tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post1430312351298985614..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: Split mind politicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-46567146510111031032009-10-09T21:41:52.522+11:002009-10-09T21:41:52.522+11:00i wen to uni with a st michaels captain and he was...i wen to uni with a st michaels captain and he was nasty,class conscious and bigoted!!<br /><br />He's now in politics...<br /><br />The rhetoric and the reality never seem to mix....all independent schools in Melbourne are like this.<br /><br />Well done sir!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-75668523034570223462009-05-27T15:41:29.682+10:002009-05-27T15:41:29.682+10:00Dear Michael,
I am skeptical of orthodox liberali...Dear Michael,<br /><br />I am skeptical of orthodox liberalism. They do not seem to realise that individual autonomy requires institutional authority. (Much as free speech requires rules of grammar.) <br /><br />I am also training to be a teacher. I am doing an assignment on educational psychology on the relationship between intellectual differentiation and ideological discrimination. <br /><br />I would like to talk to you about this. Could you point me to your public email address so that I might correspond?<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />Jack Strocchijack strocchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534084770633227131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-50939769874529207392009-05-09T20:36:00.000+10:002009-05-09T20:36:00.000+10:00This means that liberals get a psychic reward not ...<I>This means that liberals get a psychic reward not for doing anything, not for being consistent, not for serving any positive end, but simply for having the "morally superior" political position, which then makes them a "good person".</I>There has to be more to it than that. I'm sure at least some are conscious of the disparity between action and professed belief but continue to profess what they don't habitually practise because leadership of such a diverse wider polity requires it: if appearances were no longer kept up the whole thing might come crashing down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-18654718422240699462009-05-07T11:42:00.000+10:002009-05-07T11:42:00.000+10:00The inclusionists are rather imperial by nature, i...The inclusionists are rather imperial by nature, it seems.Thordaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887901925655428541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-85576227556703359002009-05-07T08:09:00.000+10:002009-05-07T08:09:00.000+10:00Seeing this
"A liberal culture operates as a kind...Seeing this <br />"A liberal culture operates as a kind of a game with unwritten rules. You are supposed to believe one thing as a superior moral position, whilst really doing something else"<br /><br />The SMH bangs on endlessly about diversity and in a book of Historic Photos I purchased published by the Sydney Morning Herald on the very back page they had a photo of the staff at the SMH and there was easily 100 people in the photo, I have never seen such a homogeneous group of middle class Anglo Australian anywhere I could see about 2 Asian faces. I on the other hand work for a foreign Telco we have about 2 lines in our mission statements regarding Diversity and no banging on about at all, I work with people from all corners of the earth, USA, Lebanon, UK, US, India, Pakistan, Slovakia just to name a few.Meerkatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-81201897726562531242009-05-06T02:59:00.000+10:002009-05-06T02:59:00.000+10:00It sounds like he's simply parroting what he learn...It sounds like he's simply parroting what he learned in his sociology 101 course from the university of bleeding heart liberals. I was surprised he didn't mention the traditional owners of the land as well. <br /><br />Up until the mid-80s most teachers didn't even bother to hide the fact that they were committed reds. They've since dropped the rhetoric about a socialist revolution after the Soviet Union collapsed, but still kept a lot of the other politically correct ideas and loyalty to fashionable left-wing causes.<br /><br />Galling as it is, I think it's better than the opposite extreme which would be to foster a culture of intolerance (or worse) of difference which was probably the case for quite a long time throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in many western countries. An over-reaction to prejudice against 'the queens, and the coons and the reds and the jews' - to borrow from Pink Floyd.<br /><br />As always it's a question of getting the balance right between common sense and scientific fact - like the reality that men and women have different chromosones which can't be changed - and not offending anyone. Quite obviously, he's playing it safe lest anyone accuse him of diverging from liberal orthodoxy which in an environment like his would be akin to heresy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-49767339608086060332009-05-05T07:47:00.000+10:002009-05-05T07:47:00.000+10:00Kilroy, at the end of my post I asked whether play...Kilroy, at the end of my post I asked whether playing the liberal game costs liberals a degree of self-respect.<br /><br />I expect the answer is no. You commented that "virtue in the liberal world doesn't extend beyond having the right sentiments".<br /><br />This means that liberals get a psychic reward not for doing anything, not for being consistent, not for serving any positive end, but simply for having the "morally superior" political position, which then makes them a "good person".<br /><br />I might work this into a larger post, as it helps to explain why liberalism has endured in spite of its destructive nature.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-56991885140580730972009-05-05T06:26:00.000+10:002009-05-05T06:26:00.000+10:00Unfortunately, Kilroy, some liberals aren't happy ...Unfortunately, Kilroy, some liberals aren't happy with just the theory anymore. They're getting busy.<br /><br />Over at Auster's, there's an article about Stanford's new "Gender Neutral" housing policy.<br /><br />http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/013122.html<br /><br />What's next? "Gender Neutral" sleeping arrangements to go with it? What, really, does Stanford think is going to happen when they put two young men and two young women in the same <I>bed</I>room together?<br /><br />Hey, maybe the greenies could get in on the game too. Four people, four beds? When they're all going to sleep together anyway? It's a waste! Bad for the environment! Two, maximum.Midwesternernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-12120608812213417052009-05-04T10:18:00.000+10:002009-05-04T10:18:00.000+10:00The question you're entry here begs can be answere...The question you're entry here begs can be answered very simply. This is just another example of how virtue in the liberal world doesn't extend beyond having the right sentiments. No real action is required. The liberal wants to retain all the benefits of traditional based society while being "inclusive" of all and sundry propositions including those that are inimical or threatening to it. This is why here in Sydney (to give an example), Green activists tend to hail from wealthy middle-class monocultural suburbs.Kilroynoreply@blogger.com