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Posted on 04/18/2021 5:56:19 AM PDT by Kaslin
I can’t stand any more cant -- the hypocritical, sanctimonious blather so common to our public and private educational institutions, the media, politicians, interest groups and corporations. Neither can more and more people -- and this week, across a variety of fields, they are hitting back at it. It’s as if the giant fog beclouding minds is beginning to disperse.
Hero of the Week: Andrew Gutmann
I like private schools. I think that for those who can afford them, they can provide an 'out' from the poor educations available at too many government-sponsored schools. I have, however, been horrified to read letters from heads of otherwise very good ones, endorsing -- if not openly, then subtly -- critical race theory, Black Lives Matter, and the very notion of “systemic racism.” So I was delighted to read the letter by Andrew Gutmann, father of a student at Brearley, a very high-priced New York school, who attacks the school leadership for their “cowardly and appalling lack of leadership by appeasing an anti-intellectual, illiberal mob, and then allowing the school to be captured by that same mob.” I can only give you a summary of its highlights, but please read it all. (What he says is equally applicable to the same hypocrisy evident in far too many colleges and universities around the country.)
He says he “cannot tolerate a school that not only judges my daughter by the color of her skin, but encourages and instructs her to prejudge others by theirs,” something he correctly argues desecrates the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders. As for systemic racism, Gutmann denies there is any such thing, and that there has not been any in the U.S. for more than 50 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I was 6 when I learnt to say May I ? instead of the incorrect Can I ? so if some one tells you you cant they are wrong on 2 levels...
I was always told “can’t never did nothing”.
Communism is alive and well in American’t.
—” if some one tells you you cant they are wrong “
NO!
A cant is used for roof buildup next to the parapet wall.
Like a waterstop at the base of the parapet only different.
When I ran a crew the word can’t was not allowed on the job. As a wise woman once taught me, “can’t means won’t”.
I was always told "can't means won't!" ... and I believe that to this day.
RepubliCAN’T....lol
My high school gymnastics coach always said,
“Can’t is a mental block meaning won’t”
person 2: what stops you?
“Think you can, think you can’t; either way you’ll be right.”
Henry Ford
A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group.[1] It may also be called a cryptolect, argot, anti-language or secret language. Each term differs slightly in meaning; their use is inconsistent.
A cant is a log. You move it around with a cant hook.
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Things were fine until Obama stirred the pot.
Yep. Words matter.
A contractor I knew got a complaint from a homeowner who kept hearing the crew members say, "Close enough." He got them to substitute the word, "Perfect!", and all was well.
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel
There’s nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teach ya
‘Bout the raising of the wrist
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed
John Stuart Mill, of his own free will
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill
Plato, they say, could stick it away
Half a crate of whiskey every day
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle
And Hobbes was fond of his dram
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart
“I drink, therefore I am.”
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he’s pissed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SqQNgDrgg
Been there
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