Saturday, September 10, 2016
Revisionistic History
L.A. archbishop says American history needs a Spanish accent
Someone needs to tell the bishop that outside of dogmatic facts, a bishop has no divinely-given competence in history.
Someone needs to tell the bishop that outside of dogmatic facts, a bishop has no divinely-given competence in history.
Friday, September 09, 2016
Thursday, September 08, 2016
CST, Left Unclarified, Becomes Subverted to Needs of the Modern Nation-State
Or perhaps, more accurately, Catholic "personalism."
The common good becomes a principle for increasing state power, in the name of protecting the individual.
New video from Pope places human beings at the centre
Yes, the apparent indifferentism of the original video is a problem, too.
The common good becomes a principle for increasing state power, in the name of protecting the individual.
New video from Pope places human beings at the centre
Yes, the apparent indifferentism of the original video is a problem, too.
Who cares?
She's just the ambassador to Vatican City. And yet here she is putting her SJW credentials on display, just because a certain Catholic press organization was dumb enough to ask.
Yawn.
Yawn.
Wednesday, September 07, 2016
A New Guilty Pleasure?
Probably not... Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso (FB - photos)
Despite the eye candy the characters are more than ridiculous, along with the storylines. Has an intelligent telenovela ever been written? When will the SJWs in Mexico start voicing their grievances against telenovelas? Plenty of bad-think going on there.
Despite the eye candy the characters are more than ridiculous, along with the storylines. Has an intelligent telenovela ever been written? When will the SJWs in Mexico start voicing their grievances against telenovelas? Plenty of bad-think going on there.
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Sexual Dynamics at Work
Teaching children...
The "nice" guy who interacts with children and parents, and submits to the authority of a female principal. Does he have the respect of moms and female teachers? It's unlikely that he would be sexually attractive to them -- even those male teachers who are more manly are constrained by the environment and the nature of the relationships he has with others. Does it imply that there is no respect? After all, he's just a teacher, no higher in status than a woman occupying the same role (and possibly lower), and most likely of a lower status than a principal. What respect does he get as a male member of the polis? That's irrelevant. Who would look to him as a leader, except for the children? Even if he exercises leadership over the other teachers, would that elevate his status among the women teachers?
It seems that respect is not the same as sexual attraction but these days, sexual attraction is a motivating reason for women to give respect. Or at least recognition of a man's charisma. Is it possible for a woman to do so without feeling a little bit of attraction? Is respect (or submission) more emotional than rational for women?
Alternatively, is genuine respect compatible with being "friendzoned" or put in the categories of invisible or nice men?
I would guess women teachers would not consider marrying male teachers because of hypergamy, unless they happened to be short on options.
It would be emasculating to be the subordinate to a female principal, unless somehow he could game her and therefore have some sort of directing influence on the relationship.
And there's always the possibility of suspicion that there is something off -- he's "too" friendly towards children or relates to them too well. Child abuse. Forget any sort of gift-giving and the like.
What about the "good" dad who copies mom instead of being dad? Does he create any attraction to him in his wife by doing the tasks of a mother, or carrying a child in a carrier? Would these even be good "beta" LTR traits? Again, this might be a question not of logic but of emotion.
The "nice" guy who interacts with children and parents, and submits to the authority of a female principal. Does he have the respect of moms and female teachers? It's unlikely that he would be sexually attractive to them -- even those male teachers who are more manly are constrained by the environment and the nature of the relationships he has with others. Does it imply that there is no respect? After all, he's just a teacher, no higher in status than a woman occupying the same role (and possibly lower), and most likely of a lower status than a principal. What respect does he get as a male member of the polis? That's irrelevant. Who would look to him as a leader, except for the children? Even if he exercises leadership over the other teachers, would that elevate his status among the women teachers?
It seems that respect is not the same as sexual attraction but these days, sexual attraction is a motivating reason for women to give respect. Or at least recognition of a man's charisma. Is it possible for a woman to do so without feeling a little bit of attraction? Is respect (or submission) more emotional than rational for women?
Alternatively, is genuine respect compatible with being "friendzoned" or put in the categories of invisible or nice men?
I would guess women teachers would not consider marrying male teachers because of hypergamy, unless they happened to be short on options.
It would be emasculating to be the subordinate to a female principal, unless somehow he could game her and therefore have some sort of directing influence on the relationship.
And there's always the possibility of suspicion that there is something off -- he's "too" friendly towards children or relates to them too well. Child abuse. Forget any sort of gift-giving and the like.
What about the "good" dad who copies mom instead of being dad? Does he create any attraction to him in his wife by doing the tasks of a mother, or carrying a child in a carrier? Would these even be good "beta" LTR traits? Again, this might be a question not of logic but of emotion.
Monday, September 05, 2016
Sunday, September 04, 2016
Resilience: A critique of "No Local," the book arguing that localism can’t save the planet by Ted Trainer
The South as an Independent Nation by William Cawthon on
The article was originally written in 1997. How do the numbers look now?
The article was originally written in 1997. How do the numbers look now?
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