tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5622501203130053291..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: John McWhorter on CRTAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-37247210301296071532021-06-21T10:41:19.856-04:002021-06-21T10:41:19.856-04:00Be less white, Zachriel.Be less white, Zachriel.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638030718029760972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73557988148146780742021-06-21T10:32:41.860-04:002021-06-21T10:32:41.860-04:00I don't see color.<a href="https://meganmartinezjour5210school.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/quotation-stephen-colbert-now-i-don-t-see-color-people-tell-me-i-62-37-95.jpg" rel="nofollow">I don't see color.</a>Zachrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081260898264733380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63158787517661424142021-06-21T08:31:16.445-04:002021-06-21T08:31:16.445-04:00Ah, the War on Christmas seems to start earlier ev...Ah, the War on Christmas seems to start earlier every year.<br /><br />McWhorter is correct about conflation. The political right has chosen "Critical Race Theory" to label what they find anathema, such as diversity training, while also using the conflation to denigrate the entire concept of systemic racism. <br /><br />McWhorter is correct that there is a distinction to be drawn between the finding of systemic racism and what to do about it. Conflating the two only serves to confuse. Indeed, it helps demonstrate systemic racism.Zachrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081260898264733380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-22355791494523159972021-06-20T20:13:16.802-04:002021-06-20T20:13:16.802-04:00"Where was Cousin Eddie when Jesus needed thi..."Where was Cousin Eddie when Jesus needed this advice?"<br /><br />Hey, that was WAY before my time, or even Mencken's, and he's like, dead.<br /><br />Cousin EddieNarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043247682000851606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-27969173135611439932021-06-20T19:44:43.489-04:002021-06-20T19:44:43.489-04:00It did frustrate him when the disciples kept not g...It did frustrate him when the disciples kept not getting him, didn't it?Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-39220683382943381402021-06-20T19:19:56.044-04:002021-06-20T19:19:56.044-04:00Where was Cousin Eddie when Jesus needed this advi...Where was Cousin Eddie when Jesus needed this advice??engineerlitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380503909321660350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77284903626943537432021-06-20T17:48:24.670-04:002021-06-20T17:48:24.670-04:00That line is a definite keeper. I will post on it...That line is a definite keeper. I will post on it.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-3027118938615803762021-06-20T11:03:00.634-04:002021-06-20T11:03:00.634-04:00Dictionaries are supposed to reflect usage, which ...Dictionaries are supposed to reflect usage, which is contestable enough with single words.<br /><br />A three-eyed freak like CRT . . . even tougher.<br /><br />CR Theorists should have heeded Mencken: anyone who inflicts his ideas on the world must expect to be misunderstood.<br /><br />Cousin EddieNarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043247682000851606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-41156957623278109452021-06-19T20:05:22.300-04:002021-06-19T20:05:22.300-04:00McWhorter has some great essays on this, wokism, e...McWhorter has some great essays on this, wokism, etc., on Substack. I've been enjoying them.Thomas Doubtinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951821594252628709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-88433662508664867862021-06-19T19:02:23.189-04:002021-06-19T19:02:23.189-04:00Eric, the bailey is even deeper in than that! CRT...Eric, the bailey is even deeper in than that! CRT is originally only a legal theory of always including race in any understanding of justice.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-67253866969467394272021-06-19T18:25:10.346-04:002021-06-19T18:25:10.346-04:00While I shouldn't over-comment, I'd also l...While I shouldn't over-comment, I'd also like to link to Freddie DeBoer's essay on <a href="https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-selfish-fallacy" rel="nofollow">The Selfish Fallacy</a>. Freddie's as Marxist as they come, but he's got some good ideas here.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638030718029760972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-33042674769445620702021-06-19T18:13:41.856-04:002021-06-19T18:13:41.856-04:00CRT, like racism and feminism, are canonical examp...CRT, like racism and feminism, are canonical examples of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy" rel="nofollow">motte and bailey doctrine</a>. When leftists talk about CRT amongst themselves, CRT grows to encompass "whiteness" and so forth. When CRT is criticized, its defendants retreat to saying "we're just talking about the legacy of slavery". <br /><br />Come to think of it, Motte-and-bailey thought does tend to permeate most postmodernist/leftist thought.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638030718029760972noreply@blogger.com