"We will never surrender". I believe Winston Churchill ended one of his most famous addresses with that line, referring to the war against German fascists. It fits here on so many levels: the gradual increase of violence to silence others, the creation of a political culture that replaces dialogue with intimidation, and the Woke-Hamas alignment and the Jew hatred it stands for (interestingly, Judaism views debate and disagreement as a way of manifesting the divine in daily life).
Meghan, I support you with all my heart. If I lived in the West I'd be right there, attending every one of your events, and doing what I could to fight for your human right to express your beliefs.
This article raises an interesting question: how is it that the notion of inclusivity can be used to exclude the non-violent expression of contrary ideas? The words 'inclusion/diversity' have been subject to an Orwellian twist and are now used to justify their opposite.
The Woke have distorted some of the foundational concepts that allow us to find order in the world: woman, equity, social justice, inclusivity, diversity, and humanity, for example. It is difficult to think about these important concepts without falling into the Woke understanding of them. How the Woke have reconceived 'humanity' is particularly terrifying.
When the Woke look out at the world, they don't see individuals who share basic needs. They see reductionist categories: "BIPOC", white, gay, straight, Jewish, Muslim, coloniser, colonised, and so on. These categories pre-exist the idea of a shared humanity. There are gay and straight people, to be sure, and there are some generalisable differences between members of those groups. I'm a straight man and I see the adult female form as erotically sublime--a gay man wouldn't share that view with me. What a gay man and I share is that we both see sublime eroticism in other people. We can relate to each other on that level, and recognise our shared humanity in this slice of the human experience. The perception of this difference sits within the context of our shared humanity.
But the Woke see differences as more fundamental, categorical and definitional than our commonalities. They begin with the differences and in so doing make it virtually impossible for us to unite compassionately through our shared humanity.
The Woke have organised humanity into a hierarchy based on the different categories they have invented. So they believe they're defending inclusivity by excluding people they disagree with because they don't see those people as fully human. They don't see those people's needs as equal to their own, in fact, far beneath their own, so your experience of being silenced can't compare to the discomfort of allowing others to express contrary views. Simply, they don't see us as fully human, so it's ok to oppress us....in the name of diversity and inclusion.
This way of viewing the world is the core of every single oppressive regime throughout history. It's called dehumanisation. It works. Once it becomes a political habit, it can be turned against anyone.
The Iranian socialists who supported the revolution in the 70's learned that the hard way when the Jihadists that used them to gain power turned around and started burying them alive. I wonder if they had "Queers for the Ayatollah" back then.
"We will never surrender". I believe Winston Churchill ended one of his most famous addresses with that line, referring to the war against German fascists. It fits here on so many levels: the gradual increase of violence to silence others, the creation of a political culture that replaces dialogue with intimidation, and the Woke-Hamas alignment and the Jew hatred it stands for (interestingly, Judaism views debate and disagreement as a way of manifesting the divine in daily life).
Meghan, I support you with all my heart. If I lived in the West I'd be right there, attending every one of your events, and doing what I could to fight for your human right to express your beliefs.
This article raises an interesting question: how is it that the notion of inclusivity can be used to exclude the non-violent expression of contrary ideas? The words 'inclusion/diversity' have been subject to an Orwellian twist and are now used to justify their opposite.
The Woke have distorted some of the foundational concepts that allow us to find order in the world: woman, equity, social justice, inclusivity, diversity, and humanity, for example. It is difficult to think about these important concepts without falling into the Woke understanding of them. How the Woke have reconceived 'humanity' is particularly terrifying.
When the Woke look out at the world, they don't see individuals who share basic needs. They see reductionist categories: "BIPOC", white, gay, straight, Jewish, Muslim, coloniser, colonised, and so on. These categories pre-exist the idea of a shared humanity. There are gay and straight people, to be sure, and there are some generalisable differences between members of those groups. I'm a straight man and I see the adult female form as erotically sublime--a gay man wouldn't share that view with me. What a gay man and I share is that we both see sublime eroticism in other people. We can relate to each other on that level, and recognise our shared humanity in this slice of the human experience. The perception of this difference sits within the context of our shared humanity.
But the Woke see differences as more fundamental, categorical and definitional than our commonalities. They begin with the differences and in so doing make it virtually impossible for us to unite compassionately through our shared humanity.
The Woke have organised humanity into a hierarchy based on the different categories they have invented. So they believe they're defending inclusivity by excluding people they disagree with because they don't see those people as fully human. They don't see those people's needs as equal to their own, in fact, far beneath their own, so your experience of being silenced can't compare to the discomfort of allowing others to express contrary views. Simply, they don't see us as fully human, so it's ok to oppress us....in the name of diversity and inclusion.
This way of viewing the world is the core of every single oppressive regime throughout history. It's called dehumanisation. It works. Once it becomes a political habit, it can be turned against anyone.
The Iranian socialists who supported the revolution in the 70's learned that the hard way when the Jihadists that used them to gain power turned around and started burying them alive. I wonder if they had "Queers for the Ayatollah" back then.