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If we truly believe that the traditional family is the cornerstone of society, we must protect it, and the children at i...
25/09/2025

If we truly believe that the traditional family is the cornerstone of society, we must protect it, and the children at its heart, when it comes under threat.

๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌI'm disappointed by the smear campaign against a good man's work and name. This post (https://...
12/09/2025

๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ

I'm disappointed by the smear campaign against a good man's work and name. This post (https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/posts/pfbid0c8BQt37Jca6Bymmp6bNfqbxUfJBtXbFaRixsGViCYucGTYhAAajmzr6ab4z8zBahl) by Occupy Democrats is one such example.

Here is the evil "hit list" described in the post: https://www.professorwatchlist.org/

Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7EvCsL_2WM

๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š โ€œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.โ€
It was a public database of professorsโ€™ OWN public statements and activities that TPUSA deemed to be advancing radical ideologies in the classroom. The post by Occupy Democrats calling this a โ€œdigital hit listโ€ loads the language to suggest violence, when in fact it was about accountability and exposure, not physical harm.

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ.
Civil society groups on all sides keep similar lists:
The Southern Poverty Law Center runs its โ€œHatewatch.โ€
Progressive activists maintain โ€œboycott lists.โ€
Journalists build dossiers on think tanks and churches.

๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
Second, yes, it is sad that Patton received vile, racist, and threatening messages. Those acts are sinful and probably criminal, and they should be condemned outright.
But blaming Charlie Kirk personally for every email or voicemail a supporter sends is guilt by association. No evidence has been provided that Kirk ever encouraged violence, doxxing, or harassment.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ?
Third, when the left mobilises online outrage campaigns that pressure employers, schools, and publishers, it is framed as โ€œaccountability.โ€ When the right uses similar tools, it is reframed as โ€œviolence.โ€
Cancel culture mobs on the left have forced firings, book bans, and speaking cancellations over far less than what professors often say in class.
If Patton believes that online pressure = โ€œterror,โ€ then she must also be willing to condemn her sideโ€™s boycotts, shaming campaigns, and firings. Otherwise, itโ€™s a partisan outrage asymmetry.

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž
Fourth, notice how Pattonโ€™s statement leans heavily on generalities: โ€œlegions of professors,โ€ โ€œterrorised,โ€ โ€œsome left academia.โ€
Few specifics are provided: What exact statements landed her on the list? Were they academic scholarship or political activism? What evidence shows Kirk โ€œnormalised violenceโ€? Generalities are persuasive rhetorically, but they evade scrutiny. A serious rebuttal asks: What exactly did she say that merited censure, and was it fair to characterise it as โ€œspeaking truth to powerโ€?

๐Ž๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Fifth... the leap from โ€œa watchlist existsโ€ to โ€œCharlie curated a culture of violenceโ€ is unsupported.
He regularly stressed ideas and debate, not physical harm. The Watchlist itself was essentially a media strategy, not a militia directive.
Suggesting that his murder was โ€œviolence coming full circleโ€ is chilling, because it edges into justifying political assassination.

A public list of professorsโ€™ own words is not a hit list, itโ€™s political accountability, no different from SPLCโ€™s Hatewatch or left-wing boycott campaigns.
If Patton was listed for academic research, letโ€™s see it. If it was for inflammatory political commentary, then thatโ€™s fair grounds for public scrutiny.

Professor Watchlist is a project of 501(c)3 non-profit Turning Point USA. The mission of Professor Watchlist is to expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students

๐„๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ฉ ๐€๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐๐š๐ซA 14-year-old, sec three student was issued an ISA restriction order after self-radicalising f...
09/09/2025

๐„๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ฉ ๐€๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐๐š๐ซ

A 14-year-old, sec three student was issued an ISA restriction order after self-radicalising from a mishmash of extremist inputs.

He absorbed left-wing anti-Zionist rhetoric rooted in Critical Theoryโ€™s oppressor/oppressed binaries, mixed in far-right anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, layered on Islamist jihadism, and topped it off with hyper-s*xualised incel ideology.

By April this year, he had pledged allegiance to ISIS, endorsed violence against โ€œZionists,โ€ and identified as an incel (involuntary celibate).

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ

The media reporting would like to drown you in a litany of ideological labels, giving the impression that this 14-year-old was confused by competing worldviews. But if you look closely, the dominant value set is leftist in character.

The central frame was Critical Theory: oppressed vs oppressor, Palestine vs Israel, capitalism as oppression, โ€œZionistsโ€ as enemies, women as obstacles. This simplistic binary provided the backbone. Onto that framework, old-school far-right anti-Semitism grafted conspiracy theories about Jewish control. Jihadist extremism then offered the glamour of holy struggle. Finally, incel subcultures presented an identity shaped by s*xual grievance.

And here lies the troubling question: what on earth is a 14-year-old doing with s*xual grievance in the first place? At an age when mischief and curiosity should dominate, this teenager was instead grooming his identity through s*xual insecurity. The fixation on โ€œlooksmaxxingโ€ and self-worth was wrapped in misogyny and resentment, tied once again to the liberation-style narrative that the system had failed him.

Yes, his worldview was cross-pollinated. But make no mistakeโ€”the backbone came from left-leaning liberation rhetoric.

Critical Theory created the frame of grievance into which every other radical strand could be slotted.

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง

How does anyone end up with such a "salad bar" of causes in the first place?

The answer is moral formation... or the lack of it.

When young people grow up with no substantive moral framework, they will cling to causes as substitutes for a moral compass. Every human being has an externalising impulse: it will either be fulfilled in a time-tested framework of responsibility, duty, and service, or it will be cobbled together in a hodgepodge of grievance-based identities.

This 14-year-oldโ€™s story is not an outlier.

It is a harbinger of what is to come if we continue to substitute platitudes like โ€œtoleranceโ€ and โ€œharmonyโ€ for substantive moral formation. Now that those values become hollowed-out and synonymous with relativism and conflict avoidance, they cannot carry the weight of shaping a generation. If we ignore moral formation, and continue to allow for the moral fragmentation we're seeing, we will get more โ€œsalad barโ€ cases: young people cobbling together identities out of grievance, and drifting into danger.

The irony is that Critical Theory, jihadism, and hyper-s*xualisation all promise power, liberation and freedom in some form or another. But the fruit is always the same: radicalisation, bo***ge, and oppression.

The ideologies may differ in branding, but the fruit is the same: radicalisation, bo***ge, and oppression.
That is why we must look beyond the packaging of lofty rhetoric and assess the fruit of the worldviews we adopt, even the ones recommended to us by the professors and universities we trust.

๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Parents have a front-line role here. They must be vigilant about their childrenโ€™s inputsโ€”what ideologies, slogans, and content they are absorbing online and offline. They must teach discernment, encouraging critical thinking that causes kids to ask hard questions rather than parroting slogans like "love is love" and "from the river to the sea". And they must mentor early, stepping in before ideological red flags harden into identity.

The wider public also bears responsibility. We must challenge the false binaries that reduce all of life to โ€œoppressed vs oppressor.โ€ We must encourage young people not to anchor their identities in s*xual self-definition, grievance, or other transient ideologies, but to ground their sense of worth in something enduring, eternal, and transcendent.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-boy-14-given-isa-restriction-order-first-self-radicalisation-case-from-mixed-ideologies

โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐š๐›๐ข๐ž๐ฌโ€ โ€“ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐?Singapore is being urged to reconsider mitochondrial replacemen...
21/08/2025

โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐š๐›๐ข๐ž๐ฌโ€ โ€“ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐?

Singapore is being urged to reconsider mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), a new IVF technique meant to prevent rare genetic diseases.

But at what cost?
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Unproven long-term safety
๐Ÿงฌ Irreversible genetic changes
๐Ÿ”ฌEmbryo destruction and eugenics concerns
๐Ÿซ† Impact on future childrenโ€™s identity and autonomy

As global headlines celebrate this advancement, this in-depth perspective urges caution before we cross ethical lines that may be impossible to reverse.

Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT) allows children to be born free from rare but severe genetic diseases. However, this emerging technologyโ€”which creates "three-parent babies"โ€”raises profound ethical and safety concerns. As science races ahead, Singapore must act with caution, not just comp...

โ€œSystemic discrimination.โ€For nearly twenty years, that charge has been aimed at Singapore. But is it true?When we exami...
06/08/2025

โ€œSystemic discrimination.โ€
For nearly twenty years, that charge has been aimed at Singapore. But is it true?

When we examined every claim, a pattern appeared: commonsense laws, biological realities, and national values were reframed as "injustice".

This isnโ€™t about denying anyoneโ€™s dignity or worth. Itโ€™s about asking an honest question โ€” are these demands really about equality, or are they special pleading by re-writing the rules for everyone.

This post is a very brief summary of three long-form articles on our website. Each one gets into the weeds of the claims of discrimination, challenging the prevailing narrative that seeks to cast one of the best countries in the world... our home... as a heinous perpetrator of harm and injustice.

Read the full breakdown starting here: https://regardless.sg/part-1-equality-or-special-treatment-breaking-down-pink-dots-scorecard/

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ In the months and years ahead, surrogac...
31/07/2025

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ 

In the months and years ahead, surrogacy and same-s*x parenting will be hailed as symbols of love, equality, and freedom here in Singapore. But beneath the surface lies a different logic... one that shares uncomfortable similarities with human trafficking: the commodification of bodies, exploitation of the poor, and the severing of natural kinship bonds for the satisfaction of adult desires.

Hereโ€™s how these structures align:

1๏ธโƒฃ Commodification
Trafficking treats people as products for s*x, labour or organs. Commercial surrogacy treats people as products, too. Wombs are rented. Children are conceived, delivered, and handed over just like products. In same-s*x parenting built on third-party reproduction, the child is effectively commissioned, as a product to complete the adultsโ€™ desire for a family.

2๏ธโƒฃ Exploitation of the vulnerable
Traffickers prey on the poor. So do surrogacy brokers. Wealthy couples pay economically desperate women to gestate children, then vanish. The surrogate becomes a service, the child becomes the outcome. And same-s*x couples, unable to biologically reproduce within their union, often rely on this unequal market.

3๏ธโƒฃ Severing of natural bonds
Trafficking breaks families apart, sometimes through kidnapping, sometimes through sale. Surrogacy and same-s*x parenting do it by intent. The child is separated from at least one biological parent โ€” mother or father โ€” before birth. This violation of biological family bonds is a planned feature of the arrangement.

4๏ธโƒฃ Contracts over conscience
In both trafficking and surrogacy, whatโ€™s contracted often trumps whatโ€™s right. A surrogate might be legally bound to give up a child, even if her conscience later protests. Children born from donor gametes may never know their true origins... and and they canโ€™t consent.

Commercial surrogacy and third-party reproduction share the same underlying logic: children become products to be commissioned, grown, and transferred; women are reduced to service providers, their wombs rented like vehicles; and pregnancy itself is stripped of its sanctity, reduced to a contract.

๐Ÿ˜คโ€œBut itโ€™s voluntary,โ€ critics say.
Yes โ€” for the adults. But consent under duress isn't voluntary, and the child gets no say.

๐Ÿ˜คโ€œBut their intentions are good,โ€ others insist.
They may be. But unjust systems donโ€™t need bad intentions. They just need enough people to stop asking questions.

๐Ÿ˜คโ€œBut not all surrogacy is commercial.โ€
True. But this isnโ€™t about rare exceptions. Itโ€™s about a booming global market that depends on erasing parents, outsourcing wombs, and turning children into deliverables.

When you strip away the branding and examine the structure, the parallels are clear. Children deserve to be born to their parents โ€” not bought for someone elseโ€™s happiness.

Surrogacy and Same-s*x Parenting rely on human commodification. And itโ€™s time we said so. Loudly.

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š?The media should be a force for truth, but then, what is truth?Is it whatev...
22/07/2025

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š?

The media should be a force for truth, but then, what is truth?

Is it whatever aligns with the latest progressive cause? Or is it the steady ground of time-tested institutions and moral frameworks?

This piece provides a broad analysis of our national broadsheet's approach to LGBT reporting. What we found is a deeply concerning one-sidedness.

Singaporeans should read carefully, not just for whatโ€™s said, but for whatโ€™s assumed, omitted, and emotionally pre-loaded.
Because once editorial tone becomes indistinguishable from activism, critical thinking erodes and public trust evaporates.

Singapore mediaโ€™s coverage of LGBT issues has shifted from neutral to affirming, shaping public morality while shutting down dissent.

Singapore agrees that mums and dads both matter.So why are LGBT activists pretending that they don't?This piece exposes ...
15/07/2025

Singapore agrees that mums and dads both matter.

So why are LGBT activists pretending that they don't?

This piece exposes how same-s*x parenting campaigns in Singapore unjustly erase what every child needs - their mother and father.

Same-s*x parenting campaigns in Singapore contradict government support for fathers and mothers and challenge societal beliefs on what children truly need.

Only one way to process your feelings. LGBTQ s*xuality for children. Legitimising vigorous pushes to reshape how we thin...
10/07/2025

Only one way to process your feelings. LGBTQ s*xuality for children. Legitimising vigorous pushes to reshape how we think about marriage, s*xuality and gender with the banner of charity status.

Pink Dot wants you to believe that this is equality.

We examine their claims, and leave you with one question: is Pink Dot's scorecard about equality, or cultural domination?

From healthcare, to media, to the non-profit space, Pink Dot's scorecard seeks not equal treatment, but cultural domination.

Redefining family. Rewriting policy. Reshaping norms. That's what Pink Dot's "equality scorecard" really seeks.Pink Dot ...
09/07/2025

Redefining family. Rewriting policy. Reshaping norms. That's what Pink Dot's "equality scorecard" really seeks.

Pink Dot wants you to believe that the way family, housing, and laws on employment discrimination and end-of-life matters work in Singapore treats LGBTQ individuals unequally.

In Part 2, we show you why that's not the case.

From marriage and adoption to employment, end-of-life decisions, and housing, Pink Dotโ€™s LGBTQ equality scorecard enforces a radical redefinition of family.

What if not all calls for โ€˜equalityโ€™ are really equal?
09/07/2025

What if not all calls for โ€˜equalityโ€™ are really equal?

Like things should be treated alike, and unlike things unalike.You may recall that Pink Dot published an "equality score...
08/07/2025

Like things should be treated alike, and unlike things unalike.

You may recall that Pink Dot published an "equality scorecard" last year claiming to show the ways in which the LGBTQ community is still not treated equally.

We unpack Pink Dotโ€™s claims of unequal treatment on 377A, how schools approach LGBTQ issues, and gender identity in Singapore to determine if they're real cases of inequality, or ideological demands dressed up as "equal rights".

On 377A, how schools approach LGBTQ issues, and gender identity, Pink Dotโ€™s LGBTQ equality scorecard confuses special treatment with equal treatment.

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