I suppose one way of summarising this is that if a critical theorist asserts something, e.g. racism is pervasive or trans people are the most oppressed people on earth, they're not asking you to verify the statement for yourself, they're demanding you agree with them and ideally treat the statement as axiomatic.
I suppose one way of summarising this is that if a critical theorist asserts something, e.g. racism is pervasive or trans people are the most oppressed people on earth, they're not asking you to verify the statement for yourself, they're demanding you agree with them and ideally treat the statement as axiomatic.
This explains their hostility if you dare question them in even the slightest way, for (to them) that is just your privileged preserving epistemic push-back in action and thus a behaviour that needs to be trained out of you.
I suppose one way of summarising this is that if a critical theorist asserts something, e.g. racism is pervasive or trans people are the most oppressed people on earth, they're not asking you to verify the statement for yourself, they're demanding you agree with them and ideally treat the statement as axiomatic.
This explains their hostility if you dare question them in even the slightest way, for (to them) that is just your privileged preserving epistemic push-back in action and thus a behaviour that needs to be trained out of you.