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ORIGINAL: naughtynick81
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so-SG2TjaEk
A great example on how contemporary feminist theory is generally based on assumption, NOT FACT.
We are supposed to believe feminist theory by faith, not by actual hard factual evidence. This is what you define as dogma.
I didn't watch the video, although there was a link to the transcript for it, for those who would rather read a transcript than sit through a video.
From the transcript:
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Today is no different; it’s just that the dogma in question has changed. The clergy has been replaced by academia, the pontiff has been replaced by the university professor, and the pulpit has been replaced by the powerpoint presentation. What was once known as a service may now be known as a “seminar”, but in truth, if you swap the references to supernatural deities with references towards equality and diversity, the 2 institutions are practically interchangeable.
The premises held by gender studies students today are just as faith based as the premises held by the theocratic crusaders that came before them, and questioning their moral beliefs will provoke the same indignation. Those who dissent from their worldview may no longer be labelled as heretics, but the word heretic has not been done away with, it’s just been replaced by words such as misogynist, bigot, and xenophobe, and whilst there were once such things as blasphemy laws to deal with the heretics; today, in many regions we have hate-speech laws instead, which are basically the same thing. Speech which is deemed immoral by the dominant ideological narrative is deemed to warrant direct action designed to discourage it. Regardless of what freedoms those who fall outside of such a worldview are denied as a result.
Whilst many people like to convince themselves that modernity is a paragon of enlightenment; in reality, with moralistic ideologies such as feminism colluding with the state (as well as with numerous multinational corporations) to limit their opponent’s narrative from gaining traction, we’re living in little more than a modern day theocracy, and as one of the modern day “heretics”, I have gradually grown very sceptical towards much of modern academia as a result.
I don't agree that we live in a modern theocracy, or if we do, it's not an absolute theocracy. If anything, it seems we have two competing factions of theocrats. They both use tactics which are similar to each other, even if they're from opposite sides of the argument.
I also don't think that people should boycott academia or even that academia is the problem here. Academia is very much a part of our society, but I would question just how much influence and sway they have with the general public and the overall political attitudes in this country.
You may have researched this more than I have, Nick, so perhaps you can correct me if I'm wrong. However, I've discerned a difference between the typical college campus feminist and the Hollywood/pop culture/talk show feminists which seem to grab more of the limelight and create the image of "feminism" as it may exist in the eyes of the general public. When you speak of double standards and hypocrisy, I think it's more the Hollywood feminists who display those qualities and embrace the double standards. Academia feminists seem rather quaint and less influential by comparison.
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