Context:
- I consider myself to be what Bill Maher calls a "classic liberal". I mostly like what Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren promote.. mostly.
- Of course I'm worried about the extreme right. But I also believe that there is an extreme left that's quite dangerous, and this thread is about the extreme left.
- The "DEI Framework" is a new term to me, but it seems to be an accepted term - by the left - that summarizes a lot of what concerns me about the extreme left.
- I'm quite concerned about the growing idea that people have a right to not be offended. This idea is foundational to fascism.
- I'm quite concerned about our society's inability to separate ideas from messengers. It's almost certainly the case that most public messengers will sometimes be "right" and sometimes be "wrong". Good ideas shouldn't be buried just because sometimes the messenger has been "wrong".
- I'm quite concerned with people's inability to separate a goal from the tactics used to achieve the goal. For example, I'm all for racial equality, but I disagree with BLM's tactics. For many people, if I disagree with BLM, that makes me a racist. That's just poor thinking.
One problem I see with the DEI is that it too often imposes its own dogma into the world. Here's a link to an article that lists a bunch of professors who have been sanctioned (including Jordan Peterson), for disagreeing with DEI dogma:
College of Psychologists of Ontario to Jordan Peterson: Undergo reeducation or lose your license
To me, Jordan Peterson is a great example of a flawed messenger. I often strongly disagree with his ideas. But sometimes I think he's correct on a topic, and when he's correct, he can voice his ideas quite strongly. Recently, he's been told that he has to get "re-educated", or they'll take his license away. Wow! If you disagree with him, sure, debate him, write well reasoned criticisms with his ideas. But to take away his license? Again, this seems like a big step towards "state enabled dogma" and yes, fascism.
People who chose to be offended, cannot be allowed to run the show.
- I consider myself to be what Bill Maher calls a "classic liberal". I mostly like what Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren promote.. mostly.
- Of course I'm worried about the extreme right. But I also believe that there is an extreme left that's quite dangerous, and this thread is about the extreme left.
- The "DEI Framework" is a new term to me, but it seems to be an accepted term - by the left - that summarizes a lot of what concerns me about the extreme left.
- I'm quite concerned about the growing idea that people have a right to not be offended. This idea is foundational to fascism.
- I'm quite concerned about our society's inability to separate ideas from messengers. It's almost certainly the case that most public messengers will sometimes be "right" and sometimes be "wrong". Good ideas shouldn't be buried just because sometimes the messenger has been "wrong".
- I'm quite concerned with people's inability to separate a goal from the tactics used to achieve the goal. For example, I'm all for racial equality, but I disagree with BLM's tactics. For many people, if I disagree with BLM, that makes me a racist. That's just poor thinking.
One problem I see with the DEI is that it too often imposes its own dogma into the world. Here's a link to an article that lists a bunch of professors who have been sanctioned (including Jordan Peterson), for disagreeing with DEI dogma:
College of Psychologists of Ontario to Jordan Peterson: Undergo reeducation or lose your license
To me, Jordan Peterson is a great example of a flawed messenger. I often strongly disagree with his ideas. But sometimes I think he's correct on a topic, and when he's correct, he can voice his ideas quite strongly. Recently, he's been told that he has to get "re-educated", or they'll take his license away. Wow! If you disagree with him, sure, debate him, write well reasoned criticisms with his ideas. But to take away his license? Again, this seems like a big step towards "state enabled dogma" and yes, fascism.
People who chose to be offended, cannot be allowed to run the show.
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