Category Archives: Life as a Leftie

The Spork Speaks: Narrative

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by in Life as a Leftie, Sad Puppies

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The old-fashioned notion of truth and facts died some time ago. The philosophy of relativism took them out. Discussion of this philosophy can (and has) filled myriad tomes but it is the idea that “everyone has their own truth” and if you try to impose your truth on another person then you are hypocritical or judgmental. You will be accused of clinging to dogma, and will be  assured you are on the wrong side of history. And worse.

Lots of people of differing political stripes hold to this philosophy. The difference between Authoritarians and almost everyone else is that you can have a polite, interesting discussion with everyone else. Authoritarians will add it to the list of “isms” you are guilty of and form a hate mob to remove you from their presence. Continue reading →

The Spork Speaks: Free Speech

21 Thursday Jan 2016

Posted by in Life as a Leftie

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I stumbled upon an article about free speech and why we shouldn’t have it in The Chronicle, published at Duke University. Being bored and insane, but mostly insane, I’m presenting it to our audience to better demonstrate what cultural libertarians are fighting against.

Duke University costs nearly $50k per year. That is a lot of white privilege to work off, so PhD in Literature candidate Bennett Carpenter is starting early. That is what you’d call smart, readers. Lets learn from his years of knowledge and wisdom as forced into his mind by the good professors at Duke.

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Bennett Carpenter, possibly white

Free speech, Black lives and white fragility Continue reading →