{"id":19151,"date":"2018-10-05T23:28:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T06:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?p=19151"},"modified":"2018-10-08T21:24:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T04:24:34","slug":"liberal-rhetoric-manufacturer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?p=19151","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Rhetoric Manufacturer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, UC Berkeley posted a news article on its <a href=\"http:\/\/news.berkeley.edu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley News<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon-external-link-12x12.png\" alt=\"icon-external-link-12x12\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/> website titled <a href=\"http:\/\/news.berkeley.edu\/2018\/10\/04\/berkeley-law-dean-i-signed-letter-against-kavanaugh-without-hesitation\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Law dean: I signed letter against Kavanaugh \u2018without hesitation\u2019<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon-external-link-12x12.png\" alt=\"icon-external-link-12x12\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/>.  This occurred around the same time that the FBI reported that it had failed to substantiate claims of sexual assault\/misconduct made against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, claims which were an attempt to interfere with and possibly derail his appointment to a lifetime seat on the supreme court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?attachment_id=19149\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?attachment_id=19150\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/uc-berkeley-000002-formatted.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,389\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"uc-berkeley-000002-formatted\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/uc-berkeley-000002-formatted.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/uc-berkeley-000002-formatted.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley News graphic of article &quot;Berkeley Law dean: I signed letter against Kavanaugh &#039;without hesitation&#039;&quot;. [Formatted]\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/uc-berkeley-000002-formatted.jpg 500w, https:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/uc-berkeley-000002-formatted-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/uc-berkeley-000002-formatted-386x300.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to see how this is news.  In fact, the only thing that&#8217;s even remotely remarkable about it is that somebody felt like this was news.  A UC Berkeley law dean publicly stating her opposition to a republican supreme court appointee is like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=stoner+steals+krispy+kreme+truck\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stoner proclaiming to the world his profound affinity for Krispy Kreme donuts<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon-external-link-12x12.png\" alt=\"icon-external-link-12x12\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon-search-12x12.png\" alt=\"icon-search-12x12\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/>&#8212;it&#8217;s just a declaration of the obvious and is silly and unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>It would be like if I posted a press release on ChadSpace with any of the following headlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Blogger Chad Philip Johnson finally updates site after almost two full months of preoccupation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Engineer at Anacronist Software espouses Linux and Open Source technologies<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>General Manager of Redding Ringtails announces team will play baseball and have fun next season<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Progressive music aficionado Chad Philip Johnson buys new album &#8220;The Wake&#8221; by heavy metal band Voivod, hurts neck<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You know what <em>would<\/em> be news?  If a UC Berkeley law dean publicly stated her support <em>for<\/em> a republican supreme court judge nominee (and to be fair, let&#8217;s say it&#8217;s one with a less questionable history of hard drinking and reckless partying).  It is impossible that this would ever happen though.  Or if it somehow did happen, this make-believe person would certainly not be working at the university for much longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, UC Berkeley posted a news article on its Berkeley News website titled Berkeley Law dean: I signed letter against Kavanaugh \u2018without hesitation\u2019 . 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