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If this is feminism...
Oliver, Kelly
http://thephilosophicalsalon.com/if-this-is-feminism-its-been-hijacked-by-the-thought-police/Date Written: 2017-05-08 Publisher: Los Angeles Review of Books Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20970 Part of the problem with the response to Tuvel's article is that some seem to feel that they are the only ones who have the legitimate right to talk about certain topics. At best, this is identity politics run amok; at worst it is a turf war. Abstract: - Excerpt: We live in an era of outrage -- let's call it the Trump era. That's how Trump got elected, by voicing outrage. His most ardent disciples uncritically and unthinkingly believe everything he says because it is expressed with anger and zest. Civility is suspected of being "political," which has become a dirty word. It's hard to argue with outrage, and that's precisely the problem. Outrage has become the new truth. At one extreme, we have Trump and his supporters proudly embracing political incorrectness, and at the other, we have the political correctness police calling for censorship of a scholarly article written by someone working for social justice. On both sides, we have virulent intolerance fueled by hatred. The feminist thought police are the flip side of the alternative facts machine. And both are threats to the open dialogue that is so vital for critical thought inside and outside the academy. Subject Headings |