@Neofugue1 @LawrenceGerald @Starprophet1 @HonkHonkBoom He either displays complete ignorance of how the leftist mind actually works or simply wants to get close to the neoliberal power structure. The former is inexcusable for a person like him.

The leftist academic is not motivated by petty things us plebs value like “logic” and “clear thinking”. The leftist is irrational and usually has other motivations for his beliefs. Usually, power is one of the few things a leftist understands. To try to get them to “question Progressivism” is a fool’s errand. Their motivation for believing that shit is entirely irrational. They may make all sorts of pretensions about how rational and enlightened they are but all of that is bullshit lies and deception.

Just try logically refuting some of their inviolable tenets like materialism and you’ll see actual seething hatred from said academics. These people are not the kind that you can win over by rational argumentation. Dialectic is pointless if the desire for truth is not mutual. All you have without this mutual desire is force and violence.