Nietzsche's warning applies. “Whoever battles monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster himself. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”
Intelligent moderation, as ever. I'll keep reading, even as I mostly retire from the culture war to write a book on the unit that liberated my town, here in Normandy, 80 years ago this June.
Freire's key idea was who controls the narrative. He described it in more Biblical terms as 'the word' -“To speak a true word is to transform the world.” He was a Marxist, but as with many things, pure Marxism tends to be devoid of political masters and is remarkably resilient as an unalienable truth. But Freire also understood that release from 'oppression' does not mean equality, it merely transfers power from one entity to another and he was keenly aware of this.“The oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity… become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers in the humanity of both.”
And of course, this is the story of woke. In seeking to create a level playing field, the wokies quickly realised they were taking power. They are now the oppressors and they wield that power with all the venom of a cuckolded wife.
Freire's clue to the solution - if you like - is control of the narrative. If anything has proved this point it is the relentless bias from the BBC et al over the Israel/Palestine conflict. The BBCs refusal to name Hamas as terrorists is a paradigm of narrative control.
Nor is the invocation of First Amendment rights any guarantee that narrative will not lead to violent action, for, as is clear, if you can think it, you can write it. If you can write it, someone can do it.
We are in danger, and by 'we' I mean liberal-leaning right wingers, of making the same mistakes made in 1939. It has become very clear that vague mutterings about wokies is not going to solve the problem; a virus that has infected the upper echelons of governance and education and even, security. What should we do next?
I am afraid it will take time. It will take personal bravery and it will take a relentless media barrage of refutation and rebuttal. I am doing my bit, but it is a drop in the ocean. If our political leaders had a spine, we could all coalesce under a banner of counter-revolution, but our political leaders do not have a spine, and for the moment, we are ..farked.
Nietzsche's warning applies. “Whoever battles monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster himself. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”
Intelligent moderation, as ever. I'll keep reading, even as I mostly retire from the culture war to write a book on the unit that liberated my town, here in Normandy, 80 years ago this June.
You list me at "insurrection". Stopped reading.
Freire's key idea was who controls the narrative. He described it in more Biblical terms as 'the word' -“To speak a true word is to transform the world.” He was a Marxist, but as with many things, pure Marxism tends to be devoid of political masters and is remarkably resilient as an unalienable truth. But Freire also understood that release from 'oppression' does not mean equality, it merely transfers power from one entity to another and he was keenly aware of this.“The oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity… become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers in the humanity of both.”
And of course, this is the story of woke. In seeking to create a level playing field, the wokies quickly realised they were taking power. They are now the oppressors and they wield that power with all the venom of a cuckolded wife.
Freire's clue to the solution - if you like - is control of the narrative. If anything has proved this point it is the relentless bias from the BBC et al over the Israel/Palestine conflict. The BBCs refusal to name Hamas as terrorists is a paradigm of narrative control.
Nor is the invocation of First Amendment rights any guarantee that narrative will not lead to violent action, for, as is clear, if you can think it, you can write it. If you can write it, someone can do it.
We are in danger, and by 'we' I mean liberal-leaning right wingers, of making the same mistakes made in 1939. It has become very clear that vague mutterings about wokies is not going to solve the problem; a virus that has infected the upper echelons of governance and education and even, security. What should we do next?
I am afraid it will take time. It will take personal bravery and it will take a relentless media barrage of refutation and rebuttal. I am doing my bit, but it is a drop in the ocean. If our political leaders had a spine, we could all coalesce under a banner of counter-revolution, but our political leaders do not have a spine, and for the moment, we are ..farked.