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I've watched a number of his videos where he talks about the new religion of anti-racism. He is tremendously eloquent and intelligent. >We need not wonder what
by sleepysysadmin 6y ago
I've watched a number of his videos where he talks about the new religion of anti-racism. He is tremendously eloquent and intelligent.
>We need not wonder what the basic objections will be: Third Wave Antiracism isn’t really a religion; I am oversimplifying; I shouldn’t write this without being a theologian; it is a religion but it’s a good one; and so on.
Yet here he is saying it's not a religion. I believe his thoughts on this issue are still being developed or he is trying to understand.
That's really the big mistake Sam Harris and he was making in the original assertion that this is a religion. There will be more Jedi religion than people in this antiracism religion.
>It is not an argument against protest. I am not arguing against the basic premises of Black Lives Matter, although I have had my differences with some of its offshoot developments.
This is what he misses. His problem is with BLM. His problem should also be with the police and social oppression from the police and governments.
What John seems to be missing is that it's not religion at all. It's politics. It's the same reason why BLM will get absolutely nothing from the democrats.
>One more thing: We need a crisper label for the problematic folk. I will not title them “Social Justice Warriors.” That, and other labels such as “the Woke Mob” are unsuitably dismissive.
Also terms that aren't quite accurate. When you get to the bottom of where this anti-racism comes from and their goals. You know exactly what they are. This political movement died in 1989 but hasn't quite finished dying.
>“The Elect” is also good in implying a certain smugness, which is sadly accurate as a depiction. Of course, most of them will resist the charge.
Terrible name that won't work with anyone. They already have multiple names. They rebrand constantly because they are a dead political movement. Giving them a new name is pointless.
http://www.socialistaction.net/2020/06/09/marxism-and-the-anti-racist-struggle-3/ http://www.socialistaction.net/2020/06/09/marxism-and-the-an...
- krrrh 6y ago> Yet here he is saying it's not a religion. He’s explicitly listing objections that he expects to hear, not contradicting himself.
- sleepysysadmin 6y ago>He’s explicitly listing objections that he expects to hear, not contradicting himself. I misunderstood. My mistake.