Which feelings are okay in non-leftist social media? In K-12 protest marches?

Some interesting developments this week in personal social media observations of people on the left side of the political spectrum:

1. There is a "Resist and Unsubscribe" website encouraging people to abandon certain big corporations which are perceived to have helped ICE or Trump, for a period of time long enough to do damage to the economy. They are big mad at Bezos, I think.

2. Some of the not-so-lefties who really hate Trump are starting to realize that spewing hate at people who don't hate Trump isn't working. Although they continue to spew hate to their own followers, they may now do logical analyses of content they don't like which they see posted on the personal page of a non-hater rather than reacting with venom.

For example, if someone posts something from AoSHQ, we might see an admission by the lefty commenter that the post correctly identifies false information from, say, a Democratic Senator. However, there would be criticism of any snark or disapproval of the sharing of false information by a Democratic Senator, according to the principles of classical logic.

"The commentator uses moral condemnation, accusations of lying, and dismissive framing."

Be totally dispassionate about lies from our side, you bigots!!! Avoid all snark or disapproval! Be BORING.

But the example above is a MODERATE lefty. The REAL lefties REQUIRE you to lie.

Scroll down for a pertinent video.

Think about the 1st sentence here. https://t.co/kDqre2fcI1

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) February 6, 2026

I am also alarmed by the fact-free propaganda being used to encourage protests, etc. by schoolkids. These kids are NOT urged to be dispassionate.

Can you tell exactly what the protest above is meant to protest?

WE must let them know how WE feel.

Feelings . . . . .

Bring the Heat

Thinking about home schooling?

Middle schoolers in several schools in and around Salt Lake City, Utah left school in middle of the day to protest ICE.

This involved them throwing things at vehicles, marching through stores, smashing school bus windows, going into busy roads, and chanting a bunch of things… pic.twitter.com/X008OuRhox

— Leftism (@LeftismForU) February 5, 2026

Any thoughts on how to get through to those kids?

Here is a thoughtful essay based on a conversation with a father. Take a little time to read it when you can. What can we do?

What the Kids Actually Believe

Toward the end of these worrisome observations:

Folks, this is in Utah - - a place once considered among the most conservative in America.

Andrew Breitbart was prescient when he said politics is downstream from culture, and what’s happening in these schools is culture being rewritten at scale.

The California Model for America

Stephen Green: Newsom Win: High-Speed Rail Sort-Of Almost Nearly Ready to Connect Madera to . . . More Cows

We haven't driven down to see the big breakthrough, but there are some impressive piles of excavated earth near roads where we travel, and some overpasses.

"In 2008, they told us that it couldn't be done. But we refused to listen. And wouldn't you know it, 20 years and $100 billion later, BAM: we are almost ready to start laying track." https://t.co/KD95xpqn2l

— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) February 4, 2026

Flashback - 2003: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough worries California may start issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.

California school board member loses it after learning her schools rank near last in literacy in the nation.

Kidding, she’s upset because someone used the word homeless instead of unhoused…pic.twitter.com/224rdWj4hd

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 5, 2026

Weekend

The Week In Pictures: Get Off My Land Edition

It is not momentous events that are the most meme-worthy. Rather, it is moments when liberals show their true colors and embarrass themselves, often in relatively trivial ways, that set meme-creators to work. This week, along with the ongoing fiasco in Minnesota, we had severel such events.

The Washington Post, hemorrhaging losses, laid off a large portion of its staff, causing its newly-unemployed reporters to demonstrate outside the building. They marched in defense of the moral principle that Jeff Bezos is obliged to support them forever, no matter how much money they lose. I wonder whether some of the newly-laid-off demonstrators have been covering economics for the Post.

Also, more Epstein documents were released, to the discomfiture of his former friends, all of whom appear to be, like Epstein himself, Democrats.

The number one source of memes, however, was singer Billie Eilish. At the Grammy awards–like all entertainment awards ceremonies, an orgy of liberal stupidity–Eilish opined that “no one is illegal on stolen land.” Her own property, presumably, excluded. . .

Music

The latest in Canadian Fiddling . . .

This is Canadian Cross-Culturalism.
Enjoy the fusion of Ottawa Valley style of Celtic Step dancing by Evelyn Rae Mage from Cambridge, Ontario and Punjabi Bhangra dancing by Gurdeep Pandher from the Yukon!
Fiddle-player: Kristi Coleman Dorland pic.twitter.com/e4nTHlpbUk

— Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon (@GurdeepPandher) October 30, 2020

Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Last week's thread, January 31, Law according to the honor system

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