IN DEFENSE OF REALITY

Episode 3: Cancel Culture In this episode we explain what cancel culture is, its connection to the Social Justice worldview, its similarity to other revolutionary movements in history, and its relationship to evil. 0:00 - Intro 3:13 - Definitions 6:30 - Comparison of left and right views of cancel culture 19:21 - Cancel culture as an extension of the Social Justice revolution (the important part) 29:12 - Cancel culture in historical context (a look at the French, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions) 42:40 - Cancel culture in moral context 48:32 - What to do about it Links: Cancel Culture Is Only Getting Worse, Evan Gerstmann https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/09/13/cancel-culture-is-only-getting-worse/?sh=587ea8b63f4d Why we can’t stop fighting about cancel culture: Is cancel culture a mob mentality, or a long overdue way of speaking truth to power? Aja Romano https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/30/20879720/what-is-cancel-culture-explained-history-debate Kicking people off social media isn’t about free speech: The debate over deplatforming Trump has overshadowed how effective social media bans are at fighting extremism. Aja Romano https://www.vox.com/culture/22230847/deplatforming-free-speech-controversy-trump Krystina Arielle of Lucasfilm says racist stuff https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/01/22/star-wars-and-lucasfilm-officially-support-calling-all-white-people-racist/ Letter from Stalinist student (see p. 8-9) https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/1994-808-04-Fitzpatrick.pdf Contact: contact@indefenseofreality.com Website: indefenseofreality.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indefenseofreality Music: Battle Cry by Rhythm Scott

Episode 2 - Fat Phobia Intro - 0:20 Fat Phobia - 4:00 Links https://www.babyschooling.com/learning-center/life-guides/21-things-to-stop-saying-unless-you-hate-fat-people/ https://projecthumanities.asu.edu/content/thin-privilege-checklist https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/07/no-fatphobia-recovery-advocacy/ https://everydayfeminism.com/2014/04/new-directions-bopo-movement/ https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/01/body-neg-msg-body-positivity/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/12/body-positivity-has-had-its-day-lets-find-peace-with-ourselves Contact: contact@indefenseofreality.com Website: indefenseofreality.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indefenseofreality Music: Battle Cry by Rhythm Scott

Episode 1 - Intro and Ableism Intro to the podcast - 0:30 What is Social Justice? - 4:22 Ableism - 12:35 Links https://www.accessliving.org/newsroom/blog/ableism-101/ https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/05/a-cure-for-ableism/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2020/10/25/words-matter-and-its-time-to-explore-the-meaning-of-ableism/?sh=75f075eb7162 https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/03/neurodiversity-101/ https://neurocosmopolitanism.com/neuroqueer-an-introduction/ Contact: contact@indefenseofreality.com Website: indefenseofreality.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indefenseofreality Music: Battle Cry by Rhythm Scott

Intro to the podcast - 0:20 What is Social Justice? - 4:17 Ableism - 16:00 Links https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/early-white-male-privilege/ https://www.accessliving.org/newsroom/blog/ableism-101/ https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/05/a-cure-for-ableism/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2020/10/25/words-matter-and-its-time-to-explore-the-meaning-of-ableism/?sh=75f075eb7162 https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/03/neurodiversity-101/ https://neurocosmopolitanism.com/neuroqueer-an-introduction/ Contact: contact@indefenseofreality.com Website: indefenseofreality.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indefenseofreality Intro music: Battle in the East by Rhythm Scott Outro music: Battle Cry by Rhythm Scott