Hat tip Francis Marion
Guest Post by Mike Adams
Author’s Note: The following column is comprised of excerpts taken from my first lectures on the first day of classes this semester at UNC-Wilmington. I reproduced these remarks with the hope that they would be useful to other professors teaching at public universities all across America. Feel free to use this material if you already have tenure.
Welcome back to class, students! I am Mike Adams your criminology professor here at UNC-Wilmington. Before we get started with the course I need to address an issue that is causing problems here at UNCW and in higher education all across the country. I am talking about the growing minority of students who believe they have a right to be free from being offended. If we don’t reverse this dangerous trend in our society there will soon be a majority of young people who will need to walk around in plastic bubble suits to protect them in the event that they come into contact with a dissenting viewpoint. That mentality is unworthy of an American. It’s hardly worthy of a Frenchman.
Let’s get something straight right now. You have no right to be unoffended. You have a right to be offended with regularity. It is the price you pay for living in a free society. If you don’t understand that you are confused and dangerously so. In part, I blame your high school teachers for failing to teach you basic civics before you got your diploma. Most of you went to the public high schools, which are a disaster. Don’t tell me that offended you. I went to a public high school.
Of course, your high school might not be the problem. It is entirely possible that the main reason why so many of you are confused about free speech is that piece of paper hanging on the wall right over there. Please turn your attention to that ridiculous document that is framed and hanging by the door. In fact, take a few minutes to read it before you leave class today. It is our campus speech code. It specifically says that there is a requirement that everyone must only engage in discourse that is “respectful.” That assertion is as ludicrous as it is illegal. I plan to have that thing ripped down from every classroom on campus before I retire.
One of my grandfathers served in World War I. My step-grandfather served in World War II. My sixth great grandfather enlisted in the American Revolution when he was only thirteen. These great men did not fight so we could simply relinquish our rights to the enemy within our borders. That enemy is the Marxists who run our public universities. If you are a Marxist and I just offended you, well, that’s tough. I guess they don’t make communists like they used to.
Of course, this ban on “disrespectful” speech is really only illusory. The university that created these speech restrictions then turns around and sponsors plays like The Vagina Monologues, which is loaded with profanity including the c-word – the most offensive and disrespectful word a person could ever possibly apply to a woman. It is pure, unadulterated hypocrisy.
So, the university position can be roughly summarized as follows: Public university administrators have a First Amendment right to use disrespectful profanity but public university students do not. This turns the First Amendment on its head. The university has its free speech analysis completely backwards. And that’s why they need to be sued.
Before we go, let us take a few minutes to look at the last page of your syllabus where I explain the importance of coming to class on time, turning off your cell phone, and refraining from talking during lectures. In that section, I explain that each of you has God-given talents and that your Creator endowed you with a purpose in life that is thwarted when you develop these bad habits.
Unbelievably, a student once complained to the Department chairwoman that my mention of God and a Creator was a violation of Separation of Church and State. Let me be as clear as I possibly can: If any of you actually think that my decision to paraphrase the Declaration of Independence in the course syllabus is unconstitutional then you suffer from severe intellectual hernia.
Indeed, it takes hard work to become stupid enough to think the Declaration of Independence is unconstitutional. If you agree with the student who made that complaint then you are probably just an anti-religious zealot. Therefore, I am going to ask you to do exactly three things and do them in the exact order that I specify.
First, get out of my class. You can fill out the drop slip over at James Hall. Just tell them you don’t believe in true diversity and you want to be surrounded by people who agree with your twisted interpretation of the Constitution simply because they are the kind of people who will protect you from having your beliefs challenged or your feelings hurt.
Second, withdraw from the university. If you find that you are actually relieved because you will no longer be in a class where your beliefs might be challenged then you aren’t ready for college. Go get a job building houses so you can work with some illegal aliens who will help you gain a better appreciation of what this country has to offer.
Finally, if this doesn’t work then I would simply ask you to get the hell out of the country. The ever-growing thinned-skinned minority you have joined is simply ruining life in this once-great nation. Please move to some place like Cuba where you can enjoy the company of communists and get excellent health care. Just hop on a leaky boat and start paddling your way towards utopia. You will not be missed.
Thank you for your time. I’ll see most of you when classes resume on Monday.
The world is a jungle.
In the jungle the strong survive and multiply and the weak die off.
I think a die off is coming to American in the near future.
I love it and often thought about what to say the first day; I’d use a lot of yours if I ever taught again.
Now he will probably be fired for being insensitive.
Hey … Mike Adams!! Do you offer any on-line courses … cuz I’ll take one or two. ‘Murika needs 100,000 teachers like you. You’re the best.
Mike has been fighting this fight for a long, long time. And at least holding his own. Truly operating from the belly of the beast
Mike Adams has BALLS! The Stalinists will be out for him. Salute to you Mike Adams.
The 19 Amendment , the gift that keeps on giving.
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“A Thin-Skinned Minority Is Ruining This Nation”: Professor Crushes “Political Correctness” Wave Sweeping America
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/07/2015 22:30 -0500
Professor Adams – having tenure – is more open to attack the ongoing Cultural Marxism that is sweeping across the nation. But, as we previously noted, there are very few legitimate cultural divisions in the world. Most of them are arbitrarily created, not only by political and financial elites, but also by the useful idiots and mindless acolytes infesting the sullied halls of academia.
It is perhaps no mistake that cultural Marxists in the form of “social justice warriors”, PC busybodies and feminists tend to create artificial divisions between people and “classes” while attacking and homogenizing very real and natural divisions between individuals based on biological reality and inherent genetic and psychological ability.
This is what cultural Marxists do: divide and conquer or homogenize and conquer, whatever the situation happens to call for.
They do this most commonly by designated arbitrary “victim status” to various classes, thus dividing them from each other based on how “oppressed” they supposedly are. The less statistically prominent a particular group is (less represented in a job field, media, education, population, etc.) in any western society based on their color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, etc., generally the more victim group status is afforded to them by social justice gatekeepers. Whites and males (straight males) are of course far at the bottom of their list of people who have reason to complain and we are repeatedly targeted by SJW organizations and web mobs as purveyors of some absurd theory called “the patriarchy”.
Although cultural marxism does indeed target every individual and harm every individual in the long run, my list of personal solutions outlined in this article will be directed in large part at the categories of people most attacked by the social justice cult today.
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It is not enough anymore to simply continue pointing out the insanity of political correctness; we must also take useful steps toward reversing the destruction already wrought.
And so, here are my solutions, which must be enacted by individuals in their daily lives regardless of the potential backlash. Do you have leftist leaning friends or family members? It doesn’t matter. Are you employed in a workplace crawling with social justice ideologues? Stop seeing them as part of the equation because they do not matter. Worried about losing a relationship if you make a stand? Say good riddance. This is what must be done by free thinkers if they are to counter and reverse the collectivist nightmare of cultural Marxism.
Feel no shame: Social justice relies on shaming tactics, usually by slandering an opponent with a label that does not really apply to him, in order to control his arguments and behavior. If you don’t care about being called a bigot, a racist, a sexist, a misogynist, a homophobe, etc., then there is not really much that they can do to you.
Do not self-censor: This does not mean you should go out of your way to be antagonistic or act like an ass, but the thought police have power only if you give power to them. Say what you want to say when you want to say it, and do it with a smile. Let the PC police froth and scream until they have an aneurism. Cultural Marxists are generally weaklings. They avoid physical confrontation like they avoid logic, so why fear them?
Realize there is no such thing as white privilege or male privilege: In reality, there is only institutionalized “privilege” for victim-status groups. There is no privilege for whites, males, white males or straight white males. When confronted with such claims, demand to see proof of such privilege. Invariably, you will get a long list of first world problems and complaints backed by nothing but easily debunked talking points and misrepresented statistics. People should not feel guilty for being born the way they are, and this includes us “white male devils.”
Demand facts to back claims: Cultural Marxists tend to argue on the basis of opinion rather than fact. Present facts to counter their claims, and demand facts and evidence in return. Opinions are irrelevant if the person is not willing to present supporting facts when asked.
Do not play the game of “unconscious bias”: If social justice cultists can’t counter your position with facts or logic, they will invariably turn to the old standby that you are limited in your insight because you have not lived in the shoes of a – (insert victim group here). I agree. In fact, I would point out that this reality of limited perception also applies to THEM as well. They have not lived in my shoes, therefore they are in no position to claim I enjoy “privilege” while they do not. This is why facts and evidence are so important, and why anecdotal evidence and personal feelings are irrelevant where cultural Marxism is concerned.
Let cultural Marxists know their fears and feelings do not matter: No one is entitled to have teir feelings addressed by others. And, a person’s fears are ultimately unimportant. Whether the issue is the nonexistent “rape culture” or the contempt cultural Marxists feel over private gun ownership, their irrational fears are not our concern. Why should any individual relinquish his liberties in the name of placating frightened nobodies?
Demand that society respect your inherent individual rights: Collectivism’s ultimate propaganda message is that there is no such thing as inherent rights or liberties and that all rights are arbitrary and subject to the whims of the group or the state. This is false. I have written extensively in the past on inherent rights, inborn psychological contents and natural law, referencing diverse luminaries, scientists and thinkers, including Thomas Aquinas, Carl Gustave Jung, Steven Pinker, etc., and I welcome readers to study my many articles on individualism. Freedom is an inborn conception with universally understood aspects. Period. No group or collective is more important than individual liberty. No artificial society has preeminence over the individuals within that society. As long as a person is not directly impeding the life, liberty, prosperity and privacy of another person, he should be left alone.
Maintain your rights; they do not hurt other people: PC cultists will invariably argue that every person, whether he knows it or not, is indirectly harming others with his attitude, his beliefs, his refusal to associate, even his very breathing. “We live in a society”, they say, “and everything we do affects everyone else…”. Don’t take such accusations seriously; these people do not understand how freedom works.
Say, for instance, hypothetically, that I refuse to bake a gay wedding cake for a couple and I am accused of violating their rights in the name of preserving my own. I would immediately point out that no one is entitled to a gay wedding cake, baked by me or anyone else and I have every right to choose my associations based on whatever criteria I see fit. Now, a corrupt government entity may claim I do not have that right. But the fact is I do, and no one — not even government — can force me to bake a cake if I don’t want to. Also, I would point out that the gay couple in question has every right in a free society to bake their OWN damn cake or open their own cake shop to compete with mine. This is how freedom works. It is not based on collective entitlement; it is based on personal responsibility.
Refuse to deny the scientific fact of biological gender: Gender is first and foremost a genetic imperative. Society does not determine gender roles; nature does. A man who chops up his body and takes hormone pills to look like a woman is not and will never be a woman. A woman who tapes down her breasts and gets a short haircut will never be a man. There is no such thing as “transgendered” people. No amount of social justice or wishful thinking will ever allow them to reverse their genetic proclivities. Their psychological and sexual leanings do not change their inborn biological reality.
By extension, we should refuse to play along with this nonsense. I will never refer to a man in a wig and dress as a “woman.” I will never refer to a woman with identity issues as “transgendered.” They are what nature made them, and we should not police our pronouns just to falsely reassure them that they can deny nature.
Deny the illusion of Utopian equality: There is no such thing as pure equality. Society is not a homogeneous entity, it is an abstraction built around a group of unique individuals. Individuals can be naturally gifted, or naturally challenged. But there will always be some people who are more apt towards success than others.
I have no problem whatsoever with the idea of equality of opportunity, which is exactly what we have in this country (except in the world of elitist finance which is purely driven by nepotism). I do have a problem with the lie of universal equality through engineered means.
Standards of success should not be lowered in order to accommodate the least skilled people to facilitate artificial parity. For example, I constantly hear the argument that more people with victim group status should be given greater representation in positions of influence and regard within our culture, from science and engineering, to media, to business CEO’s, to politics, etc. The key word here is “given”, rather than “earned”. There is nothing wrong with one group of people excelling in a field more than another group, and there is nothing wrong with inequality when it comes to individual achievement. We must begin refusing to reward people for mediocrity and punishing success simply because the winners are not part of a designated victim group.
If you are a man, embrace your role: I am a man and cannot claim to know what specific solutions women should take to counter cultural Marxism. I would love to read an article written on the subject by a woman in the Liberty Movement. I will say that men in particular have a considerable task ahead in terms of their personal endeavors if they hope to repair the destruction of social justice.
For thousands of years, men have been the primary industrial force behind human progress. Today, they are relegated to cubicles and customer service, to video games and Web fantasies, to drug addictions and a lack of responsibility. If we have any chance of undoing the damage of cultural Marxism, modern men must take on their original roles as producers, inventors, entrepreneurs, protectors, builders and warriors once again. They should do this for their own benefit, and not for the validation of others.
You don’t have to prove to anyone you do “manly things”, just go out and do them. Most importantly, become dangerous. Men are meant to be dangerous beings. That does not mean we are meant to be indiscriminately violent (just as women aren’t meant to be indiscriminately violent), but we are supposed to be threatening to those who would threaten us. Modern society has NOT removed the need for masculinity and I believe people will begin realizing this the more our culture sinks into economic despair. Train in martial arts, learn tactical firearms handling, go hunting and don’t take lip from people. In my opinion, every man should know how to kill things, even if he never plans on using those abilities.
Home-school your children: It’s simple, if you don’t want your kids propagandized, if you truly want them to be free from collectivist conditioning, then you will make the sacrifice and extract them from public schooling. With the introduction of Common Core into U.S. schools in particular, there is no other recourse but home schooling to prevent the brainwashing of cultural Marxism. If you do not do this, you are relying on the hope that your children will escape with their critical thinking abilities intact. Some do, and some don’t. Others turn into mindless social justice zombies. You can give them an advantage by removing them from a poisonous environment, and that is what matters.
The insane lie that cultural Marxists seem to have conned themselves and others into believing is that their “activism” is somehow anti-establishment. In fact, social justice is constantly coddled and supported by the establishment. From politicians to judges to media pundits to the blogosphere, the overwhelming majority of people in positions of traditional power (even in supposedly conservative circles) have been more than happy to become the enforcers of the social justice warrior agenda, an agenda representing a minuscule portion of the public. There is no establishment for the PC army to fight; the establishment bias works vastly more in favor of their ideology than any other. Cultural Marxists ARE the establishment.
Dr Pangloss (UTEP) would take no shit from Chicano activists, “When I teach history, the American flag waves.”
Wouldn’t have done that with the medical students I’ve taught. No need. First, for all the jokes we tell about med students, they’re SMART little weasels or they’d never have been admitted. Second, even the most politically deluded among them begin having their undergraduate idiocies blasted away the moment they start hitting the realities of clinical medicine, where the incompetent who’s skating by on affirmative action is ruthlessly identified as yet another potential “Double-Oh-Seven doctor” (y’know: “licensed to kill”).
Could it be that much different in teaching a criminology course?
Great stuff. I love his comment posted by Admin that men should be dangerous. My life changed for the better the second I made that decision in my early teens.
As an addendum to the above, I am always sunned by how many folks in “polite society” have never encountered a dangerous man, or at least incapable of recognizing one. They are surrounded by non-dangerous men, in general, and lose their natural fear. Hey believe that society will protect them. They are in for a rude awakening. I have unfortunately had to awaken a few in my life.
They believe they can act disrespectfully, and psuedo-violently, and be immune to true violent repercussions. It is insane. For instance, they might call me bad names, and insult my wife, and think that they can do it without bleeding. It is a non-violent society, after all. They are mistaken.
I have had many conversations with my son about this. He has never thrown a punch in anger, and his lips run rampant at times – “I can say anything I want. It is a free country, and violence against someone for speech is not allowed”. Alrighty then. I have warned him he is taking a terrible chance but some things can only be learned via experience.
Tucci – smart weasels are just weasels at the end of the day. I see more and more “smart weasels” who are just barely functional idiots every day.
Not long ago a doctor diagnosed a cyst on my kid’s knee via xray. I pointed out to the moron that what she was calling a cyst was the fucking patella, and told that stupid bitch quack to bring me a real doctor and advised her to leave medicine before she killed someone.
“Not long ago a doctor diagnosed a cyst on my kid’s knee via xray. I pointed out to the moron that what she was calling a cyst was the fucking patella, and told that stupid bitch quack to bring me a real doctor and advised her to leave medicine before she killed someone.”
Manifestly not one of *my* former medical students, was she? None of my thumb marks on her throat, right?
It is to be regretted that the quality of professors and preceptors in clinical medicine have declined so as to accommodate the imposition of political correctness in the profession.
Though it pains me to observe this, there may yet be a role for the plaintiff’s bar to legitimately play in tort law applicable to professional incompetence, if only in the sense that timberwolves play a legitimate and necessary role in killing off the lame and the defective in the caribou population.
Tucci – I am sure your students could identify a patella! I love the thumb marks comment. My younger managers always wonder why I squeeze them when they make mistakes. Mistakes are always avoidable, that is why, I tell them. I do not believe in making mistakes.
Lots of managers I trained have told me years later, that I was right to be hard with them. It set them on the right track and helped them beat their competition.
Screw mistakes. “Everyone makes mistakes” is horseshit, and I never accept it.
“Lots of managers I trained have told me years later, that I was right to be hard with them. It set them on the right track and helped them beat their competition.
“Screw mistakes. ‘Everyone makes mistakes’ is horseshit, and I never accept it.”
Well, everyone DOES make mistakes. The lesson to teach your students is to be aware of their propensities for making mistakes, to anticipate them, be aware of them, and be prepared to take corrective action. The premise that perfection is to be expected every time you do something- THAT’S horseshit.
While sons-of-bitches do tend to make the most memorable teachers, I can’t say that I myself learned the most from the guys who were hardest on me, and I never tried to be a hard-ass just for the sake of effectiveness when I got the job of instructing med students and resident physicians.
But give me a resident who misplaces a nasogastric feeding tube and then dumps sixty cc’s of Ensure into an obtunded patient’s lungs at 3:00 o’clock in the morning, and – after I get the victim resuscitated – I’m inclined to find an out-of-the-way corridor and forcibly encourage that stupid, negligent little weasel to seek a career in psychiatry or dermatology.
Or, at the very least, to get the hell off my service.
Tucc, llpoh, the banter between the two of you is why people love this site. forget to take your PC pills today? Great stuff. Jim nice pickip of the extra TD stuff. Waking up the country, one mind at a time.
Llpoh, I give my managers a choice. We can have preventable mistakes, or bonuses at the end of the year, but not both.
I always tell my managers you WILL make mistakes. Fix them when you do – and don’t fucking repeat them. I’ve shown a few people the door over the years for repeat mistakes. Few things piss me off more….
“007 doctors”? You pullin’ my wick? Imagine if my last employer(major airplane manufacturer) turned out “007 pilots”. Sounds like standards pretty much everywhere have been compromised. Don’t get sick!
I think it is because parents want to be their kids buddies/best friends. When I was growing up (and when my kid was little) it was a parents job to hurt their kids feelings once in a while to get them used to living in the real world. It was called discipline and tough love.
Now, everyone is afraid their kid won’t “like” them.
Doctor’s mistakes kill other people (except Ebola, AIDS etc); fighter pilot mistakes can be fatal very quick.
Tucci – mistakes happen. But I do not accept them. I do not buy into the adage that “everyone makes mistakes”. I believe that is used as an excuse to make mistakes.
Ask my employees how many mistakes they can think of that I have made. Of course I make them, but they are rare indeed. In the last twenty five years I can say I have made ONE mistake that cost me money beyond pocket change. ONE. It cost me twenty grand, and I am still pissed by it. My employees have made dozens of individual mistakes that have cost me that amount and more.
Fuck mistakes. Accidents happen. But mistakes should never happen.
I like Star’s system.
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