A Short Introduction to Universal Liberalism. It is a principle which, by definition, requires the promotion of the greatest good for the greatest number. Any principle which does not require this is inherently liable to produce net harm compared with a principle that does if applied in practice.

by Chipit to /s/Philosophy from counterweightsupport.com

The New Age of Censorship: How Postmodernism Reframed Censorship as Productive. For Foucault, censorship was not the coercive and repressive act that modern liberal thinkers described it as. Instead, he saw it as a productive act whose power could be harnessed.

by Chipit to /s/censorship from counterweightsupport.com

CRT is motivated by a racist belief that white people are bad people who refuse to take well- deserved responsibility for racial inequality. “The inability to refute the suggestion that the interest-convergence theory is at work results in the reinforcement of racially conspiratorial thought.”

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from counterweightsupport.com

Understanding Snowflakery: The Difference Between the Free Expression of Ideas and Harassment and Intimidation. An argument that people might find upsetting but don't have to listen to and targeted harassment, intimidation and dishonest character assassination intended to terrify people into silence

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

Cognitive Differences Between the Sexes: a Question Worth Asking. If women’s liberation is only be achievable by eradicating stereotypes, one conclude that this involves demonstrating that women are identical to men in all ways—and that anyone who says otherwise is morally suspect or bigoted.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from counterweightsupport.com

Growing up in the U.S.S.R., Anna Krylov experienced first-hand how communist Soviet ideology permeated all areas of the society in which she was raised. In particular, this political control affected many aspects of Russian science, the deleterious effects of which are well-known.

by Chipit to /s/science from counterweightsupport.com

Engaging in Public Discourse in Fields Where Extremists Operate. This article sets out some important general guidance for engaging in public debate on topics in which a significant number of people engage with the topics as sectarian extremists.

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

Labour’s Love’s Lost: Why I Left The Party. Labour, and the left more generally, has not reacted well to having to oppose a governing party with non-trivial numbers of MPs from ethnic minorities on its benches and within the government.

by Chipit to /s/ukpolitics from counterweightsupport.com

Curt Jaimungal and Desh Amila’s new documentary Better Left Unsaid is a gripping chronicle of the post-modern extreme left’s descent into ideological thought-policing. They trace the decline of civil debate to the introduction of new terminology that began from around 2013.

by Chipit to /s/Satire from counterweightsupport.com

It’s our hope that this article can give readers a candid glimpse of what it’s like to be an opera singer in today’s poisonous political climate, the various hurdles that we and the arts face, and, finally, what we think the solutions are.

by Chipit to /s/music from counterweightsupport.com

Demystifying Critical Race Theory so We Can Get to the Point - by Helen Pluckrose. What Critical Race Theory (or CRT) is and isn’t, who understands it and who doesn’t, and what people’s motivations are for defending or criticising it seem to be the issues dominating the culture wars right now.

by Chipit to /s/Philosophy from counterweightsupport.com

How to Play Games with Words: Three More Tactics Critical Social Justice Advocates Use to Win Arguments - Counterweight. The CSJ worldview progresses not through clarity and truth, but by muddying the intellectual waters and making social power moves.

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

The Montana state attorney general released a statement affirming that treating people differently based on their race violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is the way to fight CRT in the United States. Other states and the federal government should follow Montana’s lead.

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

Case Studies: Counterweight by Helen Pluckrose. Some good news about success stories fighting back against Critical Theory and SJWs. She's doing good work out there, let's help her by sharing the story.

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

Are you a Top-Down or a Bottom-Up Thinker? Top-down thinking is currently manifesting itself in an especially malevolent way among the political left in the US.

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

Ten Signs your Diversity Training Session is CSJ Indoctrination - Counterweight. Whether they realize it or not, Critical Social Justice (CSJ, or Woke) “facilitators” often end up applying some of these conditions of mind control during their Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training sessions.

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

Mainstream Media Bias: A Review of Andrey Mir’s Postjournalism and the Death of Newspapers - Counterweight. From the warping of traditional news reporting, our politics and political rhetoric, and even our collective psychology, America’s post-media, post-journalism reality is truly terrifying.

by Chipit to /s/books from counterweightsupport.com

A very Short Introduction to Gender Dysphoria. It can be difficult to find clear information about gender dysphoria online, so we compiled answers to some questions you may have. This text should serve as an introduction for readers who hope to engage with the literature discussing gender.

by Chipit to /s/Psychology from counterweightsupport.com

Surviving the Woke Fishbowl - Counterweight. Below is a set of practices for surviving with your sanity intact as the Woke ride roughshod over our institutions and civil norms.

by Chipit to /s/censorship from counterweightsupport.com

Alternative Reading Guide for The 1619 Project Essays. Use this resource to fight back when anyone tries to implement this racist curriculum.

by Chipit to /s/Education from counterweightsupport.com

Even if it seems like the shadow of Critical Social Justice hangs all around you, and has captured the minds of those you work with, do not abandon hope. You may be surprised at who and how many agree with you. Stand up. Speak out. Perhaps my own account can offer some encouragement.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from counterweightsupport.com

Labor unions have changed. "I was listening to a woman I’d known for ninety seconds tell me about her gynaecological problems. As a junior worker with no specialist expertise, she argued that the union’s failure to adopt her misinterpretation of the law was misogynistic."

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from counterweightsupport.com

How To Play Games with Words Part 1: The tactics of the “woke” Critical Social Justice activist. I hope for this to be the first in a series of essays outlining a number of tactics used by the Critical Social Justice (CSJ) movement. But first, a word about how Critical social Justice operates.

by Chipit to /s/Philosophy from counterweightsupport.com

Today, the ACLU bears little resemblance to the organisation that defended the Nazis’ right to march in Skokie. While I have no doubt there still are civil liberties stalwarts in its ranks, the organization has embraced a critical social justice ethos which flies in the face of civil liberties.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from counterweightsupport.com

When reading about speech censorship on university campuses both in the UK and across the pond, I wondered if it was all just catastrophising based on a few outlier events. This was until I began my master’s degree and I realised we may indeed be heading towards a semi-Orwellian nightmare.

by Chipit to /s/censorship from counterweightsupport.com

ODEI teachings also proclaim that individualism, meritocracy, and the belief that all are created equal—the pillars of Western civilization—are responsible for upholding white supremacy. ODEI’s epistemological foundation is a repudiation of Western civilization and it strengthens malevolent traits.

by Chipit to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com

How Critical Social Justice can Corrupt Organizational Culture: the Dance of the Blind Reflex. The discussion got so heated that eventually we abandoned the whole exercise. In the end, these staffers didn’t want more agency, just continued victim status.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from counterweightsupport.com

Where’s your Chicago Letter? "Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called “trigger warnings”, we do not cancel invited speakers because their topic might prove controversial, and we do not condone so-called intellectual “safe spaces”."

by Chipit to /s/Education from counterweightsupport.com

Educating for Politics: How Critical Social Justice Politicizes the Classroom and Indoctrinates Students - Counterweight

by Chipit to /s/Education from counterweightsupport.com

Is Academic Freedom in Crisis? A New Report Suggests the Answer is Yes. The report shows that even among those who do not actively favor the outright cancellation and discrimination of more conservative or heterodox scholars, not so many oppose it, even silently, as we might expect (and hope).

by Chipit to /s/Education from counterweightsupport.com

CounterWeightSupport.com - scholarship and advice on Critical Social Justice ideology, connect with resources, advice and guidance on a non-partisan, grassroots movement advocating for liberal concepts of social justice, individualism, universalism, viewpoint diversity and the free exchange of ideas

by JasonCarswell to /s/politics from counterweightsupport.com