AnarchoNinaWrites
Just for clarity - I have 2 books by that guy on my shelf; like I said, it's hard to know in ADVANCE that someone is going to zip screaming down the fascist slip and slide because they've been "cancelled" for having abhorrent positions on other ppl's existence - see also, Matt Taibbi, who used to be one of my fave writers before he completely lost the plot.
I'm not BLAMING you, I'm saying "ditch Fink, he's a shitheel who thinks Ben Shapiro is wrong about everything but "wokeism" and queers."
AnarchoNinaWrites
I will say this tho, even when he's supposedly saying GOOD things, Finkelstein works pretty hard to FRAME those good things in a language and viewpoint that wouldn't be all that out of place on Breitbart. Even in the piece you're all sharing right now, he's actively weaponizing his support for Palestine to push a winger agenda, and Jacobin is happily allowing that to stand - see below:
AnarchoNinaWrites
"In recent years, because of the emergence of the identity-politics, cancel-culture ambiance on college campuses, the whole issue of free speech and academic freedom has become severely clouded. I have opposed any restrictions on free speech, and I oppose the identity-politics cancel culture on the grounds of preserving free speech."
THIS is your important intellectual figure who absolutely must be heard when he's otherwise saying nothing you can't get elsewhere in this movement? Couldn't be me
Yakyu Night Owl
@AnarchoNinaWrites *whispers* One of the least savory things is being a privileged minority who has their voice elevated for reasons, and talking trash about identity politics. It shows a childlike lack of self-awareness.
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