Thanks for the insightful article. What I find interesting is critical theorists, in their attempt to expose oppression, create an oppressive discourse that is universal in its scope and unfalsifiable. Not completely agreeing with critical theory is wrong to their way of thinking. As punishment for being wrong, you are labeled ignorant, …
Thanks for the insightful article. What I find interesting is critical theorists, in their attempt to expose oppression, create an oppressive discourse that is universal in its scope and unfalsifiable. Not completely agreeing with critical theory is wrong to their way of thinking. As punishment for being wrong, you are labeled ignorant, not woke, racists, or phobic and excluded from any further participation in any area where social justice thinking predominates. I see it over and over again that we, as humans, tend to become the very thing we fight against. The oppressed become the oppressors. Victims become the victimizers. I applaud the goal of the social justice movement of creating a more just society where their are no oppressed people, but as long as a binary of us versus them mentality predominates, we will always get oppression. The best attempt on a societal level at irradicating this binary mindset is classic liberalism. Some think that social justice is the next step forward. I find it to be a regressive detour. Hopefully, critical theorists can recognize the limitations of their theory, ease up on their paranoia and recognize that they can fall prey to the very thing they are fighting against. I hope this because I think they have valid things to say. I just don't think they have the whole picture.
Thanks for the insightful article. What I find interesting is critical theorists, in their attempt to expose oppression, create an oppressive discourse that is universal in its scope and unfalsifiable. Not completely agreeing with critical theory is wrong to their way of thinking. As punishment for being wrong, you are labeled ignorant, not woke, racists, or phobic and excluded from any further participation in any area where social justice thinking predominates. I see it over and over again that we, as humans, tend to become the very thing we fight against. The oppressed become the oppressors. Victims become the victimizers. I applaud the goal of the social justice movement of creating a more just society where their are no oppressed people, but as long as a binary of us versus them mentality predominates, we will always get oppression. The best attempt on a societal level at irradicating this binary mindset is classic liberalism. Some think that social justice is the next step forward. I find it to be a regressive detour. Hopefully, critical theorists can recognize the limitations of their theory, ease up on their paranoia and recognize that they can fall prey to the very thing they are fighting against. I hope this because I think they have valid things to say. I just don't think they have the whole picture.