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OnlySubs: Don’t Contradict Grandma!

OnlySubs: Don't Contradict Grandma!

In this episode of my subscribers-only podcast, James Lindsay OnlySubs, I tell you the story, expose this tactic, and explain why a heuristic like "don't contradict grandma" (and hurt her feelings) is fundamentally different thing than Woke demands for weaponized empathy.

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Woke Terms Conceal Agendas

Every Woke term conceals an agenda. That's a crucially important fact to understand.

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Cult Language of Woke

Woke Marxism is a cult. In being a cult, it operates like an "initiate society," and the initiation into the cult is largely but not wholly accomplished through its deliberate misuse of language.

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Woke “All” Means Some

In Woke Marxism, "all" means "some." Not just any some, but a very specific some: the some that the Woke holds out as suffering from systemic oppression.

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(Theoretical) Lensing

Woke works through reframing, and much of the reframing occurs by passing every bit of relevant information through what they refer to as "theoretical lenses."

Critique and the Linguistic Transformation of Society

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Critique and the Linguistic Transformation of Society

Redefine the words; redefine the society. That's the basic idea of "critique" and the way so much of Marxist activism proceeds.

Psychopathy and the Origins of Totalitarianism

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Psychopathy and the Origins of Totalitarianism

Pseudo-realities, being false and unreal, will always generate tragedy and evil on a scale that is at least proportional to the reach of their grip on power—which is their chief interest—whether social, cultural, economic, political, or (particularly) a combination of several or all of these.

Redefining "Racism": Against Activist Lexicography

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Redefining “Racism”: Against Activist Lexicography

In early June, Merriam-Webster announced its intention to update its entry on “racism.”

The Souls of White Folk

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The Souls of White Folk

'Folks' has recently re-appeared in Britain in a fine new set of clothes, as a virtue-signalling badge of political correctness.

Trans + Gender = Civilizational Collapse

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Trans + Gender = Civilizational Collapse

Before anyone gets too excited, this is not an essay about people with non-standard sexuality. This is an essay about the power of words.

Language Matters: Why I’m Creating Translations from the Wokish

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Language Matters: Why I’m Creating Translations from the Wokish

The point of language, to the best of my understanding, is to create shared intentions between the communicators involved.

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