The Woke Right? Identity Politics on the Right.

There is a lot of talk right now about the "woke right." Its a stupid term, but its deployment is strategic and designed to subvert a properly understood right-wing identity politics.

The Woke Right? Identity Politics on the Right.

Identity politics. A mainstay of the left, rising in importance as the idea of “class interest” was largely abandoned in the 20th century for this thing we know as “cultural Marxism.” It is woven through with post-modernist “critical theory,” which, simply put, argues that there are no great universal truths. All truth claims can be subjected to formal “criticism” that exposes their historical, social, political, and economic biases. This thing that we think of as “truth” is merely the imposition of the powerful over the weak. The weak are then identified as “victims” of the powerful. They are the “marginalized” and their “truth” is denied to them and society. They are “negated.” They cannot stand against the power of the powerful who determine the nature of truth itself.

This is a very brief synopsis of what is happening with post-modernist critical theory. Its stated purpose is to give a proper hearing to marginalized voices. Some will have intersections of marginalization.…