Identity Crisis Episode 23: The End of the Beginning

June 27, 2021

In this episode we make a special announcement and look back over some of our favorite past episodes of Identity Crisis.

Links:
https://4w.pub/all-my-friends-are-poly/

The woke left is to left as ersatz coffee is to coffee

Woke

One of the hallmarks of today’s woke left is to conflate speech with violence. Fearful of the ‘harm’ that might be experienced from hearing certain words, the woke left has become widely confused about the issue of free speech in general and between speech and literal, physical violence.

In New Zealand this week, Posie Parker was assaulted as she tried to speak–a mob surrounded her and forced her off the stage and ultimately out of the country. The group that prevented her from speaking has taken to social media to declare a great victory.

Mark White | Mar 26, 2023

Featured Feminism Janette Higgins

Daughter of Spanish Civil War veteran speaks out about identity politics

Opinion

“I couldn’t be myself,” or words to that effect: It was written in pencil on a piece of scrap foolscap I found amongst my father‘s papers after he died in 1982. He wrote that sentiment in 1977 when he was working on his memoir. My father’s name was Jim Higgins, and his book is called Fighting for Democracy: a Canadian Activist in Spain’s Civil War. It was not published until 2020.

Janette Higgins | Mar 3, 2023

Cancel Culture Capitalism Featured Plebity

Hello, do you know the difference? The Raytheon, Goldman Sachs left is not the left.

Chart

Dear Liberals or Conservatives,

When you say left, you probably aren’t actually talking about the left. Find another name. Or at least understand the difference between the woke left and the traditional left which although largely silenced does still exist.

Here is a crude guide for liberals and conservatives who want to know the difference. See the chart.

Plebity | Nov 13, 2022