Just when you think modern life can’t get any more absurd, someone somehow raises the bar to another level.
Sadly, this isn’t absurdity as in Dadaist art, or playful Jabberwocky-style doggerel, or the realisation that the universe is a blank and terrifying void which begat itself out of nothingness and thus renders our existence meaningless at best, a cold and empty horror at worst. You know, the fun kind.
No, this is absurdity as in stupid nonsense from self-styled ‘progressives’ – if text formatting allowed me to make those sarcastic quotation-marks a thousand miles high, I would. They seem determined to make themselves look ever more ridiculous with each wasted breath.
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My favourite progressive japes of recent weeks include asking six-year-old Beaver Scouts about their gender identity, the ‘slut-shaming’ of an M&M, and rainbow crossings for pedestrians. But the best (worst) of all is Bristol University issuing instructions to staff on gender, pronouns and so on, which included – since withdrawn – guidance on recognising ’emojiself’ and, incredibly, ‘catgender’.
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