesn't make sense..", and I kept replying, "I know, they don't necessarily want it to make sense." And then he would say, "But that doesn't make sense either." And I would say, "I know! That's the point!":) It was like something out of Catch-22.

To explain it or grasp it you actually have to resign yourself to it's insanity for a few mins.:help:

[Mike]

Star, that video is chilling.

A part of me did think it was funny tho:) My inner asshole enjoyed this a little; her tears were an absolute tonic, and there was a small voice in my head that kept saying "watch it again dude!"

Having said that, it was also quite disturbing. That uncontrolled, distorted emotion makes my nerves all jangly. It's as if my very soul is disturbed by it as well. She's fractured in so many ways that I wouldn't even know where she should begin to put the pieces back together. I'm glad I'm not her therapist, that's all I can say. I do wish her well, but sheesh...she's in deep man.

[thepainterdoug]

mike and friends . its all so illogical , all so absurd and beyond reasoning etc, that it must be cosmic.

[RunningDeer]

Mike, you’d appreciate Gregory Gutfeld’s take on Trump getting rid of critical race theory. It's similar to your OP. I added it because he’s a comedian, as well as a television producer, commentator, author, and editor.

He’s one of the 5 on The Five @ Fox News. Sorry if that last part triggers some. Greg speaks for the first minute and a half. The rest is worth a listen too. (5:36 minutes)


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[Gemma13]

Star, that video is chilling.

She's fractured in so many ways that I wouldn't even know where she should begin to put the pieces back together. I'm glad I'm not her therapist, that's all I can say. I do wish her well, but sheesh...she's in deep man.

Problem with that is there are thousands of mental health therapists trained in creating and perpetuating this victimhood and hysteria.  They've literally stolen a generation of youth and transformed them into the perfect minions for this propaganda.

I've been researching this for a few years now and there's loads of data proving it; which one day I will hopefully get time to collate to start a "stolen generation" thread.   But here's a link warning about it.  And though this relates to Australia similar programs are run in other countries.

Basically the mental health industry have infiltrated teenagers, (millenials onwards),  convincing them their puberty blues transition is because their parents are toxic and they are victims who suffer with overwhelming anxiety, depression, etc.  They are than treated with remedies that trap them into sustaining, in a majority of cases, false victimhood and trauma rather than overcoming it.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/dsm5-in-distress/201105/australias-reckless-experiment-in-early-intervention

Excerpt: McGorry's goal is certainly great. But its current achievement is simply impossible and Australia's plans are patently premature. Early intervention to prevent psychosis requires first that there be an accurate tool to identify who will later become psychotic and who will not. Unfortunately, no such accurate tool exists. The false positive rate in selecting prepsychosis is at least about 60-70% in the very best of hands and may be as high as 90% in general practice. That's right, folks, nine misidentified non patients for one accurately identified truly prepsychotic patient. Those are totally unacceptable odds.

[Mike]

Thanks Paula:bearhug:

Great video there. Fox news might have caused me to groan a few years ago but it appears they're the only ones making sense at the moment. I continue to be impressed by their contributors.

Strange, since I've always thought of myself as a liberal mostly:). I'm pro-choice for women; I'm pro gay marriage; I don't really like guns too much. I haven't attended mass in over a decade. Until maybe 3 or 4 months ago, I'd never listened - except in passing - to any conservative talk radio or television hosts..and when I did I disliked them. I've watched a few Tucker Carlson Youtube videos recently, and saw my first Glenn Beck show ever, a couple days ago. But I've never sat in front of a tv and watched the news. Ever. I've also never voted. And if I was forced to vote during the last election, it would not have been for Trump.

But here, on this forum, I'm the raging conservative it seems!:bigsmile: I like to think of myself as a rationalist, first and foremost, and Trump and Fox news are the only ones making much sense at the moment - at least in the mainstream. So bring on the great Fox news clips if ya find anymore:thumbsup:

[thepainterdoug]

Mike I agree . Im a life long liberal voting dem. This is what I try to explain to people.

But today, I would'nt consider this insane dem party for all the covid in china .

trump, a total outsider has gotten so much done in 4 years , and NO NEW WAR.

He's ruining their game

[RunningDeer]

Thanks Paula:bearhug:So bring on the great Fox news clips if ya find anymore:thumbsup:

Some of my favorites at Fox News (https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel/videos) are Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, The Five team, Judge Jeanine, Trey Gowdy, Steve Hilton, sometimes Sean Hannity, and several more. I enjoy the Fox News clips with Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary. She's also an author, political commentator and lawyer. And wow!, grace under fire she is.

Fox Business (https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxBusinessNetwork/videos) is another. Maria Bartiromo has been around a while. She’s not afraid to ask the tough questions. A few of her guests are Attorney General William Barr, Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano, and The Trump guy.

The news segments are about 3-10 minutes.
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[T Smith]

This should probably go here, being tangentially related. Extreme ideologies and disinformation is causing real mental illness. I don't like the word 'Funniest' in this video's title, because it isn't funny. It's quite disturbing. Media manipulation has turned this poor girl's mind to mush.

klygfDhB7QA

Sooner or later, she's going to need serious help, along with many like her. I would suggest 2 of these a day for 20 days, or until symptoms pass.

44255

You're right. This isn't funny at all. This this young woman's worldview is downright disturbing.

[onawah]

I'm trying to stop buying into the whole Right vs Left game, and though I used to consider myself a Progressive, if I had to choose, I would choose Conservative nowadays.
I realized about halfway through Obama's Adminstration that the DNC was not at all what it was in JFK's day, and that's when I began to be apolitical.
But the DNC has lost its mind now and though there is plenty wrong with some of Trump's policies, I never would have voted for HRC.
Similarly, nowadays if I have to watch mainsteam news, FOX is definitely the one I would choose.
Surreal is the best word I can come up with to describe the state of American politics today and the way it's affecting people.
I feel like I'm living in a kind of "zombie apocalypse" most of the time now.
On the better days, it just feels like this:
https://angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/118806123_1165024003880239_3183618823142436492_n.jpg
update: A good clip of Tucker telling the truth in this post: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?92384-Weird-wild-weather-floods-freak-storms-giant-hail-record-lows-all-over-the-world&p=1376704&viewfull=1#post1376704 (Apparently they're allowed to do that now on FOX news!! :faint:)

[Jayke]

A view inside the ‘woke’ cult of political correctness. Where white people are lectured about “not being born human“ and ‘we’re actually just demons’, supposedly.

:jester:

https://mobile.twitter.com/InayaFolarin/status/1302876853431140355
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[Mark (Star Mariner)]

This should probably go here, being tangentially related. Extreme ideologies and disinformation is causing real mental illness. I don't like the word 'Funniest' in this video's title, because it isn't funny. It's quite disturbing. Media manipulation has turned this poor girl's mind to mush.

klygfDhB7QA

Sooner or later, she's going to need serious help, along with many like her. I would suggest 2 of these a day for 20 days, or until symptoms pass.

44255

You're right. This isn't funny at all. This this young woman's worldview is downright disturbing.

I would just add that the Trump Derangement Syndrome pills suggestion was just a joke.

But you are right, this is what brainwashing looks like. A good tell is that she seems to be thinking entirely with her emotions, and acting out through them. When you process through emotions, when that's your go-to filter, reason gets pushed to the back. Locked in to that one mode you're unable to make rational sense of complex issues, sometimes even simple ones. You are reduced to screeching and bawling your way through problems rather than thinking. This is probably behind many of the Karen/Darren outbursts we see.

[atman]

A view inside the ‘woke’ cult of political correctness. Where white people are lectured about “not being born human“ and ‘we’re actually just demons’, supposedly.

:jester:

https://mobile.twitter.com/InayaFolarin/status/1302876853431140355
1302876853431140355

Wow, Jayke, that is horrifyingly insane!

I have found out more about that particular presentation by ‘Black Lives Matter’ organizer Ashleigh Shackelford, which I will post in the Black Lives Matter thread...

[Bill Ryan]

A view inside the ‘woke’ cult of political correctness. Where white people are lectured about “not being born human“ and ‘we’re actually just demons’, supposedly.

:jester:

https://mobile.twitter.com/InayaFolarin/status/1302876853431140355
1302876853431140355

Wow, Jayke, that is horrifyingly insane!I'd seriously suggest we really are seeing mental illness here.

That's not a well-defined term, but some people are becoming unbalanced, dangerous, delusional, and utterly believing things that are unreal.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

She said that not only are all white people racist, but not human, and demons.

Demons at 42 seconds. FFS. It's not just mental illness.

I'd call that monumentally racist too. And hate speech.

Critical Race Theory? This is a toxin doctrine, which sounds somewhat familiar in its effect to scandalize, and brainwash the people. It was also state-directed.


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[PurpleLama]

https://mobile.twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1303275748317249537

A bit of a breakdown on the goals and terminology of CRT.

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Follow the link and read the entire thread! It is worthwhile to get a grasp for the particular revolutionary mentality we are dealing with. What concerns the most is the utter lack of logistics for what comes next when it comes to reaching their goal.

I can't thank Mike enough for this thread. The danger facing western civilization should not be underestimated. When it arrives at your doorstep, it will be way too late.

[Constance]

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[PurpleLama]

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A substantial portion of this episode of the Dark Horse Podcast deals directly with the topic of this thread.

[atman]

The first 16 1/2 minutes of the Tucker Carlson Tonight show, from last night, also deal directly with the topic of this thread, including what has been happening in the U.S. military in terms of "Critical Race Theory" indoctrination.

A very good segment.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7w1x33


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7w1x33

[Richter]

Military Veterans React to President Trump (3:10)
Veterans of the United States Armed Forces react to some of President Donald Trump’s comments
on the military
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NB: I just noticed that the 'source' of this video is Joe Biden's website
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWNpXitY8eJ-ku6M-v25MKw)

Made me wonder if these are real veterans, or perhaps actors? :unsure:

[thepainterdoug]

No President since Eisenhower and JFK has challenged the M.I.Complex

[PurpleLama]

Military Veterans React to President Trump (3:10)
Veterans of the United States Armed Forces react to some of President Donald Trump’s comments
on the military
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NB: I just noticed that the 'source' of this video is Joe Biden's website
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWNpXitY8eJ-ku6M-v25MKw)

Made me wonder if these are real veterans, or perhaps actors? :unsure:

Yeah, this thread is about those who ascribe to Critical Theory as it applies to human systems, race, gender, etc. AKA the Woke Cult.

Here is another link to a long twitter thread giving a further breakdown on CRT, starting from the beginning. Highly recommended for the insight it offers into CRT.

https://mobile.twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1302913020280975360

This just links to the first post in a long thread.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Military Veterans React to President Trump (3:10)
Veterans of the United States Armed Forces react to some of President Donald Trump’s comments
on the military
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NB: I just noticed that the 'source' of this video is Joe Biden's website
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWNpXitY8eJ-ku6M-v25MKw)

Made me wonder if these are real veterans, or perhaps actors? :unsure:

Not sure if genuine or just a hit piece, but to offer another point of view:

These veterans tell you their direct experience rather than reacting to spliced clips that have no clear context.

https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1302716390613319681

[Chester]

An example of why I simply ignore the left as they implode into irrelevancy

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[atman]

How To End White Privilege (5 min.)

"Brandon Tatum doesn’t forgive you for your white privilege. How can he forgive you for something that doesn’t even exist? So, where did the notion of white privilege come from? Who does it benefit? And who does it hurt? The answers might surprise you."

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Transcript:

“Woke” white people, I’d like to ask you a favor:

Please stop asking for forgiveness for your “white privilege.”

You’re not fooling anybody. You’re not helping black people—or any other minority. And your public confessions don’t make you look virtuous. They make you look disingenuous, which is a really nice way of saying fake, phony, and fraudulent.

For starters, what is “white privilege” anyway? Because you were born with white skin, you have all these advantages that I don’t have?

Like what?

Like, you can get a mortgage loan that I can’t get?

Hmm. I got a loan—at a great rate, by the way—and I got the house. Why would a banker not give a loan to someone who met the loan requirements? He doesn’t want to make money? I’ve never heard of such a banker.

Or, how about this: You can enter a store and not be looked upon with suspicion, but I—a black person—cannot. Except...that has never happened to me.

But if I was a young dude with my pants hanging down to my butt, I could understand why a store owner would be concerned. I used to be a cop. Believe me, I understand. If I owned the store, I’d be tracking that kid, too—whether he was black, white, or anything else.

Or, what if I had a store that had a history of being shoplifted by young black women, and a young black woman with a bad attitude walked in. Would I be suspicious? Yeah, I would. Who wouldn’t?

I call that common sense, not bigotry.

But there’s another way of looking at this: In many ways, in today’s America, blacks have more privilege than whites. It’s been my experience that whites bend over backwards to give blacks every possible advantage.

If two people are equally qualified for a job, the black person will usually get it. Big companies and prestigious universities fall all over one another trying to sign up talented black people.

If you deny this, you are denying reality.

Which is what the person who dreamed up this whole thing did—a professor of women’s studies at Wellesley College by the name of Peggy McIntosh. She wrote an article in 1988 about all the “white privilege” she thought she had. She listed 46, including this one: “I can choose…bandages in ‘flesh’ color and have them more or less match my skin.” Wow, that’s some kind of privilege!

Soon others took up the cause.

Today, these so-called progressives dominate our colleges and universities, imposing this absurd notion of white privilege on their students. That’s too bad. Because it does nothing good for white students. And it does nothing good for black students. But of the two, ironically, the white students get the better of the deal.

Let me explain:

To acknowledge your white privilege is supposed to make you feel bad. Only it doesn’t. It makes you feel good because by acknowledging your white privilege, you’re declaring yourself to be enlightened. And as a virtue-bonus, it also makes you a better person than those whites who don’t acknowledge their privilege.

White privilege, which is supposed to make you feel bad, ends up making you feel good. Meanwhile, the real damage is to blacks. What makes whites feel good makes blacks angry.

More than 50 years after the start of the Civil Rights movement, the message is: “You’re still oppressed.” How can this not create a victim mentality? And anyone—of any color—who sees himself as a victim gets angry.

Now, I wouldn’t deny for a second that there are privileges in life. They’re all over the place. There’s two-parent family privilege (that’s huge); there’s being lucky to be born in America privilege; there’s good gene privilege. But white privilege? Doesn’t it depend on the person?

Let’s take this, for example: A black lawyer and his wife have a baby. And a meth addict, single white woman has a baby. Which kid has privilege? The white one? Because he’s white?

Come on now.

And here’s the kicker: Even if it were true—all those claims about white privilege, so what? Would it change a single thing I did? If white people apologize for being white, is that supposed to help me? In what way?

So, let’s be real: White privilege is an attempt by the left to divide Americans by race.

It’s all theory and all nonsense. If you want to fall for it, go ahead—it’s a free country. But don’t try to sell it to me.

I’m an American who deals with my fellow Americans one-on-one.

Try it. It works.

I’m Brandon Tatum for Prager University.

[atman]

I'm hesitantly posting this here... I do believe, however, that Mike would have enjoyed it.

I must say that I watched the video, included in the Tweet below, with a mixture of bewilderment and consternation.

What it depicts is as maniacally absurd as it is funny.

The look in the Black kid's face is priceless.

I don't know what the captured event was about (perhaps BLM-related from the looks of it?), but the description in the tweet says it all: "This is what it's like watching academics try to cure racism."

The video is a great symbolic representation of wokism, as viewed by ordinary (and more sane) people.

A meme for the ages!




https://twitter.com/MikeNayna/status/1305104442350419969

[Franny]

Love it. The kid is the only adult in the room, trying to be polite but he's disgusted. Everyone else seems to be having fun or is trying to look tolerant. A twist on the Emperors's New Clothes.

[PurpleLama]

Another twitter thread from Wokal Distance, this time describing the attributes of "decolonizing gender". I meant to post this earlier, but got side tracked and I just remembered....

https://mobile.twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1304695220550791168

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[atman]

I have not yet been able to verify the allegation made in the article below, but if it turns out to be true, let us just say that it does not sound good at all.

But if this ends up being a false alarm, the information provided in the article regarding some of the specifics of the critical race theory-inspired trainings that were or are still going on within the government, remains valuable and so this is why I am posting it here.

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BREAKING: CDC defies Trump's executive order, moves forward with critical race theory indoctrination (https://thepostmillennial.com/cdc-to-conduct-crt-inspired-trainings-against-trumps-executive-order)

by Mia Cathell - The Post Millennial - September 14, 2020 2:56 PM




The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly moving forward with critical race theory-inspired trainings in violation of President Donald Trump's executive cease and desist order that abolishes social justice indoctrination in the federal government.


BOMBSHELL: The @CDCgov is moving forward with a critical race theory training program—in violation of @POTUS' executive action.

I've obtained leaked documents that outline the CDC's plan to "examine the mechanisms of systemic racism" and address "White supremacist ideology."
?— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020




The national public health institute, a United States federal agency that operates under the Department of Health and Human Services, decided to ignore the president's call to cut off taxpayer-funded racial bias conditioning of federal employees that the Trump administration alleges "seeks to undercut our core values as Americans and drive division within our workforce."

Journalist Christopher Rufo released leaked documents that outline the CDC's plan to "examine the mechanisms of systemic racism" and address "White supremacist ideology."

The 13-week series is titled "Naming, Measuring, and Addressing the Impacts of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation and the World." A presentation will be conducted by Camara Phyllis Jones, former president of the American Public Health Association.

The first three "Naming Racism" sessions are focused on "racism, sexism, and other systems of structured inequality" and teach CDC employees to "address institutionalized racism" in order to "really set things right in the garden" of a purportedly racist nation, not "the land of opportunity" to "those who have always seen this country" as intended by the Founding Fathers.


The first three training sessions are focused on "racism, sexism, and other systems of structured inequality," then teaching CDC employees that they must "address institutionalized racism" to "really set things right in the garden" of a racist nation. pic.twitter.com/0EfmHKi2WD — Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020




In the sixth through ninth sessions set throughout October, the CDC claims that "racism is a public health crisis" and that "systemic racism" leads to "police killings of unarmed Black and Brown men and women" and "the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color."

Then in sessions 10 and 11, the trainers will instruct CDC employees to "target" and destroy individualism," the "myth of meritocracy," the "myth of American exceptionalism," and "White supremacist ideology" based on textbook critical race theory.


In sessions 10 and 11, the trainers will teach CDC employees that they must "target" and destroy the values of "focus on the individual," the "myth of meritocracy," the "myth of American exceptionalism," and "White supremacist ideology." This is textbook critical race theory. pic.twitter.com/AZoTlpxA3t — Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020




The final "Organizing and strategizing to act" sessions concluding in December provide a guide on how to become activists, encouraging staffers to join an "Anti-Racism Collaborative with eight Collective Action Teams" focused on "communications," publishing scientific "anti-racist" work, and influencing "policy and legislation." Historical perspective will be presumably based on The New York Times' 1619 Project with the intent to hire historians to staff city councils, state legislatures, and Congress.

"I thought maybe they would wisely cancel this training series. Instead we got a message this morning confirming...The pressure to participate is palpable and if you don't you will have to explain why you aren't a racist," Rufo's unnamed whistleblower expressed outrage.



My whistleblower is outraged: "I thought maybe they would wisely cancel this training series. Instead we got a message this morning confirming ... The pressure to participate is palpable and if you don't you will have to explain why you aren't a racist."— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020




"We are in the midst of a pandemic and the CDC is prioritizing a critical race theory training program that is in direct violation of a presidential order," Rufo tweeted, calling on CDC Director Robert Redfield to "immediately terminate this program—and focus on COVID-19, where CDC has been disastrous."

Rufo then rallied his followers to stand behind him, also issuing a warning to every federal department in the United States.

"If you violate the president's order on critical race theory, I will find you, expose you, and shut you down," the reporter fired on Twitter.


Finally, I want to issue a warning to every federal department in the United States: if you violate the president's order on critical race theory, I will find you, expose you, and shut you down.

Hit me with a ?? in the comments if you're behind me.— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020




Rufo's critical race theory investigations have exposed the Treasury Department for telling its employees that “virtually all White people contribute to racism," the National Credit Union Administration for conducting a session for 8,900 employees that argued that America was “built on the blacks of people who were enslaved," the Sandia National Labs for holding a three-day reeducation camp for white males, the Argonne National Laboratories for commanding white lab employees to admit that they atone for the “pain and anguish inflicted upon Black people," the Department of Homeland Security for hosting a training on “microaggressions, microinequities, and microassaults," and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion for hosting weekly “Intersectionality Workshops."

The mainstream media has covered the leftist propaganda as "sensitivity training," while ignoring documented evidence of racially-segregated training sessions, the revival of the race essentialism, and subjecting employees to ritualistic self-denouncement.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has since argued that now is the time for "Congress to ban federal dollars from being spent on critical race theory or any other divisive, race-based propaganda."

"I will fight to include a ban on any spending bill Congress passes," the Republican senator tweeted.


It’s time for Congress to ban federal dollars from being spent on critical race theory or any other divisive, race-based propaganda. I will fight to include a ban on any spending bill Congress passes https://t.co/HXMjJHyNxv— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) September 14, 2020




"I'm with you," Rufo supported Hawley, adding the crossed swords emoji as a symbol of allegiance.


I'm with you, @HawleyMO! ?? https://t.co/Cw0LvgXsOR pic.twitter.com/sao44IQ6IJ— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020




This comes after Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, told his Facebook live audience on Sunday that left-wing hit squads are training for insurrection, accusing CDC scientists of “sedition.”

The New York Times reported that the top communications official for public health affairs claimed that the CDC is harboring a “resistance unit” determined to undermine the Trump administration.

At the beginning of this month, 50-plus groups formed a progressive coalition and met on Zoom to organise a post-Election Day seize if the Democratic ticket fails to win by a landslide.

Fight Back Table—an initiative launched after the 2016 presidential election—calls the effort: “Democracy Defense Nerve Center.” The Daily Beast reported that over the course of two hours, participants charted out anti-disinformation tactics launched under a multi-state communications arm, a training program for nonviolent civil disobedience, and the underpinnings of what one official described as “mass public unrest."

Rose Brooks, co-founder of the Transition Integrity Project, has laid out her vision in a 22-page document, titled “Preventing a Disrupted Presidential Election and Transition," to identify "the most serious risks to our democracy might be the best way to avert a November disaster." Brooks summarized four simulation exercises in The Washington Post: a clear Biden win, a narrow Biden win, a murky result, and a Trump Electoral College win with popular vote loss. The war games were played out with 67 prominent public officials and academics role-playing on seven teams: the Trump campaign, the Biden campaign, Republican elected officials, Democratic elected officials, career federal government employees, the media, and the public.

[PurpleLama]

https://mobile.twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1305773583092690945

Here we have Wokal Distance giving a breakdown on Cultural Appropriation.

[PurpleLama]

As much as the subjects revolving around postmodernism and Critical Theory seem detestable to anyone holding on to any vestiges of traditional values or morals, it behooves us to have at least some grasp of the ideas/tools they are using against common sense in every level of western culture, otherwise we will be quite unprepared when it appears within our personal experience.

[Gracy]

it behooves us to have at least some grasp of the ideas/tools they are using against common sense in every level of western culture, otherwise we will be quite unprepared when it appears within our personal experience.

Time will tell of course, but I think ridiculous movements like woke culture have a real tough time gaining traction when it comes to Main Street USA. Not exactly the lure of freedom and excitement, that came with say, "sex drugs and rock n' roll".

:rockon:

[PurpleLama]

it behooves us to have at least some grasp of the ideas/tools they are using against common sense in every level of western culture, otherwise we will be quite unprepared when it appears within our personal experience.

Time will tell of course, but I think ridiculous movements like woke culture have a real tough time gaining traction when it comes to Main Street USA. Not exactly the lure of freedom and excitement, that came with say, "sex drugs and rock n' roll".

:rockon:

I tend to agree.... Here, in the Deep South. I would likewise suggest that this has been under development within the halls of academia for our entire lives (and under the radar of Main Street USA), and is certainly an integral part of the ideology that underpins the movements we see tearing up major cities across the USA. My feeling is that Woke culture is only getting started, and what we are seeing is just the first few steps as it breaks into mainstream. The movement is entrenched enough at this point that it will take some major pushback from the individual all the way up to the national/political scale and everywhere in between before it may release its grip in the minds it has infected. Another way to put it, it is like the flyer mind on steroids, as this is not one insane though process but a highly organized system of thought that to my view is as inhuman as it is anti-human, and its expression is collective as so many people have been taught this diseased way of thinking.

How many gender/womens/black/lgbt studies degrees do you reckon have been handed out in the USA in the last 20 years? That number will give only a small indication of the real scope of the problem, as the ideology is certainly not limited to those who have earned such degrees.

[thepainterdoug]

if only love, or kindness or even the illusion of love or kindness, or even a faking of it, would come out of this culture, then they may get my ear. or me faking getting my ear :blushing:

[atman]

Just an update on post #38 with the article titled "BREAKING: CDC defies Trump's executive order, moves forward with critical race theory indoctrination".

There appears to have been a backlash and a reversal, after the leak:



CDC Cancels ‘Critical Race Theory’ Program Following Doc Leak (https://trulytimes.com/cdc-cancels-critical-race-theory-program-following-doc-leak.html)


Christopher F. Rufo, who shared details about the leak which brought attention to the now apparently short-lived non-compliance by the CDC, demands that the culpable federal employees face consequences for their attempt to ignore an executive order from the POTUS:



https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1305892026068512771

[PurpleLama]

It is not just the CDC, we have it in the Navy, too!

https://www.redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2020/09/15/the-adverse-effects-of-obama’s-eo-13583-and-fogo-purge-are-now-obvious/amp/

[PurpleLama]

Here is another perspective on CRT, from Hotep Nation.

https://www.hotepnation.com/critical-race-theory/

[Chris Gilbert]

Not a Trump fan, but this is something I can personally agree with. With the SJWs, as often happens with movements, while there may be some legitimate problems they point to initially, their rhetoric and approach is utterly toxic. I've been unfollowing/deleting friends on social media who've been bit by that particular mind virus. Honestly I think alternative leaning sites like this one are in more danger from the woke brigade than the imperialistic right. It can be easily seen on wikipedia where the woke leaning partner with establishment gatekeepers to steer the narrative.

[atman]

With a different constitution or within a different political system, Trump might have been able to direct his executive order to not only the federal agencies, but to other institutions as well. Like, for example, the public schools...

To add to Chris' post, above, and to further demonstrate just how poisonous Critical Race Theory can be, take a look (in the attached pictures below) at what can be found in a handout that was issued by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of a public school, in Springfield, Missouri.

Source: The Gateway Pundit (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/rural-springfield-mo-public-schools-teaching-kids-critical-race-theory-including-saying-maga-calling-cops-white-supremacy)

[atman]

A must-watch segment from last night's Tucker Carlson Show. (8 min.)

Besides what is described in the tweet below, the segment also addresses:


Trump's creation of the "Patriotic Education Commission" to combat the Critical Race Theory indoctrination in schools, which Trump calls "ideological poison".


The "1619 Project" (created by New York Times magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones and now being praised by people such as Kamala Harris, and being pushed by such luminaries as Oprah Winfrey).


Some specifics of the Critical Race Theory indoctrination that children are being subjected to in schools.

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https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1306769136018620422

[Bill Ryan]

This may belong here. I started by dipping into the start of this 75 minute interview (with Casey Petersen from Sandia Labs, who fought a one-man campaign which succeeded in getting Critical Race Theory removed from the attempted indoctrination of nuclear weapons engineers) — and ended up cheering him on to the very end.

I wish there'd have been more still. But there is more on his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWjvTQVcjhyEKVyb4zqOmxQ/videos).

He's a smart and committed man, and we need more like him in large organizations to push back against whatever the heck this destructive agenda is — that puts judging employees by race and gender, an implicitly racist and sexist ideology in itself, ahead of ability, talent, productivity, innovative ideas, and success.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npzt-Tx66j8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npzt-Tx66j8

[Satori]

This may belong here. I started by dipping into the start of this 75 minute interview (with Casey Petersen from Sandia Labs, who fought a one-man campaign which succeeded in getting Critical Race Theory removed from the attempted indoctrination of nuclear weapons engineers) — and ended up cheering him on to the very end.

I wish there'd have been more still. But there is more on his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWjvTQVcjhyEKVyb4zqOmxQ/videos).

He's a smart and committed man, and we need more like him in large organizations to push back against whatever the heck this destructive agenda is — that puts judging employees by race and gender, an implicitly racist and sexist ideology in itself, ahead of ability, talent, productivity, innovative ideas, and success.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npzt-Tx66j8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npzt-Tx66j8

I’m 46 minutes into this video. It is outstanding. But, I had to stop to say something. At the point I stopped there was further discussion about Casey Peterson’s encounters with HR at Sandia Nat’l Labs.

Human Resources, formerly the Personnel Dept. (before they began telling everyone we are not people, but rather expendable resources), is a serious problem that has developed in the past several decades. During that time, HR students, employees and departments have been heavily indoctrinated with all manner of nonsense, wrapped up in phycological and social babble.

On a personal note, to illustrate the point, about a year ago we hired a new HR person (a younger lady) at law firm where I have worked for nearly 18 years. (I’ve been a lawyer 40 years and counting.) Since then things have gone to Draconian hell.

About three weeks ago at a video meeting the firm had, the topic turned to cv19 and I spoke up. I merely suggested people investigate the topic for themselves. I also questioned the efficacy of masks; which HR told us we must wear if we come into the office. (Among other things, we are required to email the HR lady telling her when we intend to come in, take our temper when we come in, and then email her our temperature. If we have any symptoms or if in her judgment our temper is too high we must leave the office and see a doctor. I will not follow these protocols.)

Our spineless CEO, a lawyer at least 20 years my junior in terms of not only legal experience, but world experience (who I mentored and whose ass I saved on many occasions) told me that if I did not stop talking I should resign right now. I was clearly a threat to the official narrative. I have not resigned, and won’t, and they dare not push the issue with me.

HR people, as well as far too many others, professional, blue collar etc..., never (rarely) stop to think for themselves and research anything. Rather, they swallow the mainstream narrative lock, stock and barrel and then conclude they know all there is to know, not just about the specific topic, but everything else to boot.

Buckminster Fuller, in his seminal book, Critical Path, and elsewhere, warned us of the dangers of specialization and eschewing general knowledge. Specialization creates a hive mind and shunts thought and creativity.

I am convinced that the more so-called formal education a person receives the less a person really knows. It takes several decades to shake off the indoctrination and start critically thinking again for one’s self—if that happens at all.

[atman]

Could Trump defund the Woke Cult in Canada too... pretty please?

Just kidding, of course, but I am including this here because I believe that it is relevant to the discussion — in the grand scheme of things — and because it demonstrates that ideological viruses... do tend to ignore borders!




Trudeau’s race-based entrepreneurship funding is the definition of systemic racism (https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeaus-race-based-entrepreneurship-funding-is-the-definition-of-systemic-racism)


by Spencer Fernando, Winnipeg, MB - September 10, 2020


This is the literal definition of systemic racism, as Trudeau is using government power to create a race-based program designed to benefit one race of people while leaving others out


The great civil rights leaders of history have consistently focused on bringing people together, rather than tearing people apart. Their core message has been that people must be judged as individuals, rather than by their race.

After all, people can control what kind of person they are, they can control their actions, they can choose to develop their work ethic, their character, and their reputation.

By contrast, people can’t chose what race they are.

For a long time, much of the world (particularly Western nations), have been steadily making progress towards reducing racism and treating people as individuals.

Our legal system is clear on forbidding racism. Everything that civil rights groups fought for has been now put into law. There are government programs and legal mechanisms that can be used to intervene when racism is found.

Step by step, we have succeeded in removing race as the key factor in how people treat each other.

But now, that progress is being put at risk.

Instead of moving towards a more "colour-blind" society, we are seeing the rise of race-obsessed far-left radicals, pushing things like ‘critical race theory.’

They are fighting against the very idea of individual rights, against the idea of a "colour-blind" society.

They are–ironically–often most similar to the virulent racists of the past, who saw everything through the lens of race, feel different racial groups can’t get along, and reject the idea of individual worth.

For a time, those radical ideas were contained at university campuses, and the broader society continued to reduce the influence of racial judgements in our day to day lives.

But, like an infection, it has spread.

Now, our elites and their useful idiots are obsessed with race like never before. They bring it up constantly. All progress is rejected. Our history is under attack. The Western world (rather than accurately being described as the most open and tolerant civilization in history), is recast as nothing but violence and oppression.

This sick thinking now afflicts the addled minds of our top "leaders," including the Trudeau Liberals.

(More here (https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeaus-race-based-entrepreneurship-funding-is-the-definition-of-systemic-racism))

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The spread of this ideological virus has been going on for quite a while already. Case in point, the following book was published almost 21 years ago!




Canadian Critical Race Theory
Racism and the Law (https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canadian-critical-race-theory)
By Carol A. Aylward

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/415JZ0PE2JL._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_.jpg

The growth of the Critical Race Theory genre began in Canada when scholars of colour in Canada began to articulate a dissatisfaction with the existing Canadian legal discourse which failed to include an analysis of the role that “race” and racism has played in the political and legal structures of Canadian society.

This book is about the role that race and racism play in the theory and practice of law. It shows how Canadian Black lawyers and others are beginning to seriously consider the role of race in litigation and to develop critical race litigation strategies to address the issue. The author documents how a growing body of work designed to move us beyond theory to practical application, is being developed to help recognize the complex relationships among race, racism and the law.

[atman]

The Woke Cult does not give up easily...

But neither does Trump.

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311787312980930561






https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1311781162373836815