I think you've kind of answered that. I would hypothesize that it may be because not everybody is operating in good faith; some participants may use that "nitpicking" as a way to avoid engaging in real discussion, which they are not confident of succeeding at.
A major root of the problem is excessive tribalism. I see neo-progressives sm…
I think you've kind of answered that. I would hypothesize that it may be because not everybody is operating in good faith; some participants may use that "nitpicking" as a way to avoid engaging in real discussion, which they are not confident of succeeding at.
A major root of the problem is excessive tribalism. I see neo-progressives smugly saying "opponents of (political) CRT in the classroom are all ignorant and do not even know what (academic) CRT is".
OK, so we bought and read the most widely recommended source, *Critical Race Theory: An Introduction* by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic (very important seminal figures in CRT).
It turns out that most of those smug mockers are ignorant of what CRT says. It's not so much about "accurately" portraying history, as about explicitly overturning the liberal order in favor of a post-Marxist revolution - from their own words.
Rather than defend that to the bulk of the American people who would not buy into it, nitpicking can seem like a useful tactic.
I think you've kind of answered that. I would hypothesize that it may be because not everybody is operating in good faith; some participants may use that "nitpicking" as a way to avoid engaging in real discussion, which they are not confident of succeeding at.
A major root of the problem is excessive tribalism. I see neo-progressives smugly saying "opponents of (political) CRT in the classroom are all ignorant and do not even know what (academic) CRT is".
OK, so we bought and read the most widely recommended source, *Critical Race Theory: An Introduction* by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic (very important seminal figures in CRT).
It turns out that most of those smug mockers are ignorant of what CRT says. It's not so much about "accurately" portraying history, as about explicitly overturning the liberal order in favor of a post-Marxist revolution - from their own words.
Rather than defend that to the bulk of the American people who would not buy into it, nitpicking can seem like a useful tactic.