I think it's coz they are pessimistic abt society & view things like racism & sexism as dominant discourses which construct social reality.
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Yes, the debate started much earlier with Wollstonecraft, Bentham, Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill.
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Yes, exactly. The ideas were ripening & they came into fruition in the 60s.
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Back the the FS issue, it still find it puzzling that manypeople are so sensitive to dissenting or even reactionary views.
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In others words, some views are so dangerous they should not be heard. And sometimes that includes opposition to gay marriage or abortion.
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Yes. Because they don't trust the individual to evaluate them despite all the evidence we are more liberal now than ever.
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They don't think we are. The intense theoretical focus on systems of privilege leads them to see white supremacy, patriarchy etc as dominant
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And people therefore as susceptible to extreme views on this. Got to reduce that discourse at all costs.
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And there has been a rise of right-wing populism/nationalism but the left which could counter it by offering better solutions to real probs
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Men supported women's rights, white people supported black people's rights & straight people supported LGBT rights.
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