this whole say Thank you paternalism is nauseating
Transatlantic relations in great shape
March 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
this whole say Thank you paternalism is nauseating
GOP under Obama: No more government paternalism!
GOP under Trump: He's our daddy!
GOP under Trump: He's our daddy!
Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Newsmax: "Daddy's home. And things are gonna change."
November 14, 2024 at 4:20 PM
GOP under Obama: No more government paternalism!
GOP under Trump: He's our daddy!
GOP under Trump: He's our daddy!
looking forward to media paternalism keeping them from publishing the shooters manifesto because We Can't Handle The Truth
December 9, 2024 at 5:58 PM
looking forward to media paternalism keeping them from publishing the shooters manifesto because We Can't Handle The Truth
Like she created a wholesome slave race and then made it a significant plot point that they are just naturally servile and any attempt to liberate them is paternalism
August 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Like she created a wholesome slave race and then made it a significant plot point that they are just naturally servile and any attempt to liberate them is paternalism
At a workshop on paternalism. Learning that I am wildly more in favour of paternalism than everyone else here. Looks like I'm gonna have to start doing these people's thinking for them.
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
At a workshop on paternalism. Learning that I am wildly more in favour of paternalism than everyone else here. Looks like I'm gonna have to start doing these people's thinking for them.
They want people to “civilize” while essentially reproducing colonial and capitalist paternalism.
October 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
They want people to “civilize” while essentially reproducing colonial and capitalist paternalism.
As my friend @davidfrum.bsky.social said about vaccines and the pandemic: "I believe we ought to try to save people from self-harm. But there are practical limits to paternalism."
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 AM
As my friend @davidfrum.bsky.social said about vaccines and the pandemic: "I believe we ought to try to save people from self-harm. But there are practical limits to paternalism."
because for many groups.... paternalism was never an option ...
February 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
because for many groups.... paternalism was never an option ...
It’s all happening on Bluesky, the official app of sports and interminable paternalism.
September 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
It’s all happening on Bluesky, the official app of sports and interminable paternalism.
The standard for publication is supposed to be if the information is in the public interest, not the national security interest.
Publish the Leaked Trump Texts
Biggest leak yet for Trump falls prey to media paternalism
www.kenklippenstein.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The standard for publication is supposed to be if the information is in the public interest, not the national security interest.
less "paternalism" and "more communication with the american people" is rich coming from a CDC director who has been the opposite of honest and transparent 🙄
Newly installed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Erica Schwartz said she wants to change a culture of “paternalism” at her agency. on.wsj.com/4hMHvw2
New CDC Director Is Eager to Change Its Culture
The country’s leading public-health organization needs less “paternalism” and more communication with Americans, Erica Schwartz says.
on.wsj.com
October 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
less "paternalism" and "more communication with the american people" is rich coming from a CDC director who has been the opposite of honest and transparent 🙄
Stop searching for the Good Man and understand why the veneration of Manhood, predicated on violence and domination and paternalism, is the root cause of this "crisis".
May 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Stop searching for the Good Man and understand why the veneration of Manhood, predicated on violence and domination and paternalism, is the root cause of this "crisis".
imperialism is patriarchy is oligarchy is paternalism is malignant narcissism
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
imperialism is patriarchy is oligarchy is paternalism is malignant narcissism
the soothing paternalism of "we understand" from people whose regular output belies that statement in almost every circumstance
No. It is not the job of ordinary citizens to show perfect message discipline.
It is the responsibility of actors with agenda-setting power — like, say, national newspapers — not to treat random-ass people exaggerating as a threat equivalent to the madman president.
It is the responsibility of actors with agenda-setting power — like, say, national newspapers — not to treat random-ass people exaggerating as a threat equivalent to the madman president.
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
the soothing paternalism of "we understand" from people whose regular output belies that statement in almost every circumstance
As expected the media are refusing to publish the manifesto although somehow selectively quoting from it is allowed. This is media paternalism at its worst. If you have access to the manifesto, text me via signal at 202-510-1268
December 9, 2024 at 7:47 PM
As expected the media are refusing to publish the manifesto although somehow selectively quoting from it is allowed. This is media paternalism at its worst. If you have access to the manifesto, text me via signal at 202-510-1268
lol legit looking to recreate white patriarchal paternalism but leftistly
June 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
lol legit looking to recreate white patriarchal paternalism but leftistly
I suppose there would be an important argument at that juncture about if that moral obligation was a parent-child obligation or one of equals (with the connected moral peril that paternalism was very often a justification for slavery).
October 4, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I suppose there would be an important argument at that juncture about if that moral obligation was a parent-child obligation or one of equals (with the connected moral peril that paternalism was very often a justification for slavery).
"Media paternalism at its worst."
Independent journalist @kenklippenstein.bsky.social explains why he published the Luigi Mangione manifesto after corporate media outlets refused to do so.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/16/ken_klippenstein_luigi_mangione_manifesto_uhc
Independent journalist @kenklippenstein.bsky.social explains why he published the Luigi Mangione manifesto after corporate media outlets refused to do so.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/16/ken_klippenstein_luigi_mangione_manifesto_uhc
December 16, 2024 at 3:39 PM
"Media paternalism at its worst."
Independent journalist @kenklippenstein.bsky.social explains why he published the Luigi Mangione manifesto after corporate media outlets refused to do so.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/16/ken_klippenstein_luigi_mangione_manifesto_uhc
Independent journalist @kenklippenstein.bsky.social explains why he published the Luigi Mangione manifesto after corporate media outlets refused to do so.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/16/ken_klippenstein_luigi_mangione_manifesto_uhc
it's the paternalism, charlie brown
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
it's the paternalism, charlie brown
Western paternalism toward Africa is neither slavery nor parenthood; it doesn’t have to be slavery to be bad.
October 4, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Western paternalism toward Africa is neither slavery nor parenthood; it doesn’t have to be slavery to be bad.
Ultimately they will exonerate themselves of any blame, reassigning it to liberals whose paternalism was so heedless of the vulnerability of a creature of limited capacities who they forced into a situation he wasn’t built to handle
August 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Ultimately they will exonerate themselves of any blame, reassigning it to liberals whose paternalism was so heedless of the vulnerability of a creature of limited capacities who they forced into a situation he wasn’t built to handle
The paternalism of it all is galling.
July 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The paternalism of it all is galling.