I see. I took your statement about not expecting leaders of academia to renounce their faith as meaning some large number of these people were true believers.
It is fascinating how totalitarian impulses are cloaked as being sensitive and caring, and therefore any criticism is easily turned back onto the critic as a monster. Many decades ago when I was an undergraduate I used to joke about “the tyranny of the warm and fuzzy” and loved calling out people who tried to control others under the guise of sensitivity. I always had ready listeners. Those days are long gone.
"It is fascinating how totalitarian impulses are cloaked as being sensitive and caring, and therefore any criticism is easily turned back onto the critic as a monster."
Protecting a house of cards requires such maneuvers.
I see. I took your statement about not expecting leaders of academia to renounce their faith as meaning some large number of these people were true believers.
It is fascinating how totalitarian impulses are cloaked as being sensitive and caring, and therefore any criticism is easily turned back onto the critic as a monster. Many decades ago when I was an undergraduate I used to joke about “the tyranny of the warm and fuzzy” and loved calling out people who tried to control others under the guise of sensitivity. I always had ready listeners. Those days are long gone.
"It is fascinating how totalitarian impulses are cloaked as being sensitive and caring, and therefore any criticism is easily turned back onto the critic as a monster."
Protecting a house of cards requires such maneuvers.