I'm not sure that modern leftism as a whole has a disregard for truth. It's more like modern leftism thinks that truth needs to be coddled and protected from dangerous lies that might hurt it. I just don't think it's widely understood how dangerous this conception of truth is.
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The left follows a few rules of thinking that when consistently applied are completely disconnected from truth: Truth is determined by whatever an authority says Except if that authority is racist or sexist or x-ist If that's the case that institution should be taken over 1/
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You can see a middle brow example of this in wikipedia. Wikipedia is implicitly in the business of accurately describing the world yet their standards for inclusion in an article aren't "is this proveably true?" it's "has a 'reliable source' reported it". 2/
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The conflicts then become "which sources are considered reliable?" and "how can I get a certified source to say something?" Strange implicit epistemology, no? The twitter feed of NYT reporter is "original research" but the same author writing in NYT is writing ex cathedra 3/
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The first hurdle excludes any source that might say something that the leftist egregore finds objectionable. The second allows it to make pronouncements that are then taken as true by mirrored rules in other institutions ("we follow industry standards") 4/
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @charlesmurray
Does the leftist egregore have a name?
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This is an important gap in our vocabulary.
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Replying to @RokoMijic @RokoMijicUK and
just Blue Egregore works http://unremediatedgender.space/2019/Aug/the-social-construction-of-reality-and-the-sheer-goddamned-pointlessness-of-reason/ …
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Replying to @zackmdavis
Great essay. It's too bad they're so immune to logic b/c this could make a great counter troll. When a woman 2.0 claims that straight men are required to be attracted to him b/c only gender matters it logically implies that gay men are required to be attracted to masculine womenpic.twitter.com/ezK213vsuS
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
I'm glad you liked the essay (M.T.S.-W. is my not-Secret-just-differential-visibility pen name) but feel kind of nonplussed at the "they're so immune to logic" takeaway—I'm trying to do Serious Social Commentary, not just sneer at a designated ideological outgroup
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Covfefe Anon Retweeted Nicolas Bray (he/him)
It's not a sneer - it's a confirmed observation - they don't even pretend to follow any kind of reasoned discourse. Here's an example of an exchange that demonstrates it (in another field). This guy's responses are pure Orwell crimestop.https://twitter.com/yarbsalocin/status/1199795354348208129 …
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