Truth will always matter. Because it exists objectively, outside, beyond, and separate from whether we perceive and understand it. To the extent we are capable of glimpsing truth - much less understanding it - we are fortunate, even enlightened. We should cherish such moments. And when we are long extinct and forgotten, truth will persist unto an ultimate oblivion where all is, truly, lifeless and cold…
“Forget about it [woke], move forward…this is what the reactionaries want to talk about…don’t talk about what they want to talk about…talk about what you/we want to talk about.”
I question that identity politics came from the left. I am also a liberal as you describe it, and it has seemed to me that "identity politics" was thrust upon us, distorting our desire for tolerance & diversity, & instead using it as a weapon to divide and rule. It has worked. So, if identity politics goes away, it could be the right doesn't need it anymore.
Truth will always matter. Because it exists objectively, outside, beyond, and separate from whether we perceive and understand it. To the extent we are capable of glimpsing truth - much less understanding it - we are fortunate, even enlightened. We should cherish such moments. And when we are long extinct and forgotten, truth will persist unto an ultimate oblivion where all is, truly, lifeless and cold…
“Forget about it [woke], move forward…this is what the reactionaries want to talk about…don’t talk about what they want to talk about…talk about what you/we want to talk about.”
I question that identity politics came from the left. I am also a liberal as you describe it, and it has seemed to me that "identity politics" was thrust upon us, distorting our desire for tolerance & diversity, & instead using it as a weapon to divide and rule. It has worked. So, if identity politics goes away, it could be the right doesn't need it anymore.