Good article. I appreciate how Lindsay is able to take the convoluted double speak of the woke, and translate it into normal English for the rest of us.
And I'm in agreement with his premise: the woke are not going to calm down and back off in the scenario that Trump is no longer in power — they'll see his concession as a victory, one which will spur them on to double down even harder.
Re: the CRT Executive Order,
If they want to (or will) overturn that executive order, which is it that they support: race or sex stereotyping, race or sex scapegoating, believing that merit is racist, racial or sex discrimination, or that America itself is racist or evil? (...)
These questions must be put to as many officials in this administration, including Biden and Harris themselves, and many officials in other institutions and organizations, as widely and as often as possible.
I disagree with him on this point.
If we've learnt anything over the past years, it is that these sorts of questions which attempt to guide people into self-awareness of their mistakes, tend to not work on the people who need it the most. Cognitive dissonance and all that. And being politicians, I'd imagine they're even more well versed than the average person of deflecting these sort of criticisms.
I don't think it's about persuading the politicians, it's about exposing these beliefs to the widest audience possible.
Most people hear "Diversity and Inclusion" and think, "what's wrong with that?"
They don't understand anything about what Critical Race Theory actually means. If they start to understand the danger it presents, they may vote accordingly.
Good article. I appreciate how Lindsay is able to take the convoluted double speak of the woke, and translate it into normal English for the rest of us.
And I'm in agreement with his premise: the woke are not going to calm down and back off in the scenario that Trump is no longer in power — they'll see his concession as a victory, one which will spur them on to double down even harder.
Re: the CRT Executive Order,
I disagree with him on this point.
If we've learnt anything over the past years, it is that these sorts of questions which attempt to guide people into self-awareness of their mistakes, tend to not work on the people who need it the most. Cognitive dissonance and all that. And being politicians, I'd imagine they're even more well versed than the average person of deflecting these sort of criticisms.
I don't think it's about persuading the politicians, it's about exposing these beliefs to the widest audience possible.
Most people hear "Diversity and Inclusion" and think, "what's wrong with that?"
They don't understand anything about what Critical Race Theory actually means. If they start to understand the danger it presents, they may vote accordingly.
That makes a lot sense, thanks. I can just hope that enough people realise the danger it poses, instead of being content to be frogs boiling in a pot.