12/30/2023 0 Comments Moral dom synonym![]() (I think I did, too, but can’t find any usages by me in a quick search of WEIT.) The only alternative gaining much use– “critical race theory”– is not really accurate: CRT refers to an actual theory promoted by certain law professors, so to use CRT is both wrong, and allows any complaints about wokeness couched in CRT terms to be dismissed as uninformed.Īs Brian Leiter has observed, for most critics who use CRT, Early on, Jerry used “intersecionality” to mean basically the same thing, at least as far back as 2017. Alas, it’s not apparent.Ĭontinue using “woke”. PS: comments went missing, or were deleted, maybe a wordpress issue, or moderation. Didn’t he denounce Richard Dawkins and led the AHA to withdraw their humanist award? Recall that they also staunchly denied they were their own thing, and yet also wrote every second time how they are different from the new atheists. This is the same pretend-obtuseness that surrounded “atheism plus” which was narrowly only a tiny forum, but stood in a broader sense for the entire faction. But I can guarantee that weasel games will follow, too, as they will accuse you that you use the term to discuss elements that are not narrowly about intersectionality. If you want a decent term, you might want to try “intersectionality” or “intersectionalist”. And key, they also always denied being postmodernists. When Sokal punked them with his hoax, they declared he was having right wing values like Rush Limbaugh. They also broadly declared anyone “right wing” who was in any way critical of any detail of their ideology. Interestingly, postmodern “theory” had identical features: it was not well-regarded by actual leftists (such as socialists, Marxists etcetera), but postmodernists themselves were excessively flaunting how left they were. You want to distinguish them from your views. I’ve struggled with this issue for years, because it’s a problem when you are on the Left yourself. Once the term is associated as a term used by critics, it can be roundly dismissed as well by the hegemon, since the critics are just white old istophobes defending patriarchy, white supremacy or the next buzzword in five years. Advocates don’t need to name themselves as the hegemonial users of social media. If your name is in use, it will be more often used by critics than by advocates of this ideology. Your examples do not reflect an actual, widespead situation. Once you found a new name, you have to explain what it means. Social justice warriors, atheism plus, regressive left, ctrl left, the elect, successor ideology, and woke are just some of the terms we cycled through. ![]() You posted DeBoer’s exasperated comment on this recently, where he faces the same issue. That’s the “naming problem” which has been a constant issue for a decade already. I should still keep using the term “woke” (I forgot it.) So I’m canvassing readers to see if:Ī. The alternative term that the person suggested was a jawbreaker of many syllables, and was so arcane nobody would know its meaning. I haven’t yet processed why I’m contemplating this change. Perhaps it detracts from my credibility or my arguments, but I suspect that those who are turned off by it are looking for an excuse to dismiss what I say. In fact, it almost has the same meaning as “woke.”īut I’m still uncomfortable using a pejorative term to describe a movement I dislike intensely, though I’m not quite sure why. In that sense it’s similar to “p.c.” or “politically correct” which started out positive and then became satirical. Now, however, it’s used in a pejorative manner, as I indicated. I know of course that “woke” originally had a more positive meaning, and was black argot for “alert to social injustice” (by that I mean true social injustice). I haven’t checked as i don’t do Twitter fights. When I asked for evidence, he said that when Richard Dawkins praised this site on Twitter, a lot of the Twitter comments, said the reader, mentioned unfavorably my use of the term “woke”. ![]() He claimed that the usage was turning people off who might otherwise be on my side. I got an email the other day from a reader who objected to my repeated use of the word “woke” to refer to performative social justice warriors who don’t effect change.
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