James Stout
Posted on 06/18/2020 10:35:01 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Originally, we were seeing the usual list of subjects being attacked, mostly in the form of Confederate Civil War monuments. But since then, it’s spread to everything from bronze images of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln to Spanish Conquistadors. Tearing down a sizable, heavy monument can be hard work, however, and potentially dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing.
Stepping into the breach this week is the magazine Popular Mechanics. Author James Stout offers up some “helpful” advice on how to understand all of the physics involved and the most efficient way to accomplish the task. The title seems straightforward enough. How to Topple a Statue Using Science. The real question isn’t so much the accuracy of the engineering information being offered, but the reason for publishing such an obviously confrontational and politically charged article in a magazine that generally avoids such messiness. As you’ll see, most (but not all) of the article reads like a straight engineering paper.
So, was the author just engaging in a fun bit of creative science and engineering geekery, choosing a topic that’s been in the news recently as a vehicle to do so? Or are we seeing some signs of wokeness sneaking into the pages of this traditionally apolitical publication?
The first clue might be found in the introduction, which deals far less with science than the social upheaval in our streets. Stout speaks about the “legacy of racism” and “problematic monuments.” He also refers to the subject of one of these monuments as “the inanimate racist who’s been dead for a century anyway.”
Or, you can just go scroll through the most recent entries in Stout’s Twitter feed and learn all you need to know. The mystery will be solved if you do. Full-blown leftist craziness, publishing under the rather thin veneer of presenting a scientific discussion.
James Stout
Let’s see..who would be the largest group that purchases this thing.
Why would completely alienate them?
POPULAR MECHANICS IS ADVOCATING TEARING DOWN THE STATUE OF LIBERY!!!!
Good to know. When a crowd gathers it’s very electrifying. If it takes too long the attention span is limited. I’d like to see the 2 Kims go down in the Norm capitol. Those folks need a big show. I say feed them first in the plaza.
“Problematic” is fast becoming my least favorite word.
I cancelled my Consumer Reports because they were telling Protesters how not to get Covid - 19.
Do you like helicopters James?
thanks James for outing your magazine as a tool of the left- if i see PM magazines in waiting rooms now- I’ll be sure to throw them where they belong- in the trash-
Cancel culture can go both ways..
Popular Mechanics “Debunked the 9/11 Conspiracy theories”....
Now I really have to wonder... was that a lie too?
Dumb shits! No more popular mechanics will be seen around here!
Any articles about how to build you own Firearm?
I went to their web page and sent them an email telling them what I thought of them.
I hope they enjoy loosing readers.
I remember how our news media was all upset the people pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein. They were critical of the US military helping the people.
Just too many great comments on this thread to possibly respond to them all. I love this board. When I feel like I am alone in the world in my thinking I come here.
when it was just me and two of my friends in Brooklyn yesterday and a thousand BLM protesters walked by and a bunch of them asked us why we weren’t walking I would have liked to have a few hundred of you there with me :)
I just told them it’s not my concern. And they kept walking.
And I wasn’t going to say anything to provoke them. 1000 is a big number :-)
I was born in Brooklyn 67 Years ago come July 26th.
It ain’t what it used to be, but neither is Valley Stream Long Island where we moved to.
I am still grateful that I was born and raised in an era where there was some sense of Civility, Patriotism and Sanity.
This won’t stop with Confederate generals, mobs have already damaged statues of Churchill, Lincoln, and Gandhi. The destruction of statues and memorials is an attempt to erase history. Whether it is the Bolsheviks in the 1920’s, the German’s in the 1930’s, the Chinese in the 1960’s, or the Cambodians in the 1970’s, each of these efforts was followed by these same governments murdering millions of their own people.
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