@uncknowledge@nfergus@p_m_robinson Getting past the (always) snivelling obsequiousness of the presenter, Ferguson is always entertaining and historically clear, but his interpretation is bizarrely, possibly deliberately misguided.
In this interview, @nfergus joins @p_m_robinson to discuss his stunning essay “The Treason of the Intellectuals, the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay, and what it means for all institutions of higher learning.
Watch now:
youtu.be/LpMQSVp7NTg
@uncknowledge@nfergus@p_m_robinson Oh my, after reading these comments it’s very clear the elite class you have rightly condemned are indeed coming for you and might I add their lack of arguments and relevant critical thinking is disappointing.
And mostly to add, THANK YOU.
"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a kind of newspeak in Orewell's sense, it actually means the exact opposite of what it says: the diversity it aspires to is uniformity, uniformity of ideologic outlook; equity is actually entirely absent because there's no due process when the DEI bureaucracy goes into action; and as for inclusion, the real objective is exclusion of those who are not conforming to the ideology of the progressive left." @nfergus tells @p_m_robinson in @uncknowledge discussing "the treason of the intellectuals" @hooverintyoutu.be/LpMQSVp7NTg?fe…
NEW. "If another world war broke out & gvt introduced conscription which of the following comes closest to your view?"
"I'd willingly fight for my country" 17%
"I'd only fight for my country because I had to" 14%
"I'd do whatever possible to avoid fighting for my country" 30%
Don't knows excluded.
People Polling/GBN Jan 25
JAVIER MILEI: "The Western world is in danger...because those who are supposed to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism, and thereby to poverty."
WEFreports.com
If you have enjoyed this thread my book Fake Heroes is out now – and includes this and more on the extraordinary lies, life and death of JFK - oh and many other stories like it.
amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/180279…
John F. Kennedy was assassinated this day, 1963. In the decades that have followed there have been theories and counter theories – tales of magic bullets & men on grassy knolls – but in fact his death was significantly aided by a corset-like brace he was wearing that day - thread
You can shout that anti-Zionism isn’t antisemitism all day, but you cannot ignore the alarming rise in attacks on Jews around the world since October 7th.
@NTheonlymc@esseakka_lab@NoContextBrits Why are we focusing about that still? None of us engaged in colonialism, we weren't alive yet. No one should be blamed for other people's doings
If you see teachers out plastered tonight please mind your business and pay their bar tab because MY GOD WHAT EVEN WAS THIS YEAR (yes ma I’m ubering home)