Have just been trying to think about the difference between 'trying to persuade by argument' and 'telling people what to think' and I think it comes down mostly to attitude.
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I consider this an unreasonable objection but yesterday, I accused someone of telling me what to think and do. This was because he was not making any kind of argument but simply telling me that the correct thing for me to do was not have my own opinions but amplify others.
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Both times using the words 'telling people what to think' indicated an objection to perceived presumption and authoritarianism. But he perceived me to be abusing a privileged status which gives me authority whilst I saw him as trying to stifle discussion.
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It comes down to 'you don't have the right' & the difference depends on whether you see society as constructed by discourses which need to be rebalanced to prioritise certain 'voices' or if you see it as driven by 'arguments' and there being a need for better ones to dominate.
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Since you're arguing with pomos, why don't you enlist one of the leading post-colonial theorists on your side? Here's Gayatri Spivak backing you up against the "wrong demographic" accusation, what she calls "chromatism" and "genitalism".pic.twitter.com/sTKfiHkIzu
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Sounds like they don't know how to dance.
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