The 'Tardian: "What The Moral Panic About 'Critical Race Theory' Is About

True critical race theory has never been tried, you see...

   This is pretty much in line with common progressive-left criticisms of its crazy views. It's got an element of the communist/socialist "true x has never been tried" defense, a bit of the old motte-and-bailey, some supercilious pseudointellectual condescension, and some outright lying.

   I've actually been amazed at how quickly conservatives brought themselves up to speed on CRT. Gotta give credit where it's due. They certainly seem to understand it a lot better than the average progressive--which often happens if you're a highly-motivated critic of a theory or policy. Progressives have generally gotten intellectually lazy over the past five or six years, as everything (other than Trump) has gone their way, and they all bathe in the warm caress of groupthink. 

   At any rate, one grain of not-quite-truth in the Guardian's approach: CRT isn't exactly the problem. The problem is really progressive-left / PC indoctrination into the postpostmodern mishmash of politics and shitty pseudophilosophy--actually literary theory (aka "theory") and social justice madness. CRT has taken center-stage since BLM won the contest among lefties to make their specific obsession first obsession among equals. "Equals" because intersectionality, of course! But there's always a first. #MeToo briefly took the lead...but the left never lets women do that for long. It really looked like transanity was uncatchably in first place...but then along came BLM and that was that... Things can still change, but I don't expect them to do so soon.

   Anyway: contra that stupid Guardian piece, the conservatives know very well what they're fighting against. It's CRT--though not only CRT. Progressives have the advantage of pushing a vast tangle of insanity--so they can always claim that conservatives are missing the point. But CRT is currently the most prominent part of it, and conservatives are right on the mark in opposing it. Progressive are probably confused because they aren't to sure what their view is, and aren't too sure what CRT is. But even if what conservatives were opposing wasn't exactly CRT, it wouldn't matter much--they're opposing things that need opposing.

   This tactic, incidentally, isn't too far from one of their other favorite tactics: denying that the object of criticism exists (see: political correctness, cancel culture, cultural Marxism, Antifa). If they start losing, I expect this tactic to make an appearance... Hey, CRT doesn't even exist...and never did!