Ongewenste polarisatie? Het onderwerp transgenderisme leent zich voor ongewenste polarisatie.Het leent zich echter ook voor het scheppen van alleszins wenselijke duidelijkheid. Het hanteren van het bijzondere scheldwoord “TERF” (Google of DuckDuck aub zelf wat met dat als zoekterm) is een voorbeeld van ongewenste polarisatie. Een iets sterker voorbeeld is het gebruik van de term ‘transfobie’… Continue reading Utrecht, 9 september: een onvermijdelijke confrontatie?
Old Dutch Painter’s Blog
Kinds of Zen in a roller coaster
>> August 21: added important update. See below. So glad I made this ride in Walibi [1] roller coaster ‘Goliath‘ but not sure if I will ever do it again. My eldest daughter, eldest granddaughter and eldest grandson had challenged me by asking how I would pose for the action photo that is taken of… Continue reading Kinds of Zen in a roller coaster
Mengele 2.0 and the Castro Consensus
Remember David Reimer I will begin my review of Miriam Grossman’s phenomenal ‘Lost in Trans Nation‘ – like that book itself – by recalling the horrific fate of David Reimer. Reimer was the most ‘outspoken’ victim of the terrible John Money, referred to here as Mengele 2.0.. When he was a seven-month-old baby, David –… Continue reading Mengele 2.0 and the Castro Consensus
Botanic behaviour – II
In January this year I made a video about Botanic behaviour and at the beginning of March I wrote an update. When I had already planned to write a new update, I met someone who graduated from Wageningen University quite some time ago. We met because of the most important political topic of today (trans-genderism)… Continue reading Botanic behaviour – II
Boomers and communist- versus history- bubbles
Boomer is a strange word. According to the Oxford dictionary (for example) it has two different meanings. Very different meanings. Especially the so-called ‘disambiguation’ page of ‘Boomer’ in Wikipedia is an illustration of why that medium has such a bad name. As so often, the Dutch version compares badly with the English version: Babyboom (demografie),… Continue reading Boomers and communist- versus history- bubbles
Modi meets islamophilia in the White House
This blog post is mainly about the joint press conference Joe Biden and Narendra Modi recently gave at the White House, June 23, 2023. The contrast between the decaying American and the phenomenal statesman from the largest democracy in the world was so great that I felt as if I was watching a surrealist play.… Continue reading Modi meets islamophilia in the White House