(0639) Reminder that the equinox is Wednesday 23 September at 01:06 BST. My main takeaway from the news this morning is that there’s not a lot on WW3 on X … that seems to have fone quiet except for Steve’s regular piece at Mon 4.
10. Moo corner
9. Many women might dismiss this from Gia Macool
… fashion and society columnist but it’s still worth glancing down:
Women are to blame for cancel culture and the woke agenda. Here’s why:
It’s called the tipping point. Helen Andrews calls this the Great Feminization. When an institution hits a critical mass of women, the rules of engagement change.
Women have taken up judgeships, political offices, and leadership positions across society. Then they form larger collective groups and start ranking:
- safety over risk
- empathy over rationality
- cohesion over competition
That’s extremely destructive, and I’ll tell you why. This is the distinction:
- Most men want to fight it out.
- Someone challenges the idea.
- They argue.
- One side wins.
- It’s over.
- They move on.
Women in a group often don’t fight it out.
- They shut it down.
- Disagreement isn’t treated like a debate.
- It’s treated like a break in the relationship.
- The group closes ranks.
- The man with the opposing idea becomes the problem.
- So a lot of men learned to keep their mouths shut.
To women, it is no longer right versus wrong:
- It becomes heartfelt feelings.
If a woman doesn’t like what you said, the natural move is: “I’ll never speak to you again, and neither will any of my friends.”
- That’s how cancel culture has been working.
- A lot of Boomer and Gen X men tolerated this.
- They didn’t see where it was heading.
- Give an inch, they take a yard.
Society has to stop indulging it. That means making some women upset and dealing with the tantrums for a while.
The irony? A lot of those same women desperately need someone to fix what they’ve helped destroy.
8. The Mall of America
7. How green was my vehicle?
6. Twofer from Alex downunder
