What Woke Really Means
Even though it's a term without a stable meaning as it evolved, "Woke" is increasingly coming to mean something quite specific and precise.
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Cancel Culture
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The Iterated Motte and Bailey Strategy
Host James Lindsay explains how the "motte and bailey" strategy can be iterated to give legitimacy to truly radical ideas.
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Woke Right
We’ll fight for our values with the clarity and unity that have always defined us. The Woke Right is a detour, not our destination.
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Decoding Woke Ideologies: James Lindsay on The Joe Rogan Experience
In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan engages in a thought-provoking conversation with renowned author, mathematician, and cultural critic, James Lindsay.
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OnlySubs: What to Do When You Might Be Cancelled
Cancellation is becoming rather commonplace in our Woke Marxist world, even if it doesn't have the same menace it did a year or two ago.
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Exposing the Machinery of Modern Wokeness: James Lindsay on The Joe Rogan Experience
In his third appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, James Lindsay—author, mathematician, and founder of New Discourses—joins Joe Rogan for an in-depth discussion on contemporary cultural and political issues.
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Aufheben der Dr. Seuss
Join James Lindsay in this episode of the New Discourses Podcast to dig into the Critical Dr. Seuss academic literature to see where this Aufheben der Dr Seuss comes from and how it works.
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Negy’s Challenge: Academic Cancellation and the Freedom to Fight
The cancellation of tenured psychology professor Charles Negy cleared a major hurdle last week, when the University of Central Florida fired him, making good on the promise they made in a Notice of Intent to Terminate that was provided on January 13.
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Philip Guston (Not) Now: The Impact Argument
Perhaps it was the lack of scholarly rigor on the part of the curators who failed to prove definitively that Guston was not a racist? That is not the case either.
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How Social Justice Silences
Peter Boghossian outlines seven different ways that the Critical Social Justice ideology stifles free speech and discusses each with poignant examples.
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How Your Organization Can Resist Woke Social Pressure
If you own a business or run an organization, there’s a fairly good chance that you might be concerned about how you can resist the social pressure of the “Woke” mob, should it come yelling (or tweeting).
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The Evergreening of America
Benjamin Boyce hosts a boisterous chat with James Lindsay and Mike Nayna about the issues of critical race theory, social justice, and cancel culture.
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Cancel/Cancel Culture
This entry in 'Translations from the Wokish' is an explanation of the term "Cancel/Cancel Culture."
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Challenging Grievance Ideology: Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay on The Joe Rogan Experience
In episode #1191 of The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan engages in a compelling conversation with Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay.
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