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The Truth According to Social Justice

Published on March 21, 2021 By sirrahc

Here is another fascinating citation from Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay (see last week’s post). The symptoms and situations will sound familiar, and the authors provide helpful explanations of the SJ reasoning behind it all. (I hesitate to use the term “reasoning”, because part of the problem is the postmodernist skepticism about […]

Postmodernist Roots of Social Justice Scholarship (aka SJ for Dummies)

Published on March 14, 2021 By sirrahc

Have you ever wondered why those with a Social Justice / “woke” mindset believe what they believe and do what they do? The new book by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, Cynical Theories, does a great job of explaining the movement’s postmodernist roots and examines the development and thinking behind the different types of activist […]