iM nOt A mArXiSt I jUsT cArE aBoUt JuStIcE TRIGGGGGERED!

Marxism, Social Justice, and Why the Label Provokes Anger

So I've been seeing a lot of pushback about not only my use of the word Marxist, but also just people who agree with me and how we use the term cultural Marxism. And you know, here's the thing. I see a lot of people saying, Hey, stop calling us Marxist.

Stop calling us Marxist. And they get really angry about it. And I think more, I'm sure there's some of that going on out there. But I think more often than not, people are calling people's ideas Marxist, not so much calling them themselves Marxist.

I don't think any of the people that I've criticized, except there was maybe one back in that panel that I roasted, but I don't think the majority of the people I'm criticizing, I don't think that they're self-consciously Marxists.

They don't, they wouldn't walk around saying, Oh yeah, I'm a Marxist. No problem. No, I don't think that, but I think that their ideas are indistinguishable from Marxist ideas. And so their ideas are Marxist about this issue when it comes to critical race theory and the economics of everything.

But I don't think they're necessarily Marxist, like their secret hidden Marxist or anything like that. But really the pushback that I wanted to talk about today is really two kinds of pushback. Some people will say, you know, here's the thing, like you keep calling me Marxist just because I care about social injustice or social justice.

And so stop doing that. I'm not a Marxist. And that is such a straw man. I don't even know where to begin. Nobody is out there calling you a Marxist because you care about racism or racial injustice. No one's doing that.

I care about racism. I care about racial injustice. The reason I called your ideas Marxist is because you think racial injustice is something very different than what I would think it is. I think it's when you show partiality based on race or ethnicity.

That's what I think injustice is. I think that when there's a clear definitive, you know, Hey, I, I treat black people differently than white people. I treat white people differently than Latinos, things like that.

That's what I'm talking about. That's prejudice. That's, that's, that's racism and all of that. You think racism is when, you know, you know, black families on average don't earn as much as white families or, um, you know, people, certain demographic groups don't have as much wealth as others.

That's a Marxist idea. Okay. And so it's very different than saying, well, you just care about racial injustice. Well, you're a Marxist. That's not what people are saying. So stop pretending that they are.

Marxist Presuppositions Are Not a Racial Slur

The other thing is, uh, I've seen people say this, that, that racism, or I'm sorry, that, uh, that the word Marxist is just kind of like a, uh, a, a, a way to call someone the N word without using the N word.

So, you know, when you say, Oh, you're a Marxist, what you're really saying is, well, yeah, you know, you're a beep. You know what I mean? Um, that's ridiculous. That's ridiculous. And, you know, honestly, that kind of stuff, you know, you, you provide so much cover to actual racist.

There is actually, there are actually racist people out there that, um, that do use the N word and these different kinds of slurs and, you know, I'm sorry if you can't deal with that. Um, but not everyone who uses the word Marxist is actually a racist.

Imagine that. And actually when they use the word Marxist, they're probably using it in the way I just said, because you have Marxist presuppositions, not because they're trying to use the N word, not, I saw someone with that expressed shock that, that he couldn't believe that white people were being called Marxist too.

He always thought it was a racial slur that, that shows your ignorance, that shows your ignorance on the topic. It's not a racial slur. Maybe people do call black people Marxist, but it's not because of their skin color.

It's because of their ideas. And so that's the thing. So, you know, I, I've also seen, this is the kind of a third kind of bonus thing. People sort of, you know, just kind of spouting off those two sort of defenses.

Listen to Critics Instead of Dismissing Them

Well, yeah, it's just a, it's just a racial slur or, Oh, just because they care about racial injustice. Well, as long as you keep thinking that you're never going to change. Here's the thing. Maybe it's time to take a little bit of your own medicine, time to listen, time to listen to people who are opposing you.

Don't just dismiss them as fools. Don't just say, Oh, well you're a racist. And don't just say, well, you just don't care about black people. Um, that's why you're calling me a Marxist. How about you listen to what they're saying?

Because they might know something you don't, you know, if somebody called me a racist, First of all, I wouldn't just assume that they're an idiot. I would say, well, what do you, why do you say I'm a racist?

You know, cause I know I'm not a racist. And so they would point to something and if it was correct, hopefully I would repent. But if it wasn't correct, I would just say, well, I don't agree with you.

That doesn't make me a racist. Um, the same thing with Marxist. Why are you going to stick your head in the sand and just continue in your blissful ignorance? Someone's calling you a Marxist. Maybe it's a good idea to consider why, especially when they're Christians.

I see a lot of people just sort of disparaging Christians. Well, they're just fools. Maybe they know something you don't. Why is this attitude just like, well, everyone who disagrees with me is immoral.

I don't even want to talk to them. Um, you know, that's just a way to never grow. I mean, your ideas will never change if you think that people who disagree with you on this topic are just racist and ignorant.

Maybe they have a point. Maybe you should look into the foundations of your ideas about, uh, economic equity and things like that. Maybe they are Marxist.