tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post8129982665629355805..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: The Fundamental Sources Of PC / SJ / Progressive MadnessWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-47205293815539932312017-06-25T08:30:54.769-04:002017-06-25T08:30:54.769-04:00The Rachel Dolezal case has an interesting male eq...The Rachel Dolezal case has an interesting male equivalent.<br />Shaun King, he is as pale as a Norwegian in February, and he has been accepted as "black".<br />It seems to go on a case by case basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-57239853328368876942017-06-23T20:43:13.482-04:002017-06-23T20:43:13.482-04:00I think you are both basically right. As I've...I think you are both basically right. As I've said before, PCs (really progressives more generally) are basically mainline Protestants stripped of the theology. Of course their instinct is to evangelize; that's what they Protestants do.<br /><br />And since the backbone of the belief system is basically religious, they need to put a lot of weight on authority to fill the epistemic gaps Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-20155249595992626882017-06-23T19:41:55.224-04:002017-06-23T19:41:55.224-04:00Hm. Well, the authoritarian/totalitarian motive *i...Hm. Well, the authoritarian/totalitarian motive *is* strong in them...but I don't think it's the main motive. Actually, I suppose their most *fundamental* aim is to spread their preferred theory--denigration of truth is a means to that, as is their tendency to seek the power to force people to act in accordance with and virtually profess belief in their theories... Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-15481245481532147932017-06-23T19:08:37.709-04:002017-06-23T19:08:37.709-04:00PC's overriding tendency is to strengthen auth...PC's overriding tendency is to strengthen authority. Arguments from the strength of my subjective experience are arguments from authority, since that subjective experience is supposed to be inaccessible to others. (That such and such people "cannot possibly understand" is a major trope in these.) People are going to have contrary subjective experiences of the same situation, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com