In his first public appearance since launching the Babbling Beaver satire webzine three years ago, publisher Mitt Castor sat down for an in-depth interview with veteran climate podcaster Tom Nelson. The focus was the Beaver’s campaign to help MIT and other elite universities fight off and recover from the Woke Mind Virus.
You can watch the interview on YouTube here.
The Beaver was repeatedly dragged into discussing substantive issues like the limits of reductionism, the corruption of scientific journal publishing, the tragedy of errant climate policy, and the prescient warning by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to beware of a public policy takeover by a taxpayer-funded scientific-technological elite. But Mitt insisted on returning to his core theme. Which is that mockery is the best policy.
“Mockery is always more effective than debate,” explained Mitt. “Facts and reason will never change the minds of woke zealots. But if you can get enough people to laugh at them, you can strip them of their fellow travelers and useful idiots.”
Quoting from his role models Saul Alinksy, Mark Twain, and Voltaire, Mitt made it clear that making a laughingstock of the postmodern minions that powered the long march through the institutions is the only way to drive them out. That, and cutting off the overhead money they sponge off of federal research grants.
When complimented on the occasional song parodies the Beaver and his content contributors serve up, Mitt made an appeal for a volunteer who can actually carry a tune. If you’ve got a decent voice and are willing to sing our snarky lyrics paired with the bootlegged music, drop an email to babblingbeaver@babblingbeaver.com.
Special thanks to host Tom Nelson, the Voicemod App, and the avatar maker on Zoom, which allowed Mitt to appear incognito, sparing him from having to seek refuge in the witness protection program.