The current domination of feelings in our workplaces and social institutions, writes the pseudonymous “Lomez” in First Things, has coincided with the expansion of massive “HR” bureaucracies – largely led and shaped by women. The resulting focus on safety and risk-aversion has fuelled related obsessions like “trigger warnings” and “microaggressions” – and even helped drive governments’ response to the pandemic.
Where the Courts Just Aren’t Cricket
Judicial reforms in Britian will soon allow pre-sentencing reports for cases involving “an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or faith minority” offender. With these reports meant to argue for a reduction in punishment, Frank Haviland observes in The European Conservative that the unmistakable belief behind the move is that “only white men deserve to feel the full force of the law.” Welcome to two-tier justice, British-style.
