- Joined
- Oct 24, 2017
I mean if you want to get back at those that oppose you, stop stone walling them every time they try to speak and if their ideas are so awful, then they'll be rejected accordingly. Is it possible that you constantly try to block them from speaking because deep down...way...deep down...you know they're right and you are too cowardly to confront they idea that everything you learned in Gender Studies courses was wrong?
I think Social Justice attracts people who want public recognition and power, it's like a sort of loose knit low-rent scientology in a way. You work your way into the group, because you want to be featured on all the websites and get all the sweet offers. But Social Justice is also a weapon, to silence critics, to demonize opposing arguments, and if it comes down to it, to oust you from the group for suddenly not being woke enough; which usually goes hand in hand with a social justice type having a moment of clarity and saying "hey we are assholes for exiling this trans person just because they have different opinions".
They threaten you with the woke stick to bring you back in line, otherwise you social connections, your sweet company endorsements, go down the drain, and you are just a broke mentally ill person delivering pizza. And for these people, that online identity and power, that belonging to the woke clique, is everything to them.
However in Dan's case, as well as in a few others, I think there are some that are "True Believers" and don't realize the people around them are just manipulators who want to retain their hold of power on their clique. They actively police the group, and report back to their clique leaders about whos doing what.