Tag Archives: political correctness

Do you like to eat?

Posted on May 30, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

I am sure most people reading this commentary would agree, even if reluctantly. And even those people who don’t really like to eat do NOT seem to be able to drop this addiction. We humans are so weak and so … Continue reading →

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Corrupt business, society, and political correctness

Posted on May 27, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Ah, brand names, naming rights, forbidden words, and other such fun things! In a society where the powers that be (economic and political) conspire on this and that, the society becomes (in some eyes, at least) stranger and stranger. And … Continue reading →

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What is the “Republican” philosophy?

Posted on December 26, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

So, what about the GOP? Now that I have trashed the Dems – and no doubt many “left libertarians” and self-defined liberals (neo-liberals, at least), what is the philosophy of the ying to the Dems’ yang? Britannica says: “The Republican … Continue reading →

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… Condemned to repeat it – the sad case of Massachusetts

Posted on July 23, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

The quote “Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it” is attributed to the American philosopher George Santayana and it can be accurately quoted as “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” as stated in … Continue reading →

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Educational and political insanity – the “woke” madness

Posted on June 23, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

More and more, the government-infected “public school” system is a cesspool of madness. Just like the government itself, with its politics and corruption. A few weeks ago, as many have reported, a “white” Spanish teacher “cancelled herself” and stated that … Continue reading →

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Political correctness gone rancid

Posted on May 3, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Let’s face the truth. All of us practice political correctness to some degree. For example, we generally are smart enough to “not tick off the doc” (paraphrasing Tom Knapp’s recent comment). We don’t tell the M.D. that the chiropractors and … Continue reading →

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Sticks and stones may…

Posted on January 29, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

… break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Or so the old maxim once went. Today, of course, there are millions of social justice warriors, parasites of various sorts (including politicians), and of course, children, who claim exactly … Continue reading →

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Abusing the English language

Posted on January 11, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

A common crime (in the broad sense) of the Regressivists (Progressives, Liberals, etc.) is their frequent abuse of common English. (Conservative and right-wingers do the same, just in different ways than the Regressivists. But for now, let’s belabor the poor … Continue reading →

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Does intimidation work?

Posted on November 19, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

No lover of liberty will deny that every person has a right to choose how to spend their money. Or that one of the ways that we can influence people to change what they do – to do what is … Continue reading →

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Insanely, San Francisco debases the language – again

Posted on August 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What fun!  The Tranzi elites that have turned San Francisco into a Fourth-World city have struck again, this time at the English language. According to the Daily Mail, their Board of Supervisors (nickname, Politburo, but I think … Continue reading →

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