As I’ve said in previous posts, I’m a big sportsball fan, but with the absence of sports, the new contact sport of choice is extreme cancel culture. There is a new instance in which cancel culture would be applied except the dynamics at play in this game may shield the next victim of the cancel culture mob.
DeSean Jackson, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, said something that would be categorized as incredibly stupid in the most subtle terms. Jackson used some passages from Adolf Hitler (the real one, not the orange one) to explain how the real ‘Children of Israel’ were actually black as a way to swing at the Jews. He has also shared similar ideas from Louis Farrakhan.
Some right-wingers are calling for the Eagles to release Jackson as a result of this insanely stupid comment, and they also claim if Jackson was not black or if the comments he made couldn’t be spun as some sort of tangential support for the demonstrations we have seen in the past few weeks, he would have been released by the team immediately. I think there is some validity to this assumption, and the heat isn’t off of Jackson yet. Jackson has apologized twice so far to the public and the Eagles organization. But should we accept it?
I know taking the ‘high road’ doesn’t really buy you the social capital it once did because the low road is just so much easier to navigate (and often boosts your Twitter following), but not only should the high road be taken, it should be thrown in cancel culture’s face. If I were a public official with strong public influence, let’s say the POTUS, I would publicly shame Jackson for the ignorance and bigotry he revealed on social media, and then say the Eagles should keep him on the team if he can show a change in behavior. Dude is a football player, not freakin’ Aristotle. He made dumb comments in a very dumb world, currently. Ignorance should be forgiven, but if there is no behavioral change, real maliciousness and bigotry should be condemned in the strongest possible way.
Quoting Hitler while neglecting the full context of his ideas (quick history lesson: he wasn’t a fan of black people) is stupid, but not accepting forgiveness and not rejecting cancel culture is even stupider… more stupid… stupidlier. You get it.
If you disagree, which many of you might with good reason, please comment and let me know what you think.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/us/desean-jackson-eagles-antisemitic-post-trnd/index.html
I was listening to some news updates when I heard this CNN clip about the potentially hazardous water in East Palestine, and as soon as I heard her ask the question about whether or not her guest would drink the water, I IMMEDIATELY thought of this clip from South Park. Enjoy.
In this special episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, Truman from Return To Reason is back for a new video and podcast series titled ‘Revisiting The Road To Serfdom’ where we review F.A. Hayek’s classic work, The Road To Serfdom. This episode covers ‘Chapter 15: The Prospects of International Order’.
This will be an ongoing series that covers the entire book. We put a ton of work into making this insightful and relevant, so we hope you enjoy watching/listening as much as we enjoyed reading and recording.
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In this episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, I team up with Truman from @ReturnToReason to interview one of the most intelligent and influential creators in the space of philosophy today. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and Senior Scholar at The Atlas Society. He has written many books including Explaining Postmodernism and Nietzsche and the Nazis. We bring him on to talk about the social and political issues we are currently facing in America, and the West more broadly, and what the collectivist ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau might have to do with it.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
In this special episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, Truman from Return To Reason is back for a new video and podcast series titled ‘Revisiting The Road To Serfdom’ where we review F.A. Hayek’s classic work, The Road To Serfdom. This episode covers ‘Chapter 15: The Prospects of International Order’.
This will be an ongoing series that covers the entire book. We put a ton of work into making this insightful and relevant, so we hope you enjoy watching/listening as much as we enjoyed reading and recording.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
In this episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, I team up with Truman from @ReturnToReason to interview one of the most intelligent and influential creators in the space of philosophy today. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and Senior Scholar at The Atlas Society. He has written many books including Explaining Postmodernism and Nietzsche and the Nazis. We bring him on to talk about the social and political issues we are currently facing in America, and the West more broadly, and what the collectivist ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau might have to do with it.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
In this special episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, Truman from @ReturnToReason is back for a new video and podcast series titled ‘Revisiting The Road To Serfdom’ where we review F.A. Hayek’s classic work, The Road To Serfdom. This episode covers ‘Chapter 14: Material Conditions and Ideal Ends’.
This will be an ongoing series that covers the entire book. We put a ton of work into making this insightful and relevant, so we hope you enjoy watching/listening as much as we enjoyed reading and recording.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
