THEY WANT YOU TO FEAR THAT IT IS, THOUGH: It’s Not Racist to Notice Reality. “It is an especially galling dodge to hear that from the same people who will look you in the eye and talk about how whites are inherently racist. They have no problem making sweeping generalizations about white people; they are, as you saw with Senator Antonio, speaking over the question by calling it racist.”

Related:

THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM:

IF THEY JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO USE MASS TRANSIT, THEY’D MAKE IT APPEALING. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE MORE AFTER MAKING IT HUMILIATING:

FROM MARY CATELLI:  Writing And Reflection Volume 2: Essays on the writing process from world-building to words (Writing And Reflections.

#CommissionEarned

Reflections on the many and far-flung fields that writing can touch upon, from original inspiration to the final work.

Wizards. Metaphysics. Good, evil, virtues, and morality meters. Fairy tales in all their varied glory. Desert, forest, and other settings. Dragons and industry. Guilds of magic, quacks, and superstitions. Love and courtship. Portals. And more.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: ‘Jews Eat Children’: Deranged Outburst or Growing Threat? “The latest example of accusations against Jews becoming even more unhinged than the blood libels of the Middle Ages occurred on Sunday when a passenger on a New York City subway assaulted a Jewish woman. According to the Combat Antisemitism Movement, a black woman wearing a military-style camouflage coat with a patch depicting the German flag choked the 23-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman, threw her to the ground, and beat her. She managed to pull a patch of hair from the victim’s head. The victim said she suffered a concussion.”

I KNOW THAT ENGLAND’S EMPIRE HAS RETURNED INTO SAND:

Along with the manhood of its leadership, which is probably no coincidence.

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE DISTURBING:  Hundreds flee as South Africa anti-migrant mobs go door-to-door. Hundreds of foreigners fearing for their lives have taken shelter in community halls along South Africa’s coast.

I’m all for countries defending their sovereignty but “mobs” and “South Africa” are a dangerous combination. To be fair, something for the left (and illegals in the US) to consider is that if they succeed in stopping the deportations and re-opening the borders, this is how it ends. Or worse.

I PREFER REASON OVER FEELINGS, BUT SOMETIMES FEELINGS MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD:  A Lump of Feelings.

#JOURNALISM:

OPEN THREAD: Be here now.

SCHUTZSTAFFEL SCHWANZSTÜCKER SOON TO BE SEEN?

INVISIBLE COUNTER-REVOLUTION: It may be the least reported “seismic shift” in the global political alignment. Richard Pollock did NOT miss it and he’s got the scoop.