What philosophy do you actually have in mind?
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I don't know when reading an opposing view point in its most charitable light became bad argumentative practice. I do know that doing so amplifies those who aren't being careful with definitions and concepts while spreading more heat than light.
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It's not but while you are providing the most charitable reading of the foundational documents of intersectionality or Islam or Marxism or whatever, other people are dealing with the reality of ideology in practice. It still does to be charitable when talking to any individual.
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You can do both. I can critique someone's interpretation, or misinterpretation, of a concept while doing justice to that concept. This is my responsibility as a liberal. I don't think using "Identity Politics" as a synonym for relativism, or "SJW" as a slur ever helps.
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Yes and I think I do. I explain intersectionality very charitably here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AvyqUOKhGA … I break down Crenshaw's foundational essays here: http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.com/2017/02/extract-from-essay-of-mine-which-breaks.html … And the book I am currently writing on the subject starts with the good.
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Thanks for sharing, Helen. I'll try to watch this whole thing when I can. You, in particular, seem more charitable than your panel partners so far. I'm struck by how quickly things have gone from critique to castigating opponents as religious zealots in conspiratorial tones.
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Well, we do all think there is a quasi-religious zealotry going on right now which is troubling but we all support liberal aims for gender/racial/LGBT equality. We critique the extremes on both sides. James and I wrote this one:https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/22/a-manifesto-against-the-enemies-of-modernity/ …
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Extremes are are one thing but (so far in the video) I'm not hearing any examples of reasonable foils on the other side who aren't "filling a church" when it comes to contemporary scholarship. This strikes me as a problem given the audience of young conservatives...
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And given that the event ia aponsored bu Turning Point USA. Given that I am on their Professor watchlist I'm inclined to view them as part of the extremist problem--looking for catnip.
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