Paul Rosenberg:

Petitioning an abuser for compassion.
The “good guys” are considered to be a few people inside the abusive government. But if the good guys were really good, wouldn’t they have dissociated themselves with an abuser some time ago? By pleading for the good guys to rise up, people are asking one sub-group of the abusers to save them from the rest of the abusers. However, they all work for the same operation; they all get paid out of the same offices; according to the same rulebook. And if the good guys are so willing to turn against their employers, why would they have waited until now?

Man, that was bad.

(Language warning):

 But people with heretical opinions now expect to lose their jobs.  It’s not something shocking and new anymore, so it’s lost a considerable amount of its power.

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I, too, have been “fired” by “conservatives” and “conservative institutions” — who initially hired me to “be myself” and because I’m so “brilliant” and so on.

Then one day they are “going in a different direction” or just plain — in one instance — go post-menopausal on you and, I guess, forget to refill their meds.

(You should see THOSE emails…)

So what? Something else comes along.

I’d be way more pissed about being a “moped” if I didn’t have a tiny handful of loyal right wingers I still trust 100%, because of their actions, not their words.

The rest?

Trust no one. Count on nothing.

Also? This is pretty true.

Except for “do your best.” Instead, “do Adam Carolla’s best.” Your “best” may be pretty lame-o.

Hmmm…

The massive publicity of these and other cases has helped push the forced-marriage business into the public eye and—with the help of taxpayers’ money set aside to tackle the problem—it is now a big public-sector money-spinner. (…)

There are expensive marketing materials in print and online materials available in any language. There are educational resources and extensively written “multi-agency guidelines” (also available in Welsh). (…)

Britain’s progressives are able to see opportunity in every crisis, and for them the formation of a new victim group is an upside. In Britain today, power flows from victimhood and money flows from power.

You simply can’t have too many victim groups.

Binks is back, blogging at FreeMarkSteyn after a six-month hiatus.

He specializes in aggregating free speech/anti-jihad stuff from around the globe, and also writes his own thoughtful yet whimsical meditations on the issues of the day, which blend pop culture with deep history and theology.

Nice to see an old friend back online!