Biden Is Not The Room
James Lindsay recently said on Twitter that he will vote "unhappily" for Republicans including Trump in these troubled times after seeing an argument that the left should work to abolish the Constitution.
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Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We live in an era of unprecedented pressure for ideologically based organizational trainings: anti-racist, racial sensitivity, unconscious bias, cultural awareness, and, perhaps most commonly, some combination of "diversity, equity, and inclusion."
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The Church of Social Justice
From fat studies to academics, the world appears to have been taken over by identity politics. The result is the creation of a seemingly enormous congregation of members in the church of social justice.
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Two and Two Make Four
We have to talk about 2+2. Unfortunately. Most unfortunately. This is because what looks like a simple and profoundly stupid Twitter fight must be understood in the full context in which it is playing out.
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Saying No to Critical Race Theory
I want to explain Critical Race Theory to you. I just want to help you understand it, so I sat down with my microphone and no real plan except to talk through the claims, history, and thought of Critical Race Theory, highlighting where it came from and why it's a terrible way to think about race and racism, in its own ideas.
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In Defense of the Status Quo
Join Lindsay in this episode of the New Discourses Podcast for a little over an hour of common sense in his liberal defense of the so-called "status quo."
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Staying Sane in an Age of Narratives
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay discusses living in today's Age of Narratives, of which Critical Social Justice is just one important and ugly part.
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Chasing the Norm on Near Dark Radio
Join James Lindsay as he sits down with Jon Gower of Near Dark Radio to talk about the controversial French postmodern philosopher Michel Foucault and whether his thought and legacy can be recovered from its clear adaptations and exploitation by the Critical Social Justice movement.
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Stealing the Motte: Critical Social Justice and the Principle of Charity
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, your host James Lindsay explores the principle of charity in debate and dialogue in the context of the motte-and-bailey rhetorical strategy.
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How Theory Got Cynical and Why That Sucks for Everyone
James Lindsay joins Jack Murphy on the Jack Murphy Live podcast to discuss his forthcoming book with Helen Pluckrose, Cynical Theories.
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Why Do We Need New Discourses?
James Lindsay joins Obaid Omer and the Dangerous Speech podcast to discuss New Discourses, Critical Social Justice and its use of language, postmodernism as it shows in parts of today's conservatism, his latest and forthcoming books, and more.
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Age of Narratives and the Postmodern Democratic Political Regime
On this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, your host James Lindsay explores the concept of political regimes through American history.
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How the Woke Virus Infects Academia and our Covid-19 Response
Critical Social Justice operates like a virus.
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Why Professors Fear to Livestream Critical Social Justice Classes
James lindsay takes a few minutes to dig deeply into the mindset of Critical Social Justice to explain exactly why its proponents are so reluctant to be seen applying their work in administrative and educational spheres.
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Agora Politics: A Virality of Discourse
Join James Lindsay as he sits down on the Agora Politics podcast to discuss these issues and why he created New Discourses to help people better understand them.
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Coronavirus Life: Will Things Be the Same Again?
“Life will never be the same again.” We hear this over and over again with regard to the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on us, even though we’re only weeks into the pandemic.
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The Roots of “Woke” Culture
Woke culture continues to become ever-more relevant to people in all walks of life, and this led to a recent BBC audio-documentary featuring feminist authort Helen Lewis and produced by Craig Templeton Smith, “The Roots of ‘Woke’ Culture.”
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James Lindsay Discovers Decolonizing Graphic Design
In February, I discovered an article on Twitter about “decolonizing graphic design,” published in the summer of last year. These sorts of articles are incredibly useful for showing exactly what’s going on in the Critical Social Justice mindset once you know how to read them, and this one doesn’t disappoint.
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