Social Justice in a Nutshell

[@seanbrennan5192]

“Weaponized empathy” Hit the nail on the head right there

[@I_am_Raziel]

Absolutely, it is psychological warfare

[@Torgo1969]

Empathy is a luxury!

[@therespectedlex9794]

Weaponised empathy might be better than none at all. To me it's not so much the minority rights, or even the feminism destroying the power structure, as the general intolerance. The idea that there is no room for anyone else's victimhood except for their own, or anyone deserving of respect except for themselves. That and the general habit of so many to ally themselves to the persecutor, and to turn against and scapegoat the idealistic rebel. Media propaganda probably seals the deal. Can videos like this compete with advertising and other mainstream media?

[@ciarancosgrave]

A close relative of pathological altruism

[@richard424242]

I'm not convinced that SJWs are motivated by empathy. They seem to be driven by darker emotions like anger and envy. I think the empathy is feigned (mainly subconsciously probably).

[@sharonschieber]

In my workplace we use a DEI calendar to guide some of our social media posts. As I looked at the plethora of commemorative days on the DEI calendar, it's dawning on me the intent behind the calendar. It is meant to remind us all year long of the supposed oppression of various identity groups. Also, by filling 52 weeks a year with various DEI commerative days, it competes with, minimizes and displaces all the traditional holidays and events. I've also noticed that various news agencies like NPR are constantly reminding us of these special commemorative DEI days while often running negative stories about traditional holidays. It is clear they ARE going after the "four olds." And the young are the perfect conduit. They have no life experience or perspective about recent history. They can be completely hoodwinked by techniques like fast-forwarding historical events to present day and omitting decades of progress. Thank you for speaking out.

[@matthewparlato5626]

Correct.

[@KingJehovah]

They target young children and young adults because they are the most impressionable and the least resistant to peer and social pressure and can be easily molded by peer pressure and social pressure. They are molding their minds to adopt these destructive worldviews that are hostile to traditional and biblical values and freedoms that animate this nation and its founding.

[@TheSwissChalet]

We Conservatives have been pointing this out for literally decades. Yet we have been ignored and mocked by liberals. It's ok...we have been preparing for the result of this insanity...which will come...and we will be ready...liberals won't know what hit them. They will be completely lost, confused, and left sitting there, slack-jawed and befuddled at what will happen, still unable to connect the dots to the cause and reason why things are the way they are.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

When is White Men's Heritage day?

[@highlightning6693]

Yes, going after "the four olds" is correct. This is the west's version of The Great Leap Forward. Some may recall that that caused the deaths of no less than 40 million Chinese. _Forty_ million, but in all likelihood the number is vastly higher as Communist states are quite infamous for lying as a matter of course.

[@brandoninsley7887]

This is a brilliant and eloquent analysis of woke culture. I only wish more people could see it for what it is. Enabling and encouraging a perpetual cycle of victimhood is a dense spawning pool for narcissists and sociopaths. It's encouraging to see more people waking up and standing up, but sometimes I wonder if these parasitic ideologies are buried too deep into our society to do an about-face and fix the damage.

[@reddiver7293]

Agree with your assessment. This woman is so perceptive and articulate. IMHO, SJWs do see the contradictions but choose not to because that would disrupt their power to highjack their cutting in line to material and power gains.

[@gelidsoul]

It's buried too deep into the human brain.

[@joshuacalkins]

Very well put. It’s important to articulate such observations so that our instinctive revulsion to these manipulations can’t be dismissed as bigotry. Not that any “victims” want to debate; they just want to demand, scream, threaten and punish until they get their way. No conversation needed for that agenda!

[@joshuacalkins]

@@reddiver7293 It must feel sooo great to be a righteous victim, since there’s more every day and they don’t want to examine their assumptions one bit. Why risk shattering the illusion with any doubts or discussion?

[@reddiver7293]

@@joshuacalkins Exactly!

[@JohnGiddings-g9s]

Social justice seems to be a reason to bully those that disagree with a narrative

[@siep6922]

@user-xc5ve1fx6e Good point, and I agree with you, but it is not unique to "social justice": rather, it applies to any and every social narratives. Consider a person who exists within the framework of Neoliberal Capitalism and what would happen if they rejected that narrative? Or the likely behaviour of a religious group towards members who decline to take part? How would the fanbase of a sport, or those within a particular political party? An "ingroup/outgroup" mentality is practically essential to any association!

[@theseustoo]

@@siep6922 Yes... god forbid that ANYONE come up with (gasp!) INDEPENDENT THOUGHT!

[@mnguardianfan7128]

At the heart of what is now derisively being called 'woke' is an empathy for people who have been disadvantaged. Wanting to help people who have been (or are currently being) dismissed, demeaned, verbally attacked, (and yes at times) physically attacked.... is not a bad thing. -Black people have been systemically oppressed in this country since before it's foundation. That has left way too many black people in a multi-generational hole that is extremely hard to get out of. There are now people who are overtly racist against black people, and they are feeling emboldened. -LGBTQ people are now literally being targeted for just being who they are. -There is now a rise in antisemitism in this country. There are groups of people of people who HATE Jewish people and they are now feeling themselves emboldened. -Immigrants (legal and illegal) are, way too often, targeted for abuse. This oppression is real, it is affecting people's lives, and people are literally dying because of it. My biggest problem with this video is that it feeds into the very simplistic 'WOKE' IS BAD mentality that shuts down thought and empathy. Life is far more nuanced and interesting than this good v bad, right v wrong perspective. Learning about how other people view the world (whether you agree with it or not) is fundamental in getting a healthy society. With social media, that seems to be getting lost.

[@mikesewlal7742]

It takes intelligence and discipline to respond to this ideology without a retaliatory spirit. Thank you for your videos.

[@Krunchtastic727]

I wonder how in the past a reactionary response happened. Hmmm, looks towards Germany. Strange why would they act that way. Looks towards Ukraine.... hmmm didn't twice as many people die in the holodomor before any serious reaction happen? Then look at the over all end result and ask your self would you rather be living in east or west Germany in the 80's.

[@jjones9822]

Retaliation is fine. People need to fight against this Marxist indoctrination because it is toxic and harmful. They are already brainwashing children. I recall a video where elementary students played a game where they took steps forward and backward. Example: if you were born in the country step forward, if not then step backward; if English is your first language step forward, if not then step backward. By the end of the exercise the brown children were standing 30ft behind the white kids and the woke teachers were telling them this is how disadvantaged they were. I believe this was in Britain. This exercise was debunked by actual statistics which showed that the white kids were more likely to end up taking blue collar jobs and living lower, middle class lives whereas the Asian, black, and middle Eastern kids were more likely to go on to University. These were the statistical facts. So the exercise was basically a giant lie used to make these children feel guilty or oppressed. It’s a lie and it’s sick.

[@aarondyer.pianist]

Whoever you are, it's encouraging to hear a young thinker articulate such things. Your body language and cadence indicate you do not parrot talking points, but that you are thinking on your own and working things out as you go. As it should be. You are right that this is a cultural revolution. There is not (yet) a dictator running this and there is a strong backlash against it. The pushback is only growing stronger. Thanks so much.

[@MB-eo3mn]

There is dictator and the agenda is hundreds of years ahead of us and we will never get ahead. A total cleansing will happen before that, then the age of AI will rule the planet. Aka eternity in hell with zero escape, there already may be no escape which is the only conclusion I've found after decades of research.

[@deanafaria8574]

There is a dictator running it in Canada.

[@smelltheglove2038]

There have been articulate people saying these things for well over a decade. The issue is that we were all called conspiracy theorists.

[@MB-eo3mn]

@@smelltheglove2038 pushed away and outcasted

[@michael-hw1uv]

As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. 3 Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.Ecclesiastes 10:1-2.

[@jeffgandee2727]

This is a religious movement. The Great Awokening.

[@Tskb7]

@@new_game2589 I think it is ultimately to humble all. But to humble first you must be raised to a height that you won’t survive the fall in tact from, hence the better suited you are for eugenics sterilization the higher a pedestal you are placed on.

[@TheSwissChalet]

C-lime-ate C-hang-e is also. You are the original dirty sinner. Everything you do befouls the world. Your actions are sinful, and must be accounted for (tracked), and tallied (carbon credits). You can buy Indulgences (carbon credit swaps), and make all your sins be forgiven.

[@chrisschene8301]

Social justice in its modern instantiation is and evil religion based on resentment, envy and a search for offense. It is satanic and it makes weak, incapable people.

[@Warcrimeenthusiast]

If it is a religious movement (it is ) then I am going to be a heretic

[@kxkxkxkx]

Communism is over a century old... This is not new at all

[@redthunder7530]

How very brave of you to calmly and clearly speak out like this. Many kudos from an appreciative elder who has been quite disturbed by how many folks have jumped on the woke bandwagon across society.

[@aggravatedassociate8237]

I love that you have identified the biggest concern in all of this: backlash. Its already happening. I know of so many 13 year old boys in my sons class, who are terrifyingly bigoted. They weren't like this before. The pendulum is picking up speed and the next 20 years are going to be challenging. You can only call someone a racist/bigot/himophobe so many times before they internalize that message. This is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

I sure as hell have stopped caring if someone calls me a racist. It doesn't matter what I do, I'm going to be called racist, sexist, homophobic.

[@HansBezemer]

@@nonyadamnbusiness9887 It's just a word - nothing else. My favorite thing is to force people to properly define it, without being racist themselves. And then throw a woke definition of "dehumanization" to their heads.

[@ktoth29]

The backlash is also intentional. They want to provoke a response so they can portray themselves as victims and seize more power to “protect the vulnerable”. The whole movement is about eroding social cohesion to foment conflict.

[@jeffmcewen1238]

@@ktoth29 Spot on. I see all of Trudeaus latest moves as an attempt to provoke. Truckers didn't bite. Must have been disappointing for him.

[@angelasmith1112]

Or ignoring it because it’s meaningless

[@davec2107]

EXCELLENT In an age of shouting,screaming and hostility..Far more by the left. Your calm straightford approach of explaing the hijacking of the meaning of SOCIAL JUSTICE is outstanding. You are truly a breath of fresh air in a suffocating, cacouphonus environment! Peace☮️

[@leifnerheim5552]

Spot on.

[@OC-Explorer]

You speak so clearly about this, and while I’m sorry you’ve had to learn about this at the expense of your educational program - I’m grateful for what you’re doing. As another kindly inquisitors, I hope we can dispel the resentment and hate that’s taken hold of many good people!

[@Memememe-is1yn]

"I feel like I should be more special than you, and my friends agree with me." - Idiocracy at work.

[@MrResomation]

I saw this starting in my local university 30 years ago. I had to quit working there and move into social services. It is starting to become the norm in social services. I might retire sooner than planned.

[@MajorTomGroundControl]

Please challenge the cult before you leave in any way you can.

[@Dat_Guys_Wise]

The 90’s really was the big starting point of spreading these ideas in the minds of young people, especially universities and colleges. I was just a kid at the time but I definitely noticed people who went to college in short “different”. Now I know why.

[@andyandreson3989]

My friend went back to university after getting married and having a child. It was about’04. He was constantly battling with a couple instructors who tried to fail him because they didn’t like him voicing a different opinion than theirs.

[@Memememe-is1yn]

@@MajorTomGroundControl There is no stopping this mental disease. It has to run its course and destroy itself. It is no different than the black plague, it just happens in the minds of decadent societies every couple of hundred years. Welcome to humanity.

[@mackthnife3]

I'm so glad I'm retired from the field, given the content contained in this video.....I see some of the crap my old colleagues post on facebook and I want to vomit....

[@Gitfiddle]

Intersectionality is an elegant word which hides its inherent backhanded and immoral nature. You as the self disappears as your individual consciousness is sliced into a thousand pieces and rearranged according to your racial identity, ethnic awareness, and political beliefs. Your worth as a human is then subjected to the sliding scale of inequality. Where you land on the scale is everything! It’s who you are. It’s what you can or cannot accomplish in life. It’s who controls you and who you can control in the modern power dynamic. In short: it’s pure evil. You put this so beautifully and so succinctly. Thank you for your video! You’ve obviously thought a long time about this topic.

[@Trustworthyalma]

It is indeed a very dark ideology. I thank God for therapy, because I was once getting sucked into it. I’m glad to see more people healing and seeing that it’s not the answer.

[@bobbysnickers249]

The Wokesters are some of the most resentful unhappy humans, they have been engineered this way, it’s quite intentional. Thank you Leslie for continuing to speak out, even in the face of all of their nonsense

[@PB22559]

The wokesters are merely useful idiots. Look at who funds all these groups and you'll be closer to seeing who the real enemy is.

[@PB22559]

@Covid VAX Reaper Bingo

[@KenCunkle]

Actually, from listening to the reading through the responses here, it seems to be that a fair number of the folks here certainly are carrying a pretty heavy burden of resentment themselves. (Which is one reason they can't resist sneering at the people they hate with names like "wokesters." etc.) I can't speak to whether they're miserable. Possibly not. Some people really revel in their resentment.

[@johncampbell9216]

@@KenCunkle Spot on, Ken! They’re just another bunch of fascist “label-makers”; along with those who invent words like “Demons”, “Vampires”, “Devils” etc…

[@sylviam6535]

@@KenCunkle - They’ve been coming after us for 10 years using the institutions they have captured. That is good reason to be resentful.

[@avehagen]

It’s been a punch to the gut, & a kick in the head to realize how socially engineered I was to reject my own cultural heritage (Irish/European). Respect was to be given to all other cultures, other than my own when I was a Leftist. I was already growing disillusioned, when I had a front row seat to my Seattle neighborhood being overrun during the Covid lockdowns, with what was dubbed as Chaz/Chop/Wtf. Suddenly the chorus of “Stay home, save G-ma!” about-faced to “Take to the streets in protest! Racism is the real pandemic.” Unquote. While just a month prior those same people screamed that those opposing Lockdowns in protest - “Would get us all killed”. Wtf?! While a prominent mantra was “Say their name’s!” No one said Antonia Mays, Jr., or Lorenzo Anderson’s names - two (Black) youth’s that were killed in the infamous Chop/Chaz/Wtf “Autonomous Zone”. Nor do most people even know about their tragic ends. Media silence! During the 2020 “Summer of love” (as dubbed by Seattle’s Mayor) in the “Fiery but mostly peaceful protests” 40 or more (sorry I don’t have the stats) people were killed across the US, & billions of dollars in property damage happened in inner cities causing real life hardships to area residents. The upside-down & backwards hypocrisy, & seemingly endless projections are not in our best interests, our for best outcomes. -Take care all, & stay aware. 🖖🏽

[@KingJehovah]

You are absolutely correct about leftist ideology degrading and devaluing European culture, heritage, and people. This is so because, since the 1970s-1980s, left-wing ideology has been and is saturated with anti-white racist sentiments and views from black American democrats, many of whom have very strong connections and ideological views aligned with black supremacist groups with ideologies to degrade, devalue, destroy, and eradicate all white people. When you understand the black supremacist origins of modern left-wing ideology, it is unmistakably clear that the Democrat party is extremely racist towards white people and driven by hatred towards whites and efforts to devalue, degrade, destroy, and annihilate white people.

[@TheSwissChalet]

I like the "stay aware"...much better than "stay safe".

[@bthemedia]

In 2020, I lived near Chop/Chaz and marched for BLM around Seattle as well… had to resist saying some of their bogus chants - though only later (after Biden) did I realize how crazy this Animal Farm woke ideology has become. James Lindsay (New Discourses), Bret Weinstein & Heather Heyen (The Dark Horse podcast), Thomas Sowell and Jordan Peterson cleared up my mind from this neo-Marxist/woke/DIE ideology garbage.

[@StopAntiWhiteism]

What about all the people from my group deleted by these people during the 2020 riots? I view the two you mentioned as victims of a bad cause they were fully involved in.

[@garybobst9107]

Remember...the idea of 'social justice' was started by folks like Marx, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Che Guevara, Adolf (you know who), Stalin, and on,and on and on...

[@xmateosx]

You speak so gently and straightforwardly, I'm sharing this. When I was younger I had half formed thoughts about right and wrong. I was easily swayed. There were a few individuals that befriended me and helped me think thru things. They were evil Christians and the like. But, as they showed me love, my reasoning did not fall away, it was bolstered. The parts that were lies started to fall away. I owe a great debt to these few that contended with me in those early years. When I was surrounded by people who thought like me, I thought like them. When I was challenged, that challenge helped me to embody the deeper things in my soul. Reacting in anger and rage is easy. It's harder by far to find ones own path. Choose the harder road. Thanks for your kindly spoken words.

[@TangoSQR]

As an elderly man, I'm encouraged to see you as a young person reshape your thoughts on this immensely important issue. I don't profess to be particularly wise in this area, yet it seems to me that you have done quite well in articulating the problems and offering some solutions.

[@Ruleisbroke]

Can't say enough how much I appreciate your intelligent and calm explanations. A voice of reason in this mass media chaos. Very helpful to my thinking on these difficult subjects. Subscribed.

[@larrydugan1441]

Justice is justice it doesn't need an adjective like social. That is a progressive slight of hand to allow social engineers to bulldoze their way through society.

[@clydekimsey7503]

Exactly

[@Motivatedmindz314]

you're the first person I've heard compare our current cultural climate to the Red Guard movement of China - so true. My wife experienced first had the cultural revolotion and came here to escape that ideology. She is deeply saddened today with our "progression" towards the kind of social justice we are living in today.

[@jb-xc4oh]

I'm glad you mentioned the Red Guard movement in China.

[@briane173]

I've made the comparison to Maoism several times and I get laughed off as some sort of neurotic conspiracy theorist. When they're no longer useful those laughing won't be laughing anymore; they'll be wondering what the hell happened -- and won't be allowed to speak of it.

[@BingBong67489]

When I was younger I used to be really confused about how that Red Guard situation was possible, how something like that could happen, that young people could have their passions inflamed so much that they would gang up on their teachers and beat them to death. But now that I see all these young trans activists who are practically on the verge of beating wrong-thinkers to death on sight, I understand. It's a simmering pot and it just needs to get hot enough to boil over.

[@DivestedChristian]

Same case in pre Soviet russia

[@arpadzigisfari5819]

Have you heard of Xi Van Fleet? Maybe you have. Maybe she's your wife, for all I know! Xi calls herself "Chinese by birth; American by choice." She grew up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and has compared our situation with the Cultural Revolution in China. She garnered national conservative media attention after speaking out against Critical Race Theory at a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Virginia. The video went viral and parts of it are still on KZbin ("Mom who survived Mao's cultural revolution rips school for critical race theory"). Another notable person to listen to is Yeonmi Park. She escaped North Korea at the age of 13 and enrolled at Columbia University in New York. She has said that going to Columbia reminded her of North Korea because she felt forced to think the way they want you to think. She found pronoun culture quite confusing because English is not her first language. She wrote a memoir, "In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom" and has been interviewed numerous times on national news outlets.

[@nikmills]

Very clear explanation of what's happening. Some of my friends are incapable of seeing outside the box this ideology has them in. They're caused pain when their ideas are challenged. I see formally intelligent friends breaking down, pleading with me to not introduce any ideas outside DEI framework. It's like their brains are wounded and the lightest touch is terribly painful.

[@Bloom5056]

I’ve seen it in my own extended family & it makes me very sad. My husband and I are bringing our daughter up to recognize it and to reject it entirely.

[@coltknows88]

I think you just defined cerebral narcissism...

[@kaizenexcellens]

That was an exceptional commentary, thank you so much for calmly and clearly explaining the nuances and consequences of the movement. I really enjoyed your presentation.

[@deborahvretis3195]

I'm completely impressed by you. We do need to stop and think. Too few do. You are a thinking person, poised and soft spoken. You are an asset we need today. Thank you! Subscribed and liked. Take care! And keep sharing. From, a 70 year old Oma (grandma) with 6 grandsons (4 are mixed race), and a granddaughter on the way. I worry about their future. You give me hope. ❤

[@karinanalbandyan3009]

You are amazing my dear!!!! You speak logically, and bravely. Our entire system, politics, education, media, healthcare, and pretty much everything else stands on the side of the lies, and to speak the truth in such a world is a brave and a dangerous thing to do

[@vickielawson3114]

It’s aggravating because it’s teaching an entire generation to view the world in a really divisive way, and it can’t possibly make the people learning it feel good.

[@kxkxkxkx]

Pedagogy of the oppressor.... They used to be called Communist agitators ☝️

[@MephiticMiasma]

or behave well towards others

[@jennajewert]

Oh but it does make the people learning it feel good. Adopting a victim mentality and us vs them is a great way to feel galvanized and validated. It can be a very misguided way to indoctrinate with giving the illusion of power, only it actually has the opposite effect. It takes away person power.

[@jamiejay7633]

They are programmed vessels of destruction.

[@k.s783]

Personally I think the rise of depression and anxiety among young adults is connected to these teachings/indoctrination. It makes kids nihilistic and hopeless. This makes sense considering you are either a perpetual victim or you belong to a disgusting immoral group of white oppressors. No wonder kids suffer from mental health disorders!

[@skaterdudeabides]

I dated a girl who went to Antioch around 10 years ago. At the time, many of the classes resembled a struggle session. In talking to her, I often felt like she was being pressured to think in ways that seemed unnatural. When she didn't neatly fit the mold, they tried (unsuccesfully) to push her out of the program. She did eventually graduate, but the last year or two of her time there was low key hell.

[@LordMalice6d9]

Total waste of time and energy dating these days.

[@skaterdudeabides]

@@LordMalice6d9 I don't know about that. If I had one piece of dating advice, it would be: date nicer people.

[@sweetparvardi]

@@skaterdudeabides That's a wonderful answer to that reply, friend : God bless you ! 😊

[@sgtelias2258]

Love how you described what you thought social justice was (and should be) vs what it has actually become

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

Racism will never be completely eliminated, the important thing was to get that out of government, people will still hold their individual beliefs about other people, and for the most part that should be tolerated as a part of freedom of speech, it is not the government's job to reeducate or propagandize people! We should not be using totalitarian methods to try and eliminate racism as the woke so advocate, we should try to convince people that its in their best interests not to be racist, but its a two-way street! If white people feel they are being discriminated against in the interest of fighting racism, they will become more racist in reaction to being set up as second class citizens in effect. I live in the South, and at many times I felt that if the United States was to go woke, then the South should secede again and this time for a just cause. if blacks and whites cannot live peacefully together as equals then they should separate! Separation worked in the middle east between Palestinians and Jews, there is only so much forced integration can do, and if people are killing each other, then perhaps saving lives is more important than forcing two groups to live together in the same neighborhood!

[@Cotictimmy]

Bad people can be difficult to spot, but Good People are easy to spot. This young woman is clearly a good & thoughtful person.

[@ludlowworthington697]

I just stumbled across your channel. I really appreciate your ideas and your ability to articulate them. And your thoughtfulness and humility. Great talk. Thanks for sharing your thoughts publicly. About 20 years ago I worked at a university. Met good and bad people, like any where. But there definitely were people who’d been radicalized by the kind of ideology you describe. I refer to those years as “Welcome to the war.” I was very naive and timid, no where near strong as I should’ve been. I was told often how i was the enemy (because of my skin color and sex). The war was something completely new to me, and I kept trying to explain I wasn’t on a side. But whatever I said was twisted as proof of my guilt. It took a long time to process all those experiences, compounded by making the desperately lonely and incredibly dumb mistake of trying to date someone who openly called herself a “man-hating feminist.” Both the job and the dating taught me how much people are trying to mess with each others’ minds to gain a competitive edge. Thankfully I’ve since developed a stronger mental immune system to protect my mind and emotions from such people. Thanks again.

[@LauraVolpintesta]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@gedofgont1006]

Bravo. What you're saying needs to be heard, far and wide, by young and old alike. Common values are the glue that holds society together. They are all too easily taken for granted and this makes them vulnerable to subversion, especially by those with an axe to grind. As Joni Mitchell sang: "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone". Thank you for your calm courage in the face of extreme provocation.

[@earthangel2524]

You are so wise and brave. God grant you strength.

[@Schnitz13]

Your comparison in the description of this being like what happened in the Cultural Revolution in China is spot on. This is the back door to that and it is absolute poison.

[@DennisSlone]

Absolutely the best video I’ve seen on defining Social Justice and critical theory. This is a cult. Thanks for posting.

[@je_suis_calme_13]

Wow. Your description is perfectly put. A system of social hierarchies. I’ve never heard it expressed so clearly and it just underlines why all of this feels so toxic and destructive to me. It’s not just beliefs. This is a concrete attempt to create a modern day caste system.

[@bthemedia]

Check out the New Discourses channel and videos by James Lindsay. He has broken it down well, though for better or worse his videos are often very long.

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

But always compelling and frequently funny. He's a resistance hero.

[@CM-st1dl]

Inverted Aristocracy is another way of seeing/understanding it//counteracting it. 🤔 Curious how this is conducted under the guise of Equality, isn't it?

[@lunkerjunkie]

superiority needs to clearly identify and establish itself as such in order to maintain control of the inferior it has judged other to be.

[@lucasrooney181]

This is a flawed attempt to redress the modern day caste system already established in the world, called the status quo of ten percent of humans holding 90% of material wealth - in which we see big business and the very rich behaving as parasites on the lower “castes”. Of course this would be irksome thrown back at “us”. How do we then get evolution? Can it be done without revolution?

[@T6_That]

Thank you for speaking out!!! Thank you for your integrity, for distilling this into a clear perspective that many of us have known in our gut, but we’re either afraid of being called a bigot, or being on the wrong side of history. You are spot on, “a perversion” is right.

[@Ms-ti6zp]

Brent Weinstein tried to warn people about this after Evergreen, years ago.Nobody was listening now it's getting beyond our control. It's heartening to see this young lady, speaking out and starting this conversation at a time when the social repercussions are so great. We need more brave souls out there.thank you .

[@stevebone88]

Brent didnt say anything until they were hunting him down with baseball bats. He watched it all get to that point without saying a thing. Nice that he's finally joined us, but really, he helped foster this until it bacame a threat to him personally. Not really a hero. He didn't say anything until they came for him.

[@benvoiles9166]

Ayn Rand called this out almost 100 years ago. She laid it out beautifully how these people leverage everyone's guilt to get them to (effectively) bend the knee. The woke crowd are children throwing a temper tantrum. The weak, guilty-feeling, adults, cater to them because they think they are helping. But it is a lie. They are only trying to appease their own guilt. Real grown ups, ignore such behavior. Bret, while a sharp dude, still can't see the underlying nature of the movement.

[@debra1363]

What is or was Evergreen?

[@razerfish]

He didn't learn anything himself. He admitted he was deeply "progressive," so I have no sympathy for him receiving what he's always promoted.

[@doncheechako8084]

@@stevebone88 Actually Brett and a few others did exactly that, in the year before the bats poindexter. Not that you would know. Six years ago you little sprogs had no clue what WOKE meant, or equity or grooming or a lot of other fashionable words used today. BTW both Brett and Jordan P ended up in a dump tank. I do not know if it is sad, pathetic, or where they deserved to be from day one, but there they are. Cheers

[@AtCheruti]

You're brave and you obviously have the values that people need to progress in the world.

[@Grilla25]

Wise Woman!!! I stand with your courage and the eye opening explanation you've given. "You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free!"

[@brentburns5448]

Honest, authentic, intelligent with an amazing ability to unpack these issues seeing them for what they are which is part of the problem and not any solution. I hope her channel grows and more young women and men align themselves with what she explains. Thank you. Alberta Canada

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

It's post-modernism at its finest. It reduces everything to a power struggle.

[@JBplumbing12]

@@jimmoses6617 They overlap

[@michaelkeymont501]

It’s ancient Hebrew Tribalism. They reduced everyone to which tribe they were from, or if none, they were a “gentile”, which they consider the scum of the earth. It has never, ever changed. They simply expanded the system. Instead of the tribes, it is the races and the genders. None of this bullshit applies, or can be applied, to Jewish people. There’s a reason for that. They are, literally and figuratively, above it all. God’s chosen people, the ultimate form of racial and religious supremacy. When you get down to brass tacks, it is the very same claim that the Aryans make, but we call those people racist Nazis for daring to make the same claim Jews have made for thousands of years. The Jews remain a cohesive, unified collective while the Gentiles are divided down into meaningless, impotent, easily controlled groups. Any attempts to unify are met with subversive strategies to keep us divided. We’re at a point in history where we do the dividing to ourselves. No, I do not hate Jews. I’m simply at a point where I’m no longer willing to pretend that this paradigm doesn’t exist, because it does. You can recognize it whenever you hear of oppression. That’s the tool that they use. They convince one group that another group is oppressing them, and that always results in people taking sides. When people take sides, they become divided. Divided, they fall.

[@michaelkeymont501]

@@jimmoses6617 I totally agree. Thank you for your thoughtful and spot on reply. I worked for Bose Corp for 18 years and in a meeting with over 150 participants, someone voiced the concern that “there were way too many white people at the Christmas party…”. It was met with agreement that it was “a concern”. In reality, the company has a very large population of Indian folks who don’t celebrate Christmas and, despite the fact that the party is advertised as a “holiday party”, they simply didn’t come. Likewise, the substantial number of Muslim and Jewish folks didn’t come, likely for similar reasons. At the end of the day, the party was deemed to be racist because so many white people DID choose to join in. While my comment could be misconstrued as “anti-semitic”, the fact is that communism and socialism are verifiably rooted in Judaism. It didn’t just appear out of thin air, and there is significant history of how those ideologies have been pushed in the past, and by who. The line between those who truly hate the Jewish community and those who simply call a spade a spade is NOT thin, but it is made to appear that way, and that is how this is able to continue. My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, was a Jew, as were every one of the apostles, and my spiritual and moral life are predicated on their teachings, which are based on the Torah. Yet, I’ve been called a Nazi so many times I’ve lost count and I no longer even care. The fact is, while I was raised a Catholic, I’ve also come to understand the falsehoods and shortcomings of that religion every bit as much as I do with Judaism and the crazy evangelical Christians, among others. The difference is in the balance of power and influence. There are 2 religions that staunchly oppose abortion, for example - Christians and Muslims. There’s only 1 major Abrahamic religion remaining, and they outspokenly support it. Likewise with the issues of homosexuality and transgenderism, both of which are spoken about at length in the Bible and the Quran, and not in a positive light. I have many criticisms of the Muslim community, but also many areas of agreement. The difference is that Muslims don’t control Hollywood and the Western media, global banking, the porn industry, the debt institutions and so on. Communism and socialism are the tools, but knowing who the tool maker is matters if we are to put an end to what’s being done to us. Even if a person disagrees with my premise, one has to ask himself how the transgender community, which is infinitesimal, has so much power and influence all around the world. Someone else is pushing it, and that someone has enormous influence in the media (social and traditional), education as you point out, and the banking systems.

[@DeepsongProductions]

@@jimmoses6617 Cultural Marxism (Frankfurt School)

[@StopAntiWhiteism]

It's anti my group ism. And that's how it needs to be confronted, not vague language.

[@T6_That]

“It is not A way of seeing things it’s THE way of seeing things; it’s THE TRUTH” “It’s foundational and colors their understanding of relationship dynamics” Spot on. That’s why the work you’re doing is so important 🙏🏽

[@da5007]

The first line sounds like the Christian Church' belief system.

[@caiusKeys]

Yes! Thought it was acceptable to question socialism and social as just one more lens or paradigm, which turned out not to be the case--at all.

[@simonebernacchia5724]

@@da5007 Dogma

[@johnx140]

​@@da5007 and? Stop presuposing relativism. Relativism and atheism are cringe af.

[@uncomfy_truth]

Magnificent woman! Your clarity of thought and vision is wonderful and matched by the intellect and eloquence with which you are able to express what the silent majority are feeling about these crazy times. Brava!

[@ChosenPlaysYT]

This last 5 years is illuminating the best among us very obviously. It’s the ones like you who can still think critically through the storm.

[@paigemccormick6519]

Excellent, sharable definitions and examples. Erudite, truthful, practical. See you all on the road.

[@andilengcizela]

Good for you. Seriously. The climate of illiberalism that exists in today's cultural institutions is quite frightening - that most people in these institutions seem to believe that this illiberalism is "progress" leaves me at a loss for words. You've managed to figure out something that it takes most young people a long time to understand. My hope is that we'll soon graduate to conversations and systems that will usher in true progress and real social justice - and we move away from the violent rhetoric and oppressive critical theories that have captured our institutions. I wish you the best as you continue on your journey.

[@PowderMill]

👍🏼 Ever Notice…. CONSERVATIVE WOMEN are almost always the SMARTEST and PRETTIEST..?? Thank you for a great and very much BASED channel.

[@eslossful]

This is one of the best descriptions of what is going on. Thank you. Keep your focus. There are many of us out here supporting you.

[@FREEMAN-fx3ef]

You are very intelligent and a critical thinker! That’s why “social justice” smells funny to you and to most of us.

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

You're doing a great job of bringing much needed attention to what these toxic people are doing.

[@themeanie.]

Many of the young associates at my place of employment are into social justice. They are extremely sensitive and offended easily and are actually less tolerant of ideas that don't match up to their own. Social Justice makes people less tolerant, and I sometimes believe that is the point.

[@briane173]

It IS the point. To the left, "justice" is a zero-sum game being played at the expense of individual liberty. Give it a few years, we'll all be wearing olive drab fatigues and riding bicycles everywhere.

[@justasimpleguy7211]

"Repressive Tolerance" ~ Herbert Marcuse

[@oinkooink]

That's because this has been the nature of their behaviour modification and social engineering all their life. Here in Australia the education system...the curriculum is communist. Teachers have no idea that they are actively perverting youth. They think they are saving them. They are killing them.

[@danepaulstewart8464]

Very cogent description. Thank you for sharing this.

[@JohnSmith-ks5xw]

Wow. Calm, rational, truthful. So refreshing.

[@douglasweir1]

Kudos to you. I like the way you distinguish critical thinking from the sort thinking behind social justice ideology. I also like the way you promoted the notion of color blindness. Cheers!

[@robertbdavisii9801]

I was confronted with the same question/accusation when I was put through struggle sessions and then ultimately forced out of a masters in counseling.

[@newcures7813]

Thank you for your voice and the heart and soul behind it. 🙏 - I’ve been a yogi/theologian for many years, and I see people having their compassion and empathy leveraged. When I first began speaking about the same things a decade ago, the projections came a flyin’. The amount of relationship damage (interpersonal and social) this type of ideology does is beyond calculation. Like you mentioned about yourself, I went to a school and agreed to all those “principles” that seemed so positive, only to later see how they were really being used as part of a power game. Because I initially bought in hook, line, and sinker, so to speak, I have a lot of empathy for those possessed by this ideology, though I realize how much folks prefer power to compassionate, loving and forgiving correction. “Better to never admit your wrong” seems to be one of the unconscious mottos of this type of ideology - which makes sense - sense redemption, restoration, and harmony seem to be the antithesis to this mindset.

[@Anaximander9]

What a thoughtful and impressive posting about one of our current cultural maladies. Thank you. I grew up poor and had to work throughout my high school and college years at various jobs flipping hamburgers, cabbie, custodian, working in a gum factory, etc. I never considered myself as any sort of victim. My parents never taught us anything of the sort. They taught us that reality was simply something to deal with, difficulties were just something to overcome. Nobody owed us anything. They also taught us an appreciation for living in America, the land of opportunity (for those willing to work for it). We took that opportunity and made the most of it. Hearing about "white privilege" just makes me laugh, particularly because it's usually coming from someone who had a far more privileged life than me.

[@segovia5758]

I have only just chanced on this video. Succinct, insightful and deeply moving. I am 73 year man with liberal education and life long commitment to social justice - opposition to US war in Vietnam, to South African apartheid and the one that dare not speak its name, to gay and feminist rights, to anti racism, to support for the wretched of the earth, but in a word, to social justice. Who wasn't moved when MLK said I want my daughters to grow up in a world where they are defined not by the colour of their skin but by who they are. I know feel isolated, disoriented, scared by Salem withces type hysteria and scared to talk to my educated daughter on the subject feeling that only very real harm would come from it. Bless you and I wish you strength.

[@ac27934]

I would love to hear you elaborate more on various aspects of this, similar to what James Lindsey does. While I find him helpful, his way of articulating things is too dense, jargony, and academic. Your way of speaking captures the essence, in a more relatable, calm, down-to-earth way that I can share with others.

[@mionatermanual6173]

You express "it" better than anyone i have encountered and with such calm and eloquence. What courage and strength you must have to stand alone against this. WOW. The witch from Hansel & Grethe (The Great Mother) is louring hordes of people, afraid, cold, lonely and lost in the forest, into her pancake house currently. Stealing their diamonds and holding them caged with demoralizing lies, while feeding them fat on tales of the land of sugar, so she can consume them. But not you. You have character, strength and integrity to protect you. Great work.

[@00bmx1]

"A philosophy of Anti-Resilience" Brilliant.

[@jdiluigi]

This is a well thought out and well spoken assessment. Good on you for putting this out. It puts me at ease the more I see others being level headed and speaking out about it. Thank you

[@structure9399]

You should talk to Keri Smith at the Deprogrammed podcast.

[@oceania2385]

100%

[@dannny_macdee1015]

All I can say is ..WOW! I have never heard the whole new " social justice" ideology unwrapped and unpacked to this extent before! This is a great tool in understanding and dismantling this social IN-justice movement in such a time as this... I'm gonna share this with a lot of people!!

[@fylosofer]

Thank you so much for such a clear-eyed, thoughtful, objective and very well articulated analysis of social justice ideology.

[@michaela6147]

Roy Potter sent me👍 Thank you for putting out truth. In my opinion, the issue is, that mental illness is not only accepted but encouraged.

[@factslogicplease4776]

thank you! this cool calm & collected approach is what we need.

[@calsmith7902]

I very much appreciate your message! You have my support. Your clear and concise point of view is so important for everyone to hear. God Bless you for taking the time and effort to make these videos. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

[@MrGuanyin]

Your description of social justice is beautiful and worthy of pursuit

[@michaelbeasley5783]

I think your concerns are valid. Thanks for sharing.

[@garthferrell5723]

Kindness and clarity is the right way to respond to “social justice” theory. Well done.

[@kma3647]

I was getting ready to write a nasty comment. Glad I listened all the way through. You expressed what many of us know but with far more eloquence and patience than most of us do. As far as fighting back, we definitely need to start talking more and teaching more. We need to figure out what our values are and more importantly _why_ we hold them. That's what we need to teach others, so that when these poor kids who've been abused their whole lives with SJW dogma hear truth, they'll be able to see it. Ultimately truth will win.

[@jmgmetal]

It would behoove one from a young age to take on an hobby where success can only be achieved via ones effort, where no amount of outside influence makes you better without your own energy expended. If someone is upset because I say “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, it’s because they are under the misconception that I’m automatically privileged due to my skin tone. I AM privileged, but it’s not because of my skin, it’s because I worked for it..I worked hard for it. Anyone can achieve success and it’s been proven over and over again by people of all ethnicity’s, intelligence levels, and physical strengths or weaknesses. How can you be held back when you are of the mindset that you can’t be stopped? Victims are lazy and they can suuuuuuck it. I’ll never pander to their gaslighting.

[@pedantic70]

People who have worked hard to build a great house (or life) have earned the right of living in it. It's not "unearned privilege". It's "earned right".

[@machinotaur]

Good video, very cogent. My only real point of disagreement is that the worst case scenario is not backlash or civil war, it's continuing on the same path we're on. I'd rather not do either; but every day that we allow this insidious simmer to continue, lives are damaged and relationships destroyed by this dark ideology.

[@johnbrown4568]

Great work. Please continue to build your video offerings and become familiar with the work of Stephen Hicks, James Lindsay, Christopher Ruffo, et al...

[@johngaller9277]

Brave is applied to far too many things these days. So much so it has lost a bit of what it means when used. That said, it is encouraging to have run across your videos. I wish you well and will try to follow along as you face the trials you've taken up against your university. Your intelligence is obvious and you seem to be a genuinely kind women. It is hoped you persevere.

[@lilyweatherwaxHRH]

I also am sick of ‘brave, very over-used (I don't believe in altruism, either 🤷‍♀️) Some people are _driven_ to do this sort of thing, they _must_ do it, are compelled by some inner fire that needs to find the truth. On House MD, Wilson called him a ‘reality junkie.’ Nothing else satisfies til you’ve dug down to the molten core.

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

"brave" is becoming as meaningless as racist or nazi. You're brave if you sit on twitter and tell a conservative they are evil. That's not brave. You're brave if you're a black man playing basketball, cause blacks are soooo oppressed. Making millions of dollars to do what countless black men have done is not brave. Brave has become so meaningless because people have no idea what true courage or bravery or heroism is. We no longer see Viet Vets on the sidewalk, like in my youth, reminding us real bravery.

[@linuxnutcase4730]

You are so insightful into social justice

[@hollymauk8008]

I really do feel for you. I see the heartbreak in your eyes, and hear it in your voice, over how you were deceived. I really hope there are more young people that are beginning to realize this, too. The concepts of what constitutes honor, truth, and integrity have been stolen, or hidden, from so many people like you. Thank you for speaking out. I wish you success and better days going forward.

[@theopinionisthighqualityopinio]

This comment is truly sad. I'm an apolitical woman and can only guess that you haven't bothered to take a look at this scammer's blog or Substack. Are you aware of the fact that she has an established psychology practice that offers "trans deprogramming"? Are you aware of the fact that she's old enough to have had four children? Are you aware of just how many sites she has asking for funds? She also has two years of law school under her belt. This is no poor young student. She's been at Antioch for at least two years and the problem didn't start just a month ago. She clearly states that she's starting a YT channel about "various issues" and then she asks for suggestions for topics. The "heartbreak" and "fear" that you BELIEVE you've seen is nothing more than a very savvy woman who is interested in pushing her own business and making money off of the gullible people like you, who've come to this channel believing it's something "real." It's not and neither is she.

[@hollymauk8008]

@@theopinionisthighqualityopinio so absolutely NO ONE is allowed to make a comment that doesn’t agree with your skewed, brainwashed view of the world. Whatever her background, she is not the only person I have heard voicing this kind of despair. The truly sad part in this is that your world view is the only one you feel has value. Yours is not a ‘high quality opinion’, it is only your opinion. Nothing wrong with that, but stomping all over others’ opinions IS wrong.

[@reaganjanaerichard5009]

I sent this to some of my younger friends because this has to be heard. People need to think very hard about these things and ask themselves if equal outcomes is actually worth sacrificing your right to choose your outcomes by your actions. The latter will certainly have its bouts of pain and hardship but comes with equal freedoms for all people. The first will promise equal outcomes, inevitably fail because it's basically impossible to manipulate things that way because we aren't machines, and will absolutely lead to misery and more bitterness because we will feel dependent on the government which seeks to control us. That's actually how that will go down. All humans must start with varying degrees of disadvantage, and we should see to help each other in every way we can, but we can not allow the government to FORCE each of us to give. That will destroy us. It absolutely will.

[@halloffame544]

Fantastic. Spot on. Wish I had a cheat sheet to study so I could internalize and use when having conversations about this.

[@stevew1669]

Thank you for this. A calm well reasoned and honest critique of the current default ideology. It is now insidiously at the heart of not only our educational and counselling systems, but also our corporate and political systems. Its eradication is urgent. Your insights are inspiring. There are new movements like National Conservativism which are positive signs, but we must all speak out and proactively join forces. God bless you!

[@markcounseling]

Social Justice as "a philosophy of anti-resilience" ... very nicely put. Regarding the post Civil Rights generation's version of color-blindness, "We wait for a person to show us who they are" -- also really well said. That's what therapists should be doing. It's also interesting that this aphorism "What does not kill me makes me stronger" is by Nietzsche, whose analysis of master and slave morality included especially the concept of "ressentiment", which seems integral to the Social Justice movement. Given Nazism and the horrible things done everywhere and at all times to oppressed people, it can seem hard-hearted, perhaps, to analyze a form of morality that can arise out of being subjugated and call it lacking. But there is the unfortunate psychological fact, popularized by Steven Karpman, of the tendency for us to engage in the "Drama Triangle" of Victim, Abuser, and Rescuer -- moving from role to role without ever finding a way out of it. And so resentment creates more injury creating more resentment; and helpers become abusers, etc. The only way out that I see is a turn inward (with help, sometimes, from a therapist who will guide in rather than out) and the willingness to take radical self-responsibility for one's life, no matter what has happened to oneself. Not easy at all but better than the alternative.

[@theradicalcenter]

Yes, I agree with you. It is an inner process, and while another person (mentor/friend/counselor etc) can help one do this, motivation must be found within oneself. External direction can appear callous and dismissive. The cliche I mention in the video and you cite here is not a favorite of mine, but it comes easily to mind because I watched as students in one of my counseling courses reacted very strongly to it in class, as if it were obscenely offensive. Curiously, there were two or three foreign born (non-western) students present, and they perceived it differently than the American students: to them it was an encouragement to strength, triumph over adversity, and perseverance. The contrast was interesting to me, and the vehemence of the American students' reaction telling of the unanimity of thought among those who adopt the SJ mindset.

[@markcounseling]

@@theradicalcenter I live in Germany now and have met a number of Africans. It's been interesting to experience their lack of our heavy cultural baggage. The interaction feels very fresh, between unencumbered equals. Whereas racialized blacks and whites in the US see each other through our story of slavery and all that's happened since, and it's as if we each bring levels of guilt, shame, resentment, and discomfort to our interactions. Even if those are not present, it's as if they're in the air, waiting to be picked up at any moment. It's a difficult situation, painful for all. MLK had the basic key! I see Sheena Mason and others like her carrying on that work.

[@teerex4626]

Wow, very well written and expressed. Thanks had rear several times, so much content.

[@simonebernacchia5724]

Asking people to be self aware and realize they have agency? I see it at "let's cross the galaxy" level of difficulty: hope we have walls strong enough to stop the wandering bullets

[@markcounseling]

@@simonebernacchia5724 As a primate, I agree with you. But there also seems to be this other possibility. Don't know how far we can take it as a group, but there is at least the myth of Shangri-La, which gives me a sort of hope.

[@Adrian-Sighisoara.]

Good work you are doing, God bless you and keep you safe, I have said few years ago that the real epidemic is too many sociopaths and narcissistic people in Governments around the world in high places of the government and the majority is unaware of this deceiving and laying society we live in.

[@bobmccarroll7876]

Brilliant...and so eloquently stated. Thank you!

[@matthewdelap5404]

What an exemplary summation of how social justice is integral in furthering the divide of our great nation . I commend you and thank you for sharing !

[@voltomike]

Excellent explanation. Thank you for posting this as we need as many people as possible to push back against this horrible attitude and lack of personal responsibility.

[@dougmann777]

This is an intelligent and fair summary of SJ ideology. I laughed at your point about anti-resilience, since I recently made a similar general point about modern students to someone who immediately rejected it for ideological reasons. Yet thinking about it calmly, the idea of resilience, or standing up for yourself, are almost universal virtues in all cultures except the postmodern West. I would make a sharper distinction between equality of opportunity (preferably behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance) and equity, which is clearly about a redistribution of resources to those who claim (usually past) experiences of oppression.

[@douglasolsen6861]

Equity is about the same outcome for all. OUTCOME!

[@dougmann777]

@@douglasolsen6861 Not really. Let's say there's a job open with a good salary. Let's say 100 people apply for the job. That means 99 don't get hired. Who gets hired? Under the regime of equity, it's probably not the best qualified person. It's the person with the approved identity characteristics, i.e. the ones that show the greatest level of victimhood. There's no "same outcome" here, not even on a macro scale. X gets the job, everyone else does not.😃

[@margaretwinson402]

Wow - what a great speaker you are! I wish you were incorrect about this, but it's spot on.

[@lindsaygt]

Extreme justice is extreme injustice. - Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE)

[@jdwhite5892]

Finally, a sane, clear, and impassioned view. Please update this with your "long version"! Would love to hear it and pass it along.

[@jmgmetal]

If I ever see you anywhere out and about I’m giving you a high five.

[@jonsnow5943]

If you’d like to strategize or would like a sounding board on how to pivot, earn, and exploit your good natured, authentic, and beautiful brain, I am here for you. We all are. You are so well positioned. I hope you know that. I hope you take this fleeting moment and grab it with both hands. Our society needs a voice like yours. I am sharing your sub stack and utoob with a few influential friends. Best wishes to you. I will be reading your sub stack tonight so I can be better informed about this crucial societal and political times.

[@pdxyadayada]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences. You’ve got a good head on your shoulders…hang in there..

[@jameskrobar7814]

My parents never taught me about social justice. They taught me to bust my azz, work hard, keep my head down, my mouth shut, and be humble. Their formula worked well for me and I amd very successful. I’m teaching my kids the same thing.

[@ifishcatfish]

i dont know why youtube suggested that to me, but i've never heard anyone express that so clearly and eloquently. By the way, i feel the winds are changing. The perversion has reached such extremes that even people who considered themselves left are not ready to follow such policies. Thank you for everything you are doing!

[@psusac]

These ideological zealots are undermining the credibility and legitimacy of the counseling profession.

[@AndyWearsPants]

100% There are already stats linking it to rising suicide rates in men.

[@jmgmetal]

They’re ruining everything

[@psusac]

@@jmgmetal Yeah, wokeness is pretty much a cultural universal acid isn't it?

[@silaslizzie43]

They're undermining the counseling profession and more interested in turning out ideologues instead of critical thinkers and ethical counselors. That said, I went to a 'social justice' college and received a degree in counseling. While I wouldn't say I learned much from exposure to zealots, I did come to a clearer understanding of the problems of indoctrination as a poor substitute for education. Not everyone drinks the Kool-aid.

[@CarobMarcelle]

November 7th is victims of Mao day. I’m so glad that people of your generation have courage. I agree we are pushing that dial. As a mixed race person on the center right who does have empathy, I share your fear.

[@kxkxkxkx]

Everyone is mixed race☝️

[@JeepCherokeeful]

@@kxkxkxkx sure, but I can trace my current mix back hundreds of years on both sides.

[@michaelkeymont501]

You just can’t say anything without mentioning your racial status, can you? You are the problem as long as you continue doing that.

[@CarobMarcelle]

@@michaelkeymont501 no I’m actually not. I only mention it because in cases like this. They need to see they are hurting the people they intend to help. I’m NOT what you are projecting. If you are watching Leslie’s videos I’d say we are likely on the same side. Character is what matters. Being a decent human.

[@michaelkeymont501]

@@CarobMarcelle we probably ARE on the same side. That said, if you’re going to bring up your race - for any reason whatsoever - I wish you weren’t on my side. Try to make your point without ever mentioning your race. Really. See if you can do it. The truth is, without that mention, you didn’t make any point at all, other than to state that you share fear. There are people of every generation that have courage, so that’s not a valid point that was made either. Everyone, except for psychopaths, has empathy. That’s literally the thing that qualifies a person as a psychopath… Both the use of racial status as a credential and the talk of fear are purely leftist approaches to discussing a topic. You don’t need either, and both detract from the conversation. Every sentence that starts off with “as a…” followed by where you fit in the spectrum of identity politics IS using identity politics, and that shit has to stop. That’s from where they derive power. Because you said that, I know that you and I aren’t on the same EXACT side, because I’m not mixed race. It only took you 4 sentences to tell people how you’re different from them. I say all of this with love and in the hope that we can learn to identify how they’ve tricked us into dividing ourselves into meaningless groups by always labeling ourselves by race, gender etc. Give it some thought. I’ve said all of this without telling you my race or gender or which “generation” I fall into. I don’t need to. That info wouldn’t add anything meaningful to the discussion.

[@djgrab1]

Very frustrating to know exactly what story your former “colleagues” (congregants) will tell themselves about you once you’ve defected. Reminds me of Scientology or that Warren Jeffs cult. Reputation version of fire and brimstone. We admire your bravery!

[@OscarMikeF150]

This thought process is so insightful AND inciteful. The thumb suckers aren’t going to like it. But thank you for taking the time to articulate what I’ve known but could not express as rationally as you have here.