Not long ago, my alma mater hosted the ‘highly reputable ‘Leeds International Medieval Congress.’ Now, given the utterly parlous state of the humanities in Europe, you might well wonder if this is every bit as bad as it sounds.
The answer, of course, is undeniably ‘yes.’
I was around the city, and indeed the University, and I managed to pick up a couple of conference posters that greatly tickled me…
But not in an entirely good way!
Last time, I spoke a little about how choosing alternative categories and concepts will help you understand yourself and your place in this world better; by avoiding one-sided, prejudiced and unhealthy views.
Don’t sell yourself short!
Don’t demand ‘the right to an opinion’ about how unworthy you are.
Opinions mean less than nothing; for only the truth should EVER be enough for you.
Read more Negative Thoughts & Feelings: Win The Game, Reframe!
I am more patient these days.
Most of the time, I am patient with myself and with others.
I am in a lot less physical distress, despite big stomach pains still.
I am able to take things more day by day.
The key to life is to let the flowers bloom, without impatiently turning up the garden, to see if they’re growing yet.
Everything, and everyone, will grow and flourish in their appointed time; nothing beautiful and powerful and free ever arose and sprouted joyously from the engineer’s impatience; only from the humility and delicacy of the gardener. Read more Do Gardens Follow the Dao As Well?
At times of peace, Silicon Valley platforms look, at least partly, like open forums. But don’t look at them during times of normality. Look at them at times of exception. Then the mask slips completely! When consensus breaks down and society becomes increasingly polarised, they will ALWAYS take sides. At bottom, they always have been centrists, and they always will be.
Another US state criminalises female genital mutiliation.
Compare the UK. There are many things that cannot be done in the UK, because of the common buzzword ‘community relations.’ According to the authorities and the elites, reporting and prosecuting FGM is bad for ‘community relations.’ Prosecuting rape gangs is bad for ‘community relations.’ Even giving Asia Bibi asylum is bad for ‘community relations.’ How much more of these ‘community relations’ excuses are we prepared to put up with?
The fact that some autistic individuals are vulnerable to radicalisation (Islam, Alt-Right, Incels) is another nail in the coffin of ‘neurodiversity’ and its politically correct, highly indiscriminate ‘celebration’ of all forms of neurodivergence. Read more Random Thoughts (XV): Scabshamers, Silicon Valley & Silly Brussels Bureaucrats!
Your romantic success does not depend on anyone but you.
If that sounds scary, even cripplingly scary, it’s not.
It’s the most beautiful thing in the world.
Because from here on in, it really is up to you.
I do understand this all sounds very easy to say, and I want you all to know I am sincere when I acknowledge that. But those who say they are on the very gutter of the love market are generally false prophets, who are soothsaying a purely self-fulfilling prophecy.
With only a very, very few exceptions (why not be the rule like everyone else, not the exception? what’s so special about you???), everyone has something to offer, even if it’s not something very mainstream and conventional. Read more Love, Despair & Singlehood: There is no Law Against Being ‘Extraordinary!’
The Alt-Right and SJWs both:
1. Get offended at stuff they read on the internet.
2. Get offended by other people being offended by stuff they read on the internet.
3. Need a safe space to run away from ‘harmful’ ideas/people.
4. Have a persecution complex about imaginary violence (compare ‘words are violence!’ vs ‘white genocide!’) Read more INFALLIBLE GUIDE! How to Spot the Difference Between the Alt-Right & Alt Left! (OH WAIT…!)
It may be that some of my dear friends are Jews, and are not ‘out’ yet. I have no words of false comfort to offer you about the current situation in the UK, in Europe, in the Occident and indeed the entire world; what I will say, however, is that you are a nation of princes and queens, and there are some of us who have NOT forgotten. You are LOVED.
Read more God’s People SHALL Prevail!
