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    1. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      22/ Do SJWs have a special interest in CT? YES! Because SJWs are f'ing oppressed by dominant P/K that's why. And that's why you should have an interest in CT too, unless you don't give a F about the culture in which you live.

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    2. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      23/ So to recap about CT: it's not relativism, it's hard to understand for reasons, and it's not a SJW agenda, it's an exposure of why we should all be SJWs.

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    3. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      24/ So why is this ridiculous argument that "PoMo" or critical theory (CT) caused "post-truth society" alive in the USA? Guess what? CT itself can tell us why.

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    4. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      25/ There is an academic machine in the USA that got built by the GI Bill after WWII. It's job was to deliver higher education to a lot of people, some of whom were to go on to be part of the machine to deliver more higher education.

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    5. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      26/ Meanwhile, CT was doing some pretty sophisticated investigations into power/knowledge (P/K), mostly in Europe.

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    6. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      27/ The academic machine in the USA sucked in Europe's CT and spit it out in the form of a bunch of people who were trained to reproduce the form of CT, but not necessarily advance it or apply it critically to new contexts.

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    7. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      28/ CT shows us that this is actually a USA specialty: taking stuff from someplaces else and massproducing it, not necessarily with the same quality

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    8. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      29/ So has there been a lot of BS critical theory (CT) in USA grad schools? YES! Does that invalidate CT, or does that help us think about what USA grad schools are really doing?

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    9. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      30/ On top of that, there's a very focused effort to devalue intellectualism (and science) in the USA and it has adopted this misguided critique of critical theory (CT) to further its nefarious ends. If you adopt this misguided critique, you are abetting those nefarious ends.

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    10. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 19 Jul 2019
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      31/31 SO: wake the F up and stop blaming Derrida for this horrible situation we find ourselves in. Don't be a naive patsy that plays into this scam! Join the SJWs in investigating power/knowledge to build a more equitable and just society for everyone! END

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Jul 2019
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          Hello, you can read it here: Thread by @xolotl: "OK, I've reached my limit — I can't take it anymore. Here comes a rant about how it seems like everyone in the USA is ge […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1152090728102678528.html … Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

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