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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

An essay about my first year as a middle school teacher: jmpolemic.substack.com/p/taskmaster...

jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

They will impose monolithic, misleading cultural narratives… and then pretend that they haven’t. They will use shaming language against dissenters and critics, even if the criticism is factual or done in good faith. This is how institutions are captured. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/fable-making

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It seems undeniable to me that we are getting collectively weaker & it seems to be strategic. This is much bigger than just a political problem, but it DOES interact with politics in strange and unhelpful ways. And very few people want to talk about it. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/were-getti...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The left likes to accuse the right of venerating bad men. When one reads about the character of Marx, Rousseau, Foucault, Davis, etc. it becomes pretty clear that this is merely projection. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/queer-theo...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I generally enjoy Nolan films, but the additions and the fact that the film is based on a feminist re-imagining of the story isn’t promising. Feminists aren’t good at mythos or stories of masculine heroism… almost by definition. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/hollywood-...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Unfortunately it seems that feminization has completely sapped Hollywood’s creative spirit. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/hollywood-...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thoughts on the trans-focused court opinion, local ‘leaders’ in Florida debating ICE training for their police, the outbreak of anti-Musk and anti-Tesla hysteria, standardized tests, criminal sentencing guidelines, & a few other things… jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-femini...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In this new, pervasive scheme, feelings become the guide for legal operation: if officials are angry, punishments will be levied. If they feel pity, penalties will be withheld. This is now, in many courtrooms. the guiding conception… jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-femini...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-schism... Historically, this kind of intra-elite competition keeps escalating until things get violent and ugly. Those who’ve been dethroned won’t go into exile willingly. They already sold their souls to the devil for power…

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Why and how do people suck? This essay tries to explain everything… jmpolemic.substack.com/p/people-suck

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

If this was totalitarianism we would see commissars. We might call them DEI officers, bias response teams, sensitivity readers. We would see Lysenkoism, the corruption of science by ideology, where people are punished and excluded for their dissent. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/substack-n...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We don’t trust the experts because they have proved themselves untrustworthy… through their treatment of dissenters, their unwillingness to admit error & their cowardice when it came time to express honest and unpopular opinions. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/quietly-co...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I don’t really care what Gavin Newsom is up to. His state is a governing disaster, producing interstate refugees by the millions. Education, cost of living, crime, new construction, homelessness, home prices-CA is dead last in each of these categories. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-gavin-...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Modern therapeutic and disability claims, pop psychology, anti-racism, Trump derangement… all can be seen as promotions of subjectivity and emotional reality above the reality of society or the world. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/2-visions-...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

While the Left used to be intellectually promiscuous and full of ferment and diversity, they now contain essentially two impulses: (1) identity politics/social justice and (2) government spending on clients and nonprofits. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/a-clear-pa...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

There are reformers, who are dissatisfied with the status quo (for various reasons) and are working for radical change, and there are protectors of that status quo. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/substack-n...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Patriotism requires children. When there are too few children in society the concept of ‘home’ and ‘future’ become matters of bias, fashion, identity. For a country to maintain a vital national spirit there must be many children. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/substack-n...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The old institutional structures of information flow and collective sense-making have collapsed. Regimes can either accept their diminishment… or use increasingly coercive tactics to maintain control. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/horizontal...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Dear leftwingers: If progress and tolerance and decency are your core attributes why are you only gaining support among educated, comfortable, white urbanites? jmpolemic.substack.com/p/some-frien...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Our culture often tolerates and even encourages hostility and disdain of straight white men (or men, or white people, etc.). This is a gleeful and socially celebrated habit in many spaces and it’s a bad thing, more for the haters than for the SWM. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-scapeg...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The enemy has collapsed. Decades of preference falsification have come apart, as they always do, in a preference cascade – people admitting that they don’t actually believe the things they pretended to believe… jmpolemic.substack.com/p/substack-n...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Media Guide, Part 3: Framing, Focus, Influence, CONTROL open.substack.com/pub/jmpolemi... …the media constrains and manipulates dialogue by choosing who to platform, what to focus on, and how to discuss issues and phrase questions.

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I conceptualize modern Leftist political leanings as inversions of and gestures against the natural human ties of affection and affiliation. These inverted displays are superficial, though… jmpolemic.substack.com/p/ordo-amori...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” -George Orwell jmpolemic.substack.com/p/silence-as...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Understand that the Left’s maligned scapegoat is and it all falls into place. A government can manipulate, misinform, and oppress in the name of progressive values. It did so for years. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-age-of...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The Left pretends that, because they valorize immigrants or promote trans activism, they can’t be totalitarian. ANY set of values arranged against free expression and individual agency can be totalitarian. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-age-of...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

They create a class of people who believe that their opinions and their degrees have made them compassionate and enlightened…. When they buy uses or enroll their kids in school or compete for jobs they will use the credentials and status… jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-schism...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I think this is a decent gesture towards working class black and queer folks: we’re going to spend fewer resources and less time placating rich white progressives 👍🏼

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

In the next part of this series, I will explore the historical and ideological links between Queer Theory and pedophilia, which is a closely guarded secret on the Left. Most students (even those majoring in Queer Studies!) never learn this in college. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/queer-theo...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Explore Europa 🛰️ jmpolemic.substack.com/p/europa-eur...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The Jovian moon Europa may harbor life… jmpolemic.substack.com/p/europa-eur...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Follow the link: jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-dnc-im...

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jim-writes-things.bsky.social @jim-writes-things.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Most individuals and organizations that have made profound errors will try to pretend that they haven’t. They will lie, silence, and pivot to maintain their credibility and power. jmpolemic.substack.com/p/quietly-co...

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