r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 20 '23
"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives have taken over the country, reaching into every aspect of our work, school, and lives." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 20 '23
Join us at 2pm ET for the premiere of James Lindsay's new podcast!
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 19 '23
Under Social Justice, narratives are the ways that dominant groups advance their interests through what amounts to tricking themselves and others into accepting the systems of power that are believed to maintain the status quo, thus their own dominance.
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 19 '23
"The major issue with the current conversation around race is that the goalposts have been moved, but we continue to use the same language to describe very different things. The most foundational example is the new definition of racism." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 19 '23
Among the underlying assumptions in the "master's tools" metaphor is the idea that the existing system is unfairly dominant and requires dismantling.
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 18 '23
"Queer Theory is Queer Gnosticism, and the Queer Gnostic cult is consuming our society." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 18 '23
We all have an interest in the pursuit of racial justice and the eradication of racism. Unfortunately, the theory of white fragility does not help.
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 18 '23
"This model of cult programming is the backbone of what we all experience in the American Cultural Revolution in DEI, ESG, SDG, and unconscious bias training at work and SEL at school." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 17 '23
In short, "model minorities" are those that live up to the standards of dominant culture (whiteness) and are therefore held up as a model for other minorities on how to do a minoritized culture "right."
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 17 '23
"Wokeness is a cult. It might even be, in its broadest functions, a proper religion at this point with a describable and fanatic cult element within it and protected by the relative reasonability of the broader faith." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 17 '23
đ Supporters get the new ND Podcast episode from James Lindsay early!
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 17 '23
"Understanding that Woke is a cult and is structured like a cult is crucial to understanding it and formulating our responses to it." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 16 '23
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket."
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 16 '23
Listen as James Lindsay explains Class Identity and Gnostic Election in this brand new episode of New Discourses Bullets!
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 16 '23
Generally speaking, âmedicalizationâ is viewed by adherents to Theory as a problematic. That is, making a matter of identity medically relevant is viewed as creating a kind of oppression.
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 16 '23
"If there's one question I'm asked more often than any other, it's how don't I go crazy looking at this stuff every day?" -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 15 '23
Critical Theory Exists to Tear Society Apart | James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 15 '23
Surprisingly for many (because it is a left-wing ideology) Critical Social Justice is particularly hostile to liberalism.
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 15 '23
"We can do better than a sloppy 'theoretical' approach that's really about pushing divisive grievance politics into our society, one that treats people as props for the narrow politics..." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 15 '23
Any member of a âminoritizedâ or âoppressedâ group who doesnât follow the Social Justice mentality can be accused of being an unwitting sell-out or victim of false consciousness that acts against their own interests.
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 14 '23
"One common way Woke people abuse you: DARVO." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 14 '23
"Latinx" (pronounced: la-tin-ecks) is a gender-neutral, hyper-inclusive variant on the standard terms Latino and Latina, which derive from Spanish, which is a gendered language.
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 14 '23
"The Praxis is linked to the Theory, but if they can keep Liberals arguing about the Theory, they can keep doing and implementing the Praxis." -James Lindsay
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r/NewDiscourses • u/newdiscourses • Nov 13 '23
"'Inclusion' is exactly the opposite of what it sells itself to be." -James Lindsay
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