Despite their epistemic certainty, they also seem fond of baiting progressives into debate -- though I interpret this more of a tactic to get progressives to waste time on a debate that will go nowhere, when that time could have been better spent advancing progressive causes. I think that where progressives struggle is that they feel the need to respond, because the statements often cause harem, but the response should take the form of talking to others *about* why the statements are harmful, rather than trying to talk directly to the Christo-fascist. (Did you happen to see Justin Buhr's delegation at the WRDSB? I thought he did a fantastic job of this.)
Interested to hear your thoughts on the current uproar within the WCDSB regarding twitter posts of a trustee critical of the “christofacist patriarchy” which drew vocal and angry response from right wing groups including Campaign Life Coalition and Rebel Media - https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2023/05/02/waterloo-catholic-district-school-board-hiring-consultant-to-investigate-alleged-code-of-conduct-breach.html
Oh this is interesting! I'm going to have to read a little bit more about it!
Despite their epistemic certainty, they also seem fond of baiting progressives into debate -- though I interpret this more of a tactic to get progressives to waste time on a debate that will go nowhere, when that time could have been better spent advancing progressive causes. I think that where progressives struggle is that they feel the need to respond, because the statements often cause harem, but the response should take the form of talking to others *about* why the statements are harmful, rather than trying to talk directly to the Christo-fascist. (Did you happen to see Justin Buhr's delegation at the WRDSB? I thought he did a fantastic job of this.)
Very interesting read!