Really it is others who have made what is indeed an irrefutable case. If we don't resist this evil our nation will never be the same. And it is indeed an evil, toxic, false ideology.
Food for thought in your essay. Seeing wokeness as a religion makes sense; my take is somewhat different in that I see it as a loss of basic rationality as part of what's probably (certainly?) an attack on our constitution and on liberty, coming from all sides.
Which brings me to comment on Mattias Desmet's recent essay, which you commented on. https://words.mattiasdesmet.org/p/censorship-in-a-materialist-world/comments I no longer comment on Desmet's substack-- in fact I rarely read it-- because I strongly disagree with his fundamental attack on Enlightenment reason and his characterization of the origin of totalitarianism as in the mechanistic thinking of the people, derived from Enlightenment reason. I have a different view: totalitarianism arises from censorship and its cousin, propaganda, as these are deliberately imposed on the population in a conspiracy to do so. Then, so-called mass formation follows, but this is induced and not more-or-less lurking in the background waiting to emerge from some trigger. We can apply these two takes on totalitarian thought to what happened during Covid: was High Covid an eruption of mass formation triggered by a virus that we, the people, amplified out of proportion; or was it deliberate and planned 24/7 fear porn imposed on the people with the goal of creating a fearful mass formation, easy to manipulate? Are people really the mechanistic thinkers that Desmet says we are?
Thanks for these insights. I agree with you about his reasoning, but still find it an interesting take. Have you read John Lukacs? He talked about this stuff a lot. I will check out your piece and thank you very much for sharing it. My argument about woke religion is purely a legal one: applying existing law to visible facts to reach an inescapable conclusion. As a Christian (and aspiring theologian) I see what CS Lewis observed -- humans have a spiritual dimension, and if God is eclipsed, they will seek another sun... (Son?) Deepak Chopra made a similar assertion in "Wired to God."
"When Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to define what a woman is, she signaled her adherence (“wokeness”) to the new state faith." No, she adheres to science, as opposed to you, who understands NOTHING about the subject matter: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07238-8
Did you learn this during your studies for your "degree in political science" or while "readings dozens of books about it" too? John, please stop writing utter nonsense. No one reads it anyways.
You reference the Nature article, where it says, "In the 1960s, concerned that men would compete in women’s events, officials tried classifying athletes through genital exams — an intrusive and humiliating process." But note, not "unscientific," in fact fairly objective, and meant to stop men competing with an unfair advantage (ah-ha: there are differences?) in women's sports.
My take is that the prime objection to the gender-confusion movement is that while it's perfectly acceptable to be who one wants to be-- live and let live-- it's inappropriate to indoctrinate children with this ideology in exactly the same way as it's inappropriate to indoctrinate them with pornography, when what they should be learning are things like math, history, and how and why to treat people with respect and dignity. Sex is something we all learn about out of school except maybe for a basic class or two regarding adolescent changes. Funny that we all managed before.
Now they teach children all about sex from an extremely early age -- it is called "comprehensive sex education," and also includes race and sexual orientation details. I have written about it extensively, as well as the connected Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). It is diabolical and will surely inflict harm....
You make a compelling case that Wokeness/Social Justic3 is a religion and therefore has no place in public schools and in government
Really it is others who have made what is indeed an irrefutable case. If we don't resist this evil our nation will never be the same. And it is indeed an evil, toxic, false ideology.
You make a compelling case that Dunning Kruger applies to you.
D.i.e is forced state religion. Esg too. It would be interesting to mount an interfaith challenge.
Forced secularism in the public square..
Then .are Hollywood Netflix music tiktok Satan's den.
Take God from our lives
And place the antichrist and this worship in front of our face
Social Justice Theology is full-bore Anti-Christ......
Food for thought in your essay. Seeing wokeness as a religion makes sense; my take is somewhat different in that I see it as a loss of basic rationality as part of what's probably (certainly?) an attack on our constitution and on liberty, coming from all sides.
Which brings me to comment on Mattias Desmet's recent essay, which you commented on. https://words.mattiasdesmet.org/p/censorship-in-a-materialist-world/comments I no longer comment on Desmet's substack-- in fact I rarely read it-- because I strongly disagree with his fundamental attack on Enlightenment reason and his characterization of the origin of totalitarianism as in the mechanistic thinking of the people, derived from Enlightenment reason. I have a different view: totalitarianism arises from censorship and its cousin, propaganda, as these are deliberately imposed on the population in a conspiracy to do so. Then, so-called mass formation follows, but this is induced and not more-or-less lurking in the background waiting to emerge from some trigger. We can apply these two takes on totalitarian thought to what happened during Covid: was High Covid an eruption of mass formation triggered by a virus that we, the people, amplified out of proportion; or was it deliberate and planned 24/7 fear porn imposed on the people with the goal of creating a fearful mass formation, easy to manipulate? Are people really the mechanistic thinkers that Desmet says we are?
In any case, I wrote quite a bit on Desmet, in several essays. Here's one: https://jimreagen.substack.com/p/on-the-psychology-of-totalitarianism
Thanks for these insights. I agree with you about his reasoning, but still find it an interesting take. Have you read John Lukacs? He talked about this stuff a lot. I will check out your piece and thank you very much for sharing it. My argument about woke religion is purely a legal one: applying existing law to visible facts to reach an inescapable conclusion. As a Christian (and aspiring theologian) I see what CS Lewis observed -- humans have a spiritual dimension, and if God is eclipsed, they will seek another sun... (Son?) Deepak Chopra made a similar assertion in "Wired to God."
Amen. Would you consider filling an amicus brief in a Canadian case with essentially this content.
Do you still have this need? Is it too late?
Thank you for your post John. The battle of our times.
"When Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to define what a woman is, she signaled her adherence (“wokeness”) to the new state faith." No, she adheres to science, as opposed to you, who understands NOTHING about the subject matter: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07238-8
Did you learn this during your studies for your "degree in political science" or while "readings dozens of books about it" too? John, please stop writing utter nonsense. No one reads it anyways.
Actually, I read it and find it illuminating.
You reference the Nature article, where it says, "In the 1960s, concerned that men would compete in women’s events, officials tried classifying athletes through genital exams — an intrusive and humiliating process." But note, not "unscientific," in fact fairly objective, and meant to stop men competing with an unfair advantage (ah-ha: there are differences?) in women's sports.
My take is that the prime objection to the gender-confusion movement is that while it's perfectly acceptable to be who one wants to be-- live and let live-- it's inappropriate to indoctrinate children with this ideology in exactly the same way as it's inappropriate to indoctrinate them with pornography, when what they should be learning are things like math, history, and how and why to treat people with respect and dignity. Sex is something we all learn about out of school except maybe for a basic class or two regarding adolescent changes. Funny that we all managed before.
Now they teach children all about sex from an extremely early age -- it is called "comprehensive sex education," and also includes race and sexual orientation details. I have written about it extensively, as well as the connected Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). It is diabolical and will surely inflict harm....