Coup d’etat in all but name: NZ’s descent to ethno-nationalism.
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The Pulling Down of Statues Has Begun - Part 1
Did the former Premier of Tasmania remove the skull of Aboriginal Tasmanian man, William Lanne after he died? Should William Crowther’s Statue in Hobart be pulled down 150 years later?
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Number 5 - Dr Richard Davis
Is Dr Richard Ward ‘just making stuff up’ too?
'The Blacks are Coming' - Or Maybe Not?
Is Professor Reynolds, like Bruce Pascoe, ‘Just Making Stuff Up’, about our Colonial History?
Farmers, Hunter Gatherers or Ideologues? : The New Dreaming - Part 1
Is the new book by Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe just as Ideological as Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu?
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' - Part 4 : Are Boomerangs Indigenous Drones?
Despite claims by some, Indigenous knowledge is NOT Science
How Much More Weirder Can the Dark Emu Hoax Get?
Uncle Bruce Pascoe, an Aboriginal man, has just won (jointly with a transgender activist) the Australian Humanist Award of 2021, given to recipients who show outstanding contributions to Humanism, where “Humanism is a framework for living an ethical, meaningful and compassionate life without relying on supernatural forces."
The Journal of Controversial Ideas promises anonymity to academics with unpopular opinions
“The articles should speak for themselves, that is, independently of the identity of the author. It should make no difference who the author is.” - Jeff McMahan, a professor of moral philosophy at Oxford University, announcing the upcoming creation of The Journal of Controversial Ideas
Is Dark Emu a Hoax?
“The mark of a really good hoax seems to be that it lives on, even after all reasonable evidence has shown it up” - J. Whittaker, 1992
Cannibalism, George Orwell, Bruce Pascoe and the English Language
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible”
- George Orwell, 1946
A Sad Day for Australian History : Professor Henry Reynolds - Nominee for The Bruce Pascoe, Best Selective Quoting Award for Distorting History.
It is with Great Sadness that we Accept Henry Reynolds’ Nomination for The Bruce Pascoe, Best Selective Quoting Award for Distorting History.
The Legacy of Slavery Part 2 - Henry Reynolds and his 'Hypocrisy of Slavery'
Henry Reynolds wants us to believe that the 14th Earl of Morton was, ‘the most pertinent illustration of contemporary moral standards.’ Is that true or just another Pascoism?
Is this Why Dark Emu Was Written ?
Has Henry Reynolds found some ‘political value’ in using the ‘selective quoting’ techniques of Professor Pascoe, and indeed the whole Dark Emu Agriculture thesis itself, in supporting his new book, Truth-Telling?
The Legacy of Slavery Part 1 - Henry Reynolds and his 'Hypocrisy of Slavery'
Henry Reynolds calls the Slave-owning Signatories to the American Declaration of Independence, ‘hypocrites’. Is that true or just another Pascoism?
Would it be Problematic if A.O.Neville was 'indigenous'?
This post is about one of those little quirks sometimes found in historical figures. It might be nothing, but then maybe in the Post-modern world of history revisionism it was influential? Send us your thoughts!
Has Henry Reynolds signed on as the latest 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' to learn some 'creative writing' skills?
Has Henry Reynolds learnt some tricky ‘selective editing’ techniques from ‘best-selling’ author Bruce Pascoe?
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' - Part 2 : Apartheid, here we come
Are The Greatest Threat to our Institutions the Second Generation Pascoites?
How Photo-Cropping can Change the Narrative
Pascoesque Photography - A Cropped Photograph is Worth a Thousand Words