O'Brien's insight here is partly consistent with what Bret Weinstein has argued:
"Sophistry is anti-analysis. It is inherently bad faith. As such, one has no obligation to give it the benefit of the doubt or to steelman the case. The sooner we learn to shut sophists out of serious conversation the greater the chance the west and the world survives this chapter"
This is a quote from a tweet, and Twitter is currently locked down, accessible to users only, of which I am not. So I can't readily hyperlink to the tweet.
I'm tired hearing of James Lindsay. Imo, he is the intellectual version of a 'limited hangout'; he refuses to acknowledge that much of woke is liberalism taking itself seriously. I, too, followed his work early on, but quickly became frustrated and annoyed with his own dogmatism. To think that woke is nothing more than neo-marxism is a huge mistake. Wokeism is a gestalt worldview, and provides spiritual, psychological, and emotional nourishment to its adherents. Including liberal capitalists.
Excellent!!
O'Brien's insight here is partly consistent with what Bret Weinstein has argued:
"Sophistry is anti-analysis. It is inherently bad faith. As such, one has no obligation to give it the benefit of the doubt or to steelman the case. The sooner we learn to shut sophists out of serious conversation the greater the chance the west and the world survives this chapter"
This is a quote from a tweet, and Twitter is currently locked down, accessible to users only, of which I am not. So I can't readily hyperlink to the tweet.
Good stuff, O'Brian. I think this point in particular is something everyone in dissident circles should take to heart:
"And thirdly, it is a massive waste of time for anyone who ends up engaging the tweet (who could otherwise be doing something constructive)."
We need a negative term for the wokees' comments.
They label pushback as racist etc, and then rest their case.
Our just calling them "woke" is not derogatory as they take it as a compliment.
Pampered rich kids.
Entitled lazy bums.
Tantrum throwing brats.
Thumb suckers.
Worthless parasites.
I vote for the Thumb Sucker term.
Also shows that they are suckers in general.
LOL
I'm tired hearing of James Lindsay. Imo, he is the intellectual version of a 'limited hangout'; he refuses to acknowledge that much of woke is liberalism taking itself seriously. I, too, followed his work early on, but quickly became frustrated and annoyed with his own dogmatism. To think that woke is nothing more than neo-marxism is a huge mistake. Wokeism is a gestalt worldview, and provides spiritual, psychological, and emotional nourishment to its adherents. Including liberal capitalists.
Anyhow, you made terrific points here. Well done.