/lit/ - Literature

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I'm afraid this is true. Although you might be able to convince people who are still on the fence, those who have been exposed to the ideology for too long eventually become completely immune to counterarguments. They will go as far as to attack open discourse itself, because they've conceptualized everything as a power struggle between various identity groups; discourse is a means to an end, and the end is power. They don't even believe in the concept of truth, and will view your arguments as a cynical attempt of subversion that needs to be nipped in the bud.

Take the book "White fragility", one of the most popular non-fiction books in years. Its central premise is a Kafka-trap: if you get accused of showing white fragility, any form of rebuttal is itself seen as your white fragility manifesting itself. This turns what is essentialy a valid claim (some white people are super reactionary when talking about race) into a cynical rhetorical device used to silence the opposition. This is the game they play. It isn't about truth, it's about winning the argument by any means necessary.