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Dissecting the language of Leftism

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At The American Thinker John Dale Dunn looks at how to push back against the left, and their media messengers. A group he belongs to, the National Association of Scholars (NAS). is making an effort to refute the false talking point about America, its history and racism. A sample for you

On June 13, 2022, Peter Wood (PhD Anthropology, U of Rochester) President of NAS, released a position paper opposing leftist invasions of American education and culture that are broadly referred to as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) in a long and thorough (more than 4000 words) critique and call to arms and opposition: Regime Change: Repelling the DEI Assault on Higher Education .    

I provide some pertinent excerpts from the monograph and some comments.

Pay close attention here, because the left, is exceedingly successful at messaging. Some examples

America’s racial critics often disarm their opponents by using a vocabulary whose unassuming or technical demeanor hides radical meanings.

Anti-racism is a word contrived by Boston University professor Ibram X. Kendi….  Kendi and his followers use it to mean racial favoritism toward blacks, deliberate discrimination against whites aimed at compensating for “systemic” racial injustice, and the suppression of all speech and action opposed to their preferred policies.

Systemic racism refers to the supposedly omnipresent racially disparate treatment built into institutions such as law, the real estate market, medical practice, and education. . . . Even individuals who decry racism and are free from any personal racial animus are thus part of systemically racist institutions.

Please go read it all, it is important to know, how important language is. And, frankly, the side of Individualism is fearfully behind the side of Collectivism, largely because too many on our side is afraid of being labelled. And of losing their career and reputation. That, sadly is only going to get worse. We have, largely, been reduced to silence, or intimidated into being afraid of taking on the accusations of the left. If this trend remains, we are doomed.

Again, go read it all.

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By thedaleygator

Individualist/Writer/Blogger/Historian/Sometime pain in the ass. Unapologetic Lover of the Founders, America, the South, our Constitution. Proud descendant of numerous American and Confederate veterans. And yes, massive Gator fan.
No patience for cancel culture, and the Marxists who hide behind it.
Lover of good beer, good BBQ, and yes beautiful women.