The Crowhill Journal

This is worth your time: Why I’m Giving Up Tenure at UCLA The ideological takeover of my university has ruined academic life for anyone who still believes in freedom of thought.

I like this quote.

The entire episode recalls a prescient observation in a 1995 article by the great psychological anthropologist Roy D’Andrade: “Isn’t it odd that the true enemy of society turns out to be that guy in the office down the hall?”

Although it’s never just the guy. It’s the guy plus his minions who participate in his bullying tactics.

“It’s less risky to say something than to remain silent when you know there’s something to be said.”

That contradicts what I said before about leaving LinkedIn liberals alone.

Where’s the line?

On the one hand, you can’t win when you argue with a fool. On the other, all that’s necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

The wise council of elders invested in a next-gen nuclear plant to actually (really, no, we’re not kidding or playing games) cut their reliance on fossil fuels. Once this plant comes online they will be able to safely and affordably wean the city off oil and natural gas, without causing any price disruptions.

That’s what I wanted to say in response to a post on LinkedIn where somebody is praising some dumb jurisdiction that’s investing in solar power. The trouble is that LinkedIn (like most social media) is full of liberals, and while you can always tell a liberal, it’s usually wise not to. Wherever you find lots of liberals, you will find lots of intolerant, unthoughtful, unreflective, narrow-minded people. It’s best to just be polite and leave them to their fantasies.

… without checking it first. The left absolutely hates female and black conservatives and will slander them at any opportunity.

NBC news says “Justice Thomas cites debunked claim that Covid vaccines are made with cells from ‘aborted children’. Thomas cited the claims in a dissent to the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a challenge by health care workers who opposed New York’s vaccine mandate on religious grounds.”

They want you to believe that Thomas believes this allegedly debunked claim. “In a sharply worded dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas expressed support Thursday for a debunked claim that all Covid vaccines are made with cells from “aborted children.”

Here is the relevant text.

Petitioners are 16 healthcare workers who served New York communities throughout the COVID–19 pandemic. They object on religious grounds to all available COVID–19 vaccines because they were developed using cell lines derived from aborted children.

It seems to me that Thomas is simply citing a claim made by the petitioners. Also, it’s not entirely clear to me that the claim has been debunked. It seems that cell lines that originated with aborted children may have been used in testing.

Whether you think that is a serious moral issue is your own business.

The media, however, is garbage.

241: Abortion, Roe, Casey, and Dobbs

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