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We can all agree that cultishness is a general human failing and leftist cults are as likely to form as Branch Davidians. Historically, some of those cults have

We can all agree that cultishness is a general human failing and leftist cults are as likely to form as Branch Davidians. Historically, some of those cults have caused immense harm. Nevertheless, this article strikes me as being deliberately written for its own cult members. Its air of injured rationality is exhibit A in grievance studies, the white people version. Is there some vast underground of fence-sitters waiting to be convinced by their argument? I doubt it. Instead, the article is catnip for those who share the same grievances as the writers. Sure, they have one more data point that the other side is gullible or stupid. I am more than willing to admit that portions of academia are cultish with guru figures who can easily destroy your life. However, all one needs to do is look outside the ivory tower and ask if there are real injustices in the world, and the answer isn't hard to find. The vast majority of activists I know, women and men fighting for the rights of women, people of color, animals and trees have no interest in the battles over grievance studies. This is not an article written in good faith. Which is to say, it's propaganda.

lallysingh 8y ago
No. It's an article that's pointing out a problem with a field of study that points out problems. Which is not just a valid concern, but rather critical to keeping that field of study from the problems of groupthink. > However, all one needs to do is look outside the ivory tower and ask if there are real injustices in the world, and the answer isn't hard to find. The vast majority of activists I know, women and men fighting for the rights of women, people of color, animals and trees have no interest in the battles over grievance studies. > This is not an article written in good faith. Which is to say, it's propaganda. I don't know what you're trying to say here. It sounds like you're saying that because you don't care about the problems listed in the article, and that there are other problems to talk about instead, that by focusing on these problems in the article, it must have been written in bad faith?

lallysingh 8y ago

No. It's an article that's pointing out a problem with a field of study that points out problems. Which is not just a valid concern, but rather critical to keeping that field of study from the problems of groupthink. > However, all one needs to do is look outside the ivory tower and ask if there are real injustices in the world, and the answer isn't hard to find. The vast majority of activists I know, women and men fighting for the rights of women, people of color, animals and trees have no interest in the battles over grievance studies. > This is not an article written in good faith. Which is to say, it's propaganda. I don't know what you're trying to say here. It sounds like you're saying that because you don't care about the problems listed in the article, and that there are other problems to talk about instead, that by focusing on these problems in the article, it must have been written in bad faith?