Statement on New York Times Article

Re:Statement on New York Times Article by mgamache on Sunday February 14, 2021 @12:35AM (#26129964)

Hypotheses:

I am wondering if these 'hit pieces' are more like sermons of The Church of the NYT. Deriding sinners and their evil ways. They are not meant to reflect an objective reality, but hyperbole to act as a cautionary tale with enough plausible sounding details to allow the prefrontal cortex to accept them. A modern This way there be dragons Or Reefer Madness. The NYT has found it's tithing flock and they are pandering all the way to the bank.

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Re:Statement on New York Times Article by dohnuts1919 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @05:31AM (#26131114)

Much of this behavior becomes a lot easier to understand when you realise that "wokeism" is a religion. I don't mean that ironically. John McWhorter is currently serialising a book on this topic on his own Substack, and he's far from the only person to make the observation.

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Re:Statement on New York Times Article by deathlight on Sunday February 14, 2021 @11:46PM (#26139200)

Serendipitously relevant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/03/25/is-everything-a-religi...

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