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As Donald Trump fades away, beware of the rise of "scientific fascism".
We have race realists who hide racism in statistics.
We have scientific fascists who attempt to use "science" as a political tool to push back against egalitarian practices.
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We have race realists who hide racism in statistics.
We have scientific fascists who attempt to use "science" as a political tool to push back against egalitarian practices.
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Like race realists who would never say non-whites are inferior, but instead come in through the back door Charles Murray style with genetics, scientific fascists use "Enlightenment" values, "science" and a "we are all individuals" ideology to...
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...to push back against policies and practices that respect the unique experiences of non-whites, women, and sexual minorities.
Notice how any idea that seeks to explain racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia is immediately questioned as being "unscientific".
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Notice how any idea that seeks to explain racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia is immediately questioned as being "unscientific".
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Examples?
"lived experiences"
"safe spaces"
"white fragility"
"heteronormativity"
"systemic racism"
"toxic masculinity"
"microaggressions"
These ideas are given special treatment by scientific fascists.
Also...
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"lived experiences"
"safe spaces"
"white fragility"
"heteronormativity"
"systemic racism"
"toxic masculinity"
"microaggressions"
These ideas are given special treatment by scientific fascists.
Also...
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...notice the push to remove courses that focus on the unique experiences of ethnic and racial groups in favor of universal Western (read: white) course content.
Notice the assault on ethnic and gender studies programs with the assertion they are not scientific.
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Notice the assault on ethnic and gender studies programs with the assertion they are not scientific.
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Notice how many social justice advocates are denigrated as being less intelligent, and their ideas are seen as being riddled with "logical fallacies" (read: they are not as smart as we are).
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Inherent in these critiques is a sense of intellectual and cultural hierarchy: "My way is better than your way, my culture is more valuable than yours, my experiences are more worthy of study than yours."
I am superior to you.
This is scientific fascism.
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I am superior to you.
This is scientific fascism.
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