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Days of Whine and Poses - the cultural left : Comments

By Malcolm King, published 7/11/2008

The 'Days of Whine and Poses' are coming to an end, bringing with it the long, low whine of the babyboomer Cultural Left.

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Bwahhhhhh

This article makes Janet Albrechtson sound positively objective.
Posted by bennie, Sunday, 9 November 2008 12:56:03 PM
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A fairly banal, almost anti-intellectual collection of comments for an article that encapsulates the standard line about the cultural left. It's no wonder they're in trouble when people cannot articulate a position.
Posted by Cheryl, Sunday, 9 November 2008 2:45:59 PM
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John J - facts and evidence where were they?

Fact-: as quoted from Malcolm King’s article-: So convinced were the cultural left of their righteous fight to maintain an idealogical stranglehold over history and secondary school curriculums. That is a spot on observation and as such is a fact.

The cultural left have altered the curriculums to teach that wars are caused by intolerance and hatred. That is only partial fact in so much as it does not teach the reason behind the intolerance and hatred. Any detailed study of history will attest to the fact that all wars, ethnic cleansings, civil wars, religious wars etc. are between different bloodlines over control of territory. Tribal territorial warfare.

Yes,even the American Civil War was fought over control of the American parliament. The South with their free labour were becoming obscenely wealthy at the expense of the North . We all know that wealth buys seats in government and the South was exerting too much control in government circles. In an effort to stop the business and political monopoly of the South; the North threatened to invade the South and the South retaliated by attempting to break away and form their own state. How many times have we seen the demand for separate statehood or a separate country turn into bloody war in todays world. Chechyna in Russia for example. Burma and China for another.

Separate country, (light bulbs flashing), Territorial war.

Until the cultural left teaches the impartial truth about wars and history and doesn't attempt to see it in a way that suits their idealogy then they are indeed wrong in what they teach.
Posted by sharkfin, Sunday, 9 November 2008 4:14:53 PM
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Malcolm King-: They see themselves as clever people in a stupid world.

It is a fact that they thought they were cleverer than those who told them that multiculturalism was a dangerous social experiment. Now London, America, and parts of Europe have been attacked territorially from within by terrorists, (funny how much that word terrorist resembles the word territorialist.) Australia has so far been lucky in uncovering these tribal territorial attacks before they have occurred.
Posted by sharkfin, Sunday, 9 November 2008 4:31:01 PM
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The last time I spoke with a teacher of secondary /senior social science and history the topic was how she felt undervalued, was underpaid and overworked.

Bearing this in mind I don't know think for a minute that she has the time or energy to see her teaching vocation as being guided by her being an “elitist member of the Cultural Left or for that matter is she busily conspiring to brainwash her year 11 and 12 students with Bolshevik ideals and Marixist propaganda.

She is however a passionate and committed teacher who wants her students to acquire the academic and critical thinking skills that would allow them to make their own minds up about the world and issues around them.

And she's not a bloody baby boomer!
Posted by Rainier, Sunday, 9 November 2008 10:46:32 PM
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