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Guttermouth's avatar

And people wonder why Woke ideologues are the most fanatical Covid cultists.

Subjective reality, destruction of language, fascist domination.

Viruses gonna virus, leftists gonna left.

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Diana's avatar

It is a profoundly racist worldview which asserts than science, math, or great works of art and literature are "Eurocentric" or "white supremacist." The great tools of understanding the universe and the human condition transcend time and individual identities. And then there are lots of cool smaller bodies of knowledge that have helped people survive and make sense of the world around them for generations-- which plants are safe to eat, which materials are best for building, the ebbs and flows of nature-- that aren't universal but are, in most cultures, passed down from one generation to the next.

A major problem here, I think, is that education systems, taking on the role once assumed by family and community, are seeking to claim the latter bodies of knowledge are not just equal in importance to the former but superior. They are certainly easier to learn and teach, which is why they appeal to so many teachers and students. But we are beginning to see the results in many parts of the world of what happens when even the supposedly elite portion of the population is scientifically and mathematically illiterate: we are gulls, easily taken in by those who likely DO know what they're doing.

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