Quillette Podcast
Understanding Gender Radicalism and White Racial Guilt as Ersatz Religious Movements
Sep 2, 2023
Jonathan Kay and Kushal Mehra discuss the radicalized beliefs and rituals of progressive politics, the cultish movement of gender dysphoria, disbeliever movements and guilt in Canadian public life, the obsession with white aggression, exploring religious privilege, and the importance of moral responsibility and freedom of expression.
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- The focus on creating new genders is turning into a kind of rainbow religion for youth, which raises concerns about the direction of the gender debate.
- The rise of guilt and tribalism in Canadian society has led to a culture focused on self-flagellation and guilt for historical wrongs, with rituals and movements associated with this guilt resembling religious practices.
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The Canadian approach to gender debate compared to India's
The podcast episode discusses the differences in the Indian and North American approaches to the gender debate. It highlights the concern that the focus on creating new genders is turning into a kind of rainbow religion for youth. The speaker also mentions that in Canada, there's little pushback against the activist campaign to encourage young people to express difficulties as being born in the wrong body and undergo surgical alterations. In contrast, India has officially recognized three genders since 1947 and has a more inclusive perspective, accepting subcategories under the gender category 'Kinnar'.
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