Thanks for the quote :-) It is the position of queer theory that childhood is a social construct, as is the family, with both in need of disruption, they say.
Indeed. It's the absolute last thing any child needs to grow and thrive. I find it particularly galling in a Catholic school environment where doctrine is so clear.
It's my observation locally that secular teachers take jobs in state-funded Catholic schools because those institutions have higher standards, and then set about undermining and dismantling those standards with zeal. Given what they teach in education colleges, perhaps it shouldn't be surprising if there's a fifth column inside notionally religious schools. They had their way with the Church of England schools decades ago.
That is interesting. I do think there is significant rot within Catholic education. Add to that parent apathy (doesn’t touch them…. Yet) and there will be no Catholic Churches or schools left. In mass every week those present speak of ‘being part of Catholic apostolic church’ - we all say it. We are supposed to be bound by it.
I saw a ‘Courage to be Catholic ‘ conference happening in Glasgow in March. I thought ah! Good! But then see it is populated with speakers from abroad. It seems to be oriented towards the problems in places like Nigeria which is completely needing to be spoken about - however I would suggest we need a similar revival here. I hear orthodox church are growing by leaps and bounds. People long for true faith. We would be wise to heed it.
There are a LOT of questions to be answered about the Southport stabbing and no sign of anyone in power asking them -- which makes me wonder if they're actively hiding things from us (again). The ruling elite seems to have given up ruling and is just engaged in permanent damage limitation. I wrote some more about this here https://danielgsaunders.substack.com/p/notes-from-last-week
I agree more questions than answers. We have the strange ‘loner/social media’ angle and then predictable this is the result of misogynistic culture! Chat from certain groups. And as you point out no one talks about culture. As I am typing I am remembering how a woman came from Egypt to Scotland (10/12 years ago) which has an outrageous amount of FGM (over 95% I think), terrible stats on sexual violence against women, domestic abuse, not to mention actual (risk your life) lesphobia. And she declared herself ‘male’! And the cultural elite were all over her. To the point they made a show about her transition for the National Theatre wherein she got a ‘neo penis ‘ grafted from her arm. I have since heard she is not doing so well. We failed her so miserably. We need to be able to speak truth. and if those truths are cultural expectations then so be it. Otherwise we all lose.
So, we're allowed to call someone from a patriarchal culture a violent misogynist, but we are not allowed to conclude that their own culture had anything to with their beliefs or behaviour, despite the very same people believing that culture is entirely socially constructed.
Thanks for the quote :-) It is the position of queer theory that childhood is a social construct, as is the family, with both in need of disruption, they say.
Indeed. It's the absolute last thing any child needs to grow and thrive. I find it particularly galling in a Catholic school environment where doctrine is so clear.
It's my observation locally that secular teachers take jobs in state-funded Catholic schools because those institutions have higher standards, and then set about undermining and dismantling those standards with zeal. Given what they teach in education colleges, perhaps it shouldn't be surprising if there's a fifth column inside notionally religious schools. They had their way with the Church of England schools decades ago.
That is interesting. I do think there is significant rot within Catholic education. Add to that parent apathy (doesn’t touch them…. Yet) and there will be no Catholic Churches or schools left. In mass every week those present speak of ‘being part of Catholic apostolic church’ - we all say it. We are supposed to be bound by it.
I saw a ‘Courage to be Catholic ‘ conference happening in Glasgow in March. I thought ah! Good! But then see it is populated with speakers from abroad. It seems to be oriented towards the problems in places like Nigeria which is completely needing to be spoken about - however I would suggest we need a similar revival here. I hear orthodox church are growing by leaps and bounds. People long for true faith. We would be wise to heed it.
There are a LOT of questions to be answered about the Southport stabbing and no sign of anyone in power asking them -- which makes me wonder if they're actively hiding things from us (again). The ruling elite seems to have given up ruling and is just engaged in permanent damage limitation. I wrote some more about this here https://danielgsaunders.substack.com/p/notes-from-last-week
I agree more questions than answers. We have the strange ‘loner/social media’ angle and then predictable this is the result of misogynistic culture! Chat from certain groups. And as you point out no one talks about culture. As I am typing I am remembering how a woman came from Egypt to Scotland (10/12 years ago) which has an outrageous amount of FGM (over 95% I think), terrible stats on sexual violence against women, domestic abuse, not to mention actual (risk your life) lesphobia. And she declared herself ‘male’! And the cultural elite were all over her. To the point they made a show about her transition for the National Theatre wherein she got a ‘neo penis ‘ grafted from her arm. I have since heard she is not doing so well. We failed her so miserably. We need to be able to speak truth. and if those truths are cultural expectations then so be it. Otherwise we all lose.
So, we're allowed to call someone from a patriarchal culture a violent misogynist, but we are not allowed to conclude that their own culture had anything to with their beliefs or behaviour, despite the very same people believing that culture is entirely socially constructed.
Yes precisely that.
Yes this seems to be a theme, almost as if they have a plan that excludes doing what is moral or ethically right. I will read your piece thanks!