I wouldn't argue about the role the SJWs play in maintaining outrage, I've written about them before and won't bore you or your readers with a repetitive diatribe. I will only add that while yes they are trying to stoke things up, there are substantial differences.
The "woke" culture is neither organized nor serious. They lack prioritie…
I wouldn't argue about the role the SJWs play in maintaining outrage, I've written about them before and won't bore you or your readers with a repetitive diatribe. I will only add that while yes they are trying to stoke things up, there are substantial differences.
The "woke" culture is neither organized nor serious. They lack priorities and focus, more passionate about pronouns and bathrooms than brutality and murder. Their side has won victory after victory but is impatient and wants to push for something more, to impose a ridiculous and rigidly policed outlook on all of us.
BTW I don't see the same wrongness in "cancel culture" that you do; it seems perfectly reasonable to me to uninvite a university speaker who has published abhorrent views,
But "woke" culture is new, I don't see it as having roots in Civil Rights or marriage equality. I see it as made up of contemptible attention freaks who will turn to other issues should they appear to be fruitful sources of attention.
The Trump right on the other hand isn't new, it's a movement of intolerance that goes back to before the nation's founding, and it has already pretty much lost. Their racism is embarrassing, same-sex marriage is the law of the land; things are not going their way so they try to gin up the old hatreds in their diminishing and aging supporters. Click here to donate $20 and Save America.
Where the symmetry becomes disturbing is some—some— progressives' rigid orthodoxy; allegedly progressive forums ban people for using gendered pronouns and any right wing forum instantly bans someone who doesn't follow their exact program.
My point though is that the right has been in retreat on the social issues for a long time. Going ugly is not going to get them any new votes.
But yes I do wish the SJWs would put a cork in it.
I wouldn't argue about the role the SJWs play in maintaining outrage, I've written about them before and won't bore you or your readers with a repetitive diatribe. I will only add that while yes they are trying to stoke things up, there are substantial differences.
The "woke" culture is neither organized nor serious. They lack priorities and focus, more passionate about pronouns and bathrooms than brutality and murder. Their side has won victory after victory but is impatient and wants to push for something more, to impose a ridiculous and rigidly policed outlook on all of us.
BTW I don't see the same wrongness in "cancel culture" that you do; it seems perfectly reasonable to me to uninvite a university speaker who has published abhorrent views,
But "woke" culture is new, I don't see it as having roots in Civil Rights or marriage equality. I see it as made up of contemptible attention freaks who will turn to other issues should they appear to be fruitful sources of attention.
The Trump right on the other hand isn't new, it's a movement of intolerance that goes back to before the nation's founding, and it has already pretty much lost. Their racism is embarrassing, same-sex marriage is the law of the land; things are not going their way so they try to gin up the old hatreds in their diminishing and aging supporters. Click here to donate $20 and Save America.
Where the symmetry becomes disturbing is some—some— progressives' rigid orthodoxy; allegedly progressive forums ban people for using gendered pronouns and any right wing forum instantly bans someone who doesn't follow their exact program.
My point though is that the right has been in retreat on the social issues for a long time. Going ugly is not going to get them any new votes.
But yes I do wish the SJWs would put a cork in it.