This is the second-half of a blog post which details an overview of the Post-Modern/Woke Movement in the 20th century. It’s a detailed backdrop against which the Woke tactics can be viewed in an attempt to explain how we got here and what we need to do to save our profession. Find the first half of this post here. Irrational Rhetoric To Rule Them All We’re not talking about language as you and I know it. The overall strategy goes much deeper than this but a consistently fluid deconstruction and re-write of words and phrases and normalization of associated concepts is a large part of the strategy. When you dismantle Reason, Individualism, Objectivism, and Realism then you are free to…

I remind you that Modernism is the predominant philosophy of thought in America. It started in England in the 1500’s, transformed the British economy and was quickly picked up by the French. The Germans toyed with the concept for a while before historical events conspired (French Revolution and Napoleon) to frighten the Germans into a full-blown Counter-Modernist posture. The next 3-4 generations of mostly German academic thinkers worked on perfecting their body of thought by first confirming the destruction of Reason and Individualism, then adding numerous layers of head-shaking conclusions. The next logical step was to migrate it from its academic towers to the battlefields and marketplaces. War as A Societal Advancement Tool Oddly, and this is well documented in…

In a recent email I used the term, “war on Woke stupidity”. One reader asked me what I meant by that and while I thought that was fairly obvious from prior posts on the topic I responded to his fair and straight-forward question. My reply appears below with some additional material added having had more time to ponder my original response. Grateful for the opportunity to provide a little background history. My Response Begins…. “I don’t think we’ve met yet so I apologize if you’re already familiar with what I’m about to share, but since you asked, the phrase in question requires some context. Bear with me for a few minutes and I’ll circle back and address your question directly…

Any era of philosophical thought is played out in at least two stages: the academic arena where ideas are hammered out and refined, and the societal level where they are tested and police cars and careers burn. Part 2 requires that all of the lofty ideas, ivory-tower terms, and academic run-on sentences be distilled into a small handful of easily digestible, cause-oriented soundbites. That way the average disgruntled college student (or unemployed activist) can wrap his head around it and get behind a cause that gives his life some purpose. We’re 70 years deep into Part 2 of a philosophical social experiment called Post-Modernism. “Woke” is the pedestrian, popular name for it. That’s history for another discussion, but that’s where…