An important academic work on indoctrination was published in 1961 by psychologist Robert Jay Lifton. 'Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism' was the result of in-depth interviews with survivors of Chinese re-education camps.
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In Bristol last week masked young men blocked and intimidated women trying to host a debate about politics.https://youtu.be/sBll45tSKzc
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The House of Commons, House of Lords Joint Committee on Human Rights -Freedom of Speech in Universities (Fourth Report of Session 2017–19) has been damning. Read it here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201719/jtselect/jtrights/589/589.pdf …
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Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism issued us all with a sharp reminder that 'in an ever changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing...
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'When we deem the language of dissent, of rational critique, to be "life-threatening", then we open the door for any intellectual discord to be met with actual violent opposition: we invite barbarism' - 'Hypotaxis', Female Erasure, p. 178
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David Aaronovitch, 'Assualts on Free Speech are Led by the Left'https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/assaults-on-free-speech-are-led-by-the-left-l2r8t9t9p?shareToken=d99c908ebaf10ccf760a000cb98a2bd1 …
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Here we have someone arguing that no matter what you think or interpret you must allow another group to dictate ideas and reality to you.pic.twitter.com/fAPE0rqYGl
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2018 and Women recieving bomb threats for daring to meet together and discuss proposed changes to the Equality Act 2010.pic.twitter.com/FOoHrImYVd
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2018 America and it is proposed that all analysis, commentary, ideas and writing must go through the vetting committee so the wider public only have access to ideas deemed good.pic.twitter.com/rYfxTxKq6E
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From the Free China Review, vol. 2 (1952): 'All expression of opinion in (Communist) China is today integrated under a fully totalitarian central control'. p. 43.
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An interesting thought from Hans Maier that 'The centrally steered and organised 'public opinion' emerges as a censoring power' during 'struggles of ideological direction'. Maier,Totalitarianism and Political Religions: Concepts for the Comparison of Dictatorships, Vol. 2, p.76
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Returning to the notion of totalitarianism and students or the young entrenching regimes: "The hate on these mostly young faces--both men & women--was frightening. One of my friends got knocked down 3 times & she kept getting up & carrying her sign ...
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Her sign said Biology Is Not Bigotry." San Francisco Dyke Match, 24 June 2018 -this quote and article was originally shared by
@MrHenryWimbushhttps://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCritical/comments/8tiuhl/lesbians_assaulted_and_harassed_at_san_francisco/ …Show this thread -
As an aside, one of the reasons that harnassing young people is so attractive to totalitarian regimes is because of the Erikson stages of psychosocial development. Recent scholarship has in fact extended the ages of when we believe humans are still developing critical thinking...
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being able to see and think in shades of grey. Totalitarianism, and fascism, appeals and uses black and white thinking. Here is a good pop psych article which neatly describes black and white thinking:https://www.huffingtonpost.com/byron-williams/black-and-white-thinking-_b_30747.html …
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2018 examples of totalitarianist thought at the University of Sussex Student's Union. They have censored a female academic, Doctor Stock, how dare she speak? The letter they sent is here, the offending article is in the next tweet.pic.twitter.com/lT6FhDQZlU
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The supposed 'hate speech'? It is facts: 'many trans women are still males with male genitalia, many are sexually attracted to females, and they should not be in places where females undress or sleep in a completely unrestricted way'.http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16334391.trans-women-are-still-males-with-male-genitalia/ …
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To return to the argument that in history it is evident totalitarianism harnesses student groups to get into power, this article by
@renee_jg was of particular interest for the post-truth era.https://reneejg.net/2018/07/03/censorship-backing-blackmail-backlash/ …Show this thread -
In totalitarian regimes the police become a private militia to control the public through fear. Here is South Yorkshire Police now asking the public to report non-crimes to them.pic.twitter.com/0od57GmWj9
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To return to how totalitarian ideologies harness and use student groups to censor academics, the public and eventually grab power, such as in Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, Cambodia, Germany, Goldsmiths LGBTQ society is publishing a list of women to silence and harass.pic.twitter.com/NOgGI7Q4zq
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This Student's Union is talking about humane and compassionate mass murder and 'joking' (because threats against women is always banter right?) to send women to forced labour camps to be exterminated.pic.twitter.com/ZesFR9Usml
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Professor Naimark argues that 'When it comes to use of the word "genocide," public opinion has been kinder to Stalin than Hitler'. Indeed he urges that the definition of genocide be widened.https://news.stanford.edu/2010/09/23/naimark-stalin-genocide-092310/ …
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As student groups become more fascistic the modern book burning is firing and exclusion for retweeting a link. Angelos Sofocleous lost his job as editor for Durham's philosophy student paper immediately following his re-tweet of a Spectator article.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/student-editor-angelos-sofocleous-fired-in-transphobia-row-fww5ds6nj?shareToken=4a96c4a62a6b638a48d511c6b5f071a3 …
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'Mr Sofocleous said his “views were taken to be ‘transphobic’ by individuals who cannot tolerate any criticism, either of their movement or their ideas...
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“These are individuals who think they hold the absolute right to determine which ideas can be discussed & what language can be used in a public forum.”
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'Why Are Trans Scared of Free Speech?'https://sputniknews.com/columnists/201809261068347709-transgender-people-uk-girl-guides/ …
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Student leaders call for the sacking, tarring & feathering of the Rector of the University of Edinburgh, as a women she dared to re-tweet a drop-in session around a current government consultationhttp://www.studentnewspaper.org/ann-henderson-triggers-controversy-over-transphobic-twitter-support/ …
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