He mentions SJWs using poor minorities as mascots for their vision.
The part about SJW @10:55
tactics: Among them are lies, character assassination, and humiliation.
Sowell goes on to say that SJWs, after using these bad tactics, become too committed to the vision to either go back and reexamine their premise or abandon the moral crusade. In this way they victimize themselves.
His description seems to fit social justice warriors perfectly, even in the 90s before Twitter, Tumblr, SA, Reddit, etc. Pre-internet authoritarian left using alinskyite tactics to eliminate disparities not just caused by society, but also those attributed to cosmic chance.
Here is a similar written version of the speech:http://tsowell.com/spquestc.html
I thought it was interesting.
Tell me your thoughts on it?
The part about SJW @10:55
tactics: Among them are lies, character assassination, and humiliation.
Sowell goes on to say that SJWs, after using these bad tactics, become too committed to the vision to either go back and reexamine their premise or abandon the moral crusade. In this way they victimize themselves.
His description seems to fit social justice warriors perfectly, even in the 90s before Twitter, Tumblr, SA, Reddit, etc. Pre-internet authoritarian left using alinskyite tactics to eliminate disparities not just caused by society, but also those attributed to cosmic chance.
Here is a similar written version of the speech:http://tsowell.com/spquestc.html
I thought it was interesting.
Tell me your thoughts on it?