Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 88.
This week:
- Nick and Toby talk about Ofcom’s attack on GB News, why it’s unfair and what’s behind it
- We’re all gutted about the death of the President of Iran, obviously, but why did Britain’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN stand to observe a minute’s silence for the ‘Butcher of Tehran’?
- Everyone thought Geert Wilders wouldn’t be able to form a government, but he’s built an unbelievably sensible coalition with a robust, Right-wing programme
- And a brief canter through the stories we would have covered last week if Nick hadn’t been ill, courtesy of Toby
- Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes:
- Donald Trump threatening to stand for a third term
- The growing support for Trump among African-Americans and Hispanics
- And Trump’s threat to send ‘kill teams’ to take out the leaders of the Mexican drug cartels
- And in the Based Department, Toby nominates J.K. Rowling, Esther McVey and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for refusing to rename the ‘Hitler Beatle’.
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Sorry, I find it obvious why the modern left deny the ‘Culture War’. Its because they are the ones who initiated it. Its in a similar vein to how quite a few wars are started, ie under false assumptions, or pretexts. Didnt Hitler say Poland attacked Germany at the start of WW2? Wasnt the invasion of Afghanistan just a war on terror, which turned into occupation? Im sure there are many other examples. Its just a big con, to let themselves off the hook, and make themselves look like the ‘good guys’, they will only admit to the Culture War, when it starts coming for them, ala Bindel and Moore etc.
At its heart, leftism is all about them controlling us; telling us what to do, what not to do, how to spend any money they leave to our personal choice and what we should lioke mor not like. They have now moved on to exploit the Frankfurt school ideas by telling us what words mean and how we should comminucate with each other.
I am not sure why or how the left got involved with the woke phase, anti-feminism and the rest but I am sure they think it will assist their take over.
They are nearly there. when so much of our GDP is controlled by the state, when accountability is so limited and when regulation is so extensive, pervasive and perverse, they are almost totally in control. It would not surprise me to learn that the left now control more of the UK economy than the Soviets did in Russia or at least all of Eastern Europe.
Aren’t “liberal” and “left” (“left” in the sense implied by this article, not the old left) contradictory?
As to why, of course they portray their enemies as fighting a war and them not, because that implies that “liberal left” beliefs are the accepted norm.
Contradictory? Yes and an oxymoron. In the same way Fascist or Nazi are ‘extreme Right’.
Extreme Right policies are sovereignty of the individual, liberty, property rights, free market capitalism (the essence of liberal)… the polar opposite of Extreme Left which is empowerment of the State over the individual; central economic planning and control, collectivism not individualism. These later are shared by Communism, Fascism, National Socialism.
Because when you KNOW you are right, everyone else must be wrong. You are pious and virtuous and peaceful, it is they are who are venal, demonic and agressive.
We need a pogrom… bring back the stake.