150. YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN - Gary Lineker and The Myth of Impartiality

March 20, 2023 by DaN McKee in Censorship, Communication, Culture, Education, Epistemology, Ethics, Free Speech, Immigration, Meaning, Media, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Pop Culture, Racism, School, Social Media, Sport, Television, Truth

“To not comment on the state of the world today is never to be impartial. It is to implicitly state a preference - a partiality - for maintaining things exactly as they are, inflammatory immigration policies and all.“

March 20, 2023 /DaN McKee

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135. UNLOCKING CAGES - Language, Asylum, Immigration and Abolition

November 07, 2022 by DaN McKee in Communication, Immigration, Identity, Justice, Meaning, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Punishment, Racism

“When one takes a step back and realises that amidst all the language of ‘asylum seekers’, ‘detainees’, and ‘illegal immigrants’ what we are really talking about is human beings, it is hard not to hang your head in shame at the way our country routinely treats certain human beings.“

November 07, 2022 /DaN McKee

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ignore this :-)