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> Our author seems to be quite drastically mischaracterizing the intentions of what he calls the "contemporary left" The author is a professor at a major unive
by zozbot123 8y ago
> Our author seems to be quite drastically mischaracterizing the intentions of what he calls the "contemporary left"
The author is a professor at a major university, in a humanities field. As such, he is quite likely to be at least somewhat familiar with the intentions and attitudes of this political group - and while I have not specifically looked at "3rd-wave anti-racism", thought patterns are absolutely a commonly-recurring concern. The burden is on those who take the opposite view to provide evidence to the contrary. In addition, you are using terms like "SJWs" and, most strikingly, "cucks" (a crude and offensive sexual slur that has regrettably entered the present-day political lexicon, roughly comparable to the use of "teabaggers" back in the 2000s), which in fact are not generally found in the article, as if they represented the author's stance. This does not seem to be a case of arguing in good faith.
- cazum 8y agoThe author does in fact use the term Social Justice Warrior, which I agree, is an unproductive disparaging term used to dismiss people, which is why I used the term cuck. Perhaps it's an escalation of rhetorical force, but I don't think it's unfair given the tone of the article, specifically where the author characterizes progressive ideology as "cry. Then cry louder"
- neonate 8y agoI think you're cherry picking a bit there. I noticed that phrase because it was out of sync with the rest of the article, which is quite sober. And even then the phrase you quote is a long way from "cuck".