This widely viewed Australian spoof about education isn't far from the mark:
This Ph.D thesis from Massey called "A Maori model of Primary Health Care Nursing" exemplifies this nonsense. Take this gem:
Unfortunately, much of the present literature on which we rely to develop nursing curriculum, practice and health policies is presented, not only from a pakeha perspective but also with a strong
biomedical focus. This has proved to be of little use to Maori.
biomedical focus. This has proved to be of little use to Maori.
Post-modernist identity politics denies that modern medicine is of" little use" to people from a pre-modern culture. Now I agree that being sensitive to the customs and beliefs of patients is entirely a sensible part of nursing, but this is simply treating people as individuals and customising providing services in ways that optimises their experience. However, to treat medical science as being secondary or even almost dismiss it altogether is complete nonsense.
The insanity of not judging people's actions and capabilities as individuals, but as categorised groups, and the insanity of the denial of reality and objectivity are exactly what this little video identifies. It's about time it was laughed at and challenged, because the philosophy and values behind it are not only irrational, but fundamentally corrosive to individual rights and freedoms to the point where, as in my previous post, those applying it become not only appeasers of fascism, but apply fascist techniques to their approach to any form of challenge.
The single biggest philosophical threat to our freedoms is not Islamism itself, nor a new generation of Marxism-Statism, but the entire edifice of post-modernist relativism and structuralism - for it is that which is hindering the policies and practices needed to confront the fascists from all sides.
So how far away from how things are is this?
