To me, what you describe Weiss, et al., is intellectual masturbation designed to position themselves some level of credibility among those who purport to represent the remnants of old school conservatives (Douthat, et al.), themselves pretending they’ve not been captured by the authoritarian movement they give cover to. It’s disgusting. Having intellectual capacity doesn’t equate with morality as both of these camps demonstrate profusely.
hi Mike. thankyou for this article. I largely agree but would like to better understand your points about the contradictions in gender- identity politics and the resulting inertia or stagnation and imploding of progressive movements (if I've understood you). I am in NZ, I'm concerned about activism which is anti-trans and gender diversity, in fact diversity in general. I feel gender diversity has been made a controversial area by those that oppose it rather than those gender diverse people who just want to get on with their lives. Can you explain your comments above about what you seemed to be saying about progressives reaching their limit?
That could be our starting point. You be you! Just be okay with personal choices that are no one else’s business. And junk the whole need for elaborate arguments. The personal need not be the purview of anyone else. Then maybe we can start figuring out how to survive together.
To me, what you describe Weiss, et al., is intellectual masturbation designed to position themselves some level of credibility among those who purport to represent the remnants of old school conservatives (Douthat, et al.), themselves pretending they’ve not been captured by the authoritarian movement they give cover to. It’s disgusting. Having intellectual capacity doesn’t equate with morality as both of these camps demonstrate profusely.
hi Mike. thankyou for this article. I largely agree but would like to better understand your points about the contradictions in gender- identity politics and the resulting inertia or stagnation and imploding of progressive movements (if I've understood you). I am in NZ, I'm concerned about activism which is anti-trans and gender diversity, in fact diversity in general. I feel gender diversity has been made a controversial area by those that oppose it rather than those gender diverse people who just want to get on with their lives. Can you explain your comments above about what you seemed to be saying about progressives reaching their limit?
eg this piece: This is not to argue that progressive
institutional capture is insignificant
or that identity-based reasoning
poses no problems for democratic
discourse.
That could be our starting point. You be you! Just be okay with personal choices that are no one else’s business. And junk the whole need for elaborate arguments. The personal need not be the purview of anyone else. Then maybe we can start figuring out how to survive together.
You be you!
Andrew Sullivan comes to mind
Why? He is pretty vocally against all of trumps abuses
They've discovered the nadir of intellectual vacuity and the emptiness of emotional immaturity. Perfectly useless humans. Absolute perfection.