21 September 2021
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James Lindsay climbs aboard the Trump train
David Ottlinger and journalist Cathy Young discuss the controversial anti-woke crusader's support for Donald Trump.
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In this video:
- A plea to the weary to return to the Woke Wars
- Who is James Lindsay?
- Lindsay’s book, Cynical Theories
- Lindsay’s other critiques of wokeness
- The religion of wokeness, the religion of anti-wokeness
- Lindsay jumps on the Trump train (starts shoveling coal)
- The anti-semitism thing
- David: In a way, Lindsay is on the side of BLM
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