OnlySubs Episode 65: Forever Oppression for Historically Oppressed Groups is now available exclusively for New Discourses contributors on the following platforms:
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The “Woke” movement moves through linguistic manipulations. One of the most common types of manipulation is the application of a specific but seemingly benign term that will be worked into policy and then be made actionable with a specialized meaning once it’s too late to easily change it. Charles Pincourt refers to this approach as the “reverse motte-and-bailey Trojan Horse” rhetorical maneuver, in fact, in his admirable forthcoming volume Counter-Wokecraft. A term that fits the activist bill for the agenda of the Identity Marxism movement we’re currently being attacked by is “historically marginalized” or “historically oppressed” group. In fact, this term is very insidious for a very simple reason: historical status is permanent. It does not change. Even if some historically oppressed group becomes absolutely and tyrannically dominant in society, it is still historically oppressed. Therefore, absolutely no policy that provides special treatment or that erects double standards should include the nice-sounding euphemistic phrasing “historically oppressed” or “historically marginalized” groups. In this episode of James Lindsay OnlySubs, my subscribers-only podcast, I try to shed some light on this specific manipulation in the hopes that people will become more aware and able to identify and resist these manipulations when and where they arise.
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This right here is the problem. No matter what the victim identity will be with them. It is interesting that this crowd doesn’t recognize the Jewish historical oppression or attempts to minimize it. Historically speaking Jews have experienced far more oppression for many more centuries than any other group. Acknowledging it would undermine most of their thinking.