I’ve heard Jordan Peterson explain wokeness as a way to attain unearned moral virtue simply by having the right opinions and hating the right people. <\/p>\n
That phenomenon is not limited to the woke, of course. The idea that you are saved and Jesus’ best friend simply because you believe the right things about him is similar. Although Evangelical Christians don’t typically set fire to things and destroy police cars to signal their virtue. <\/p>\n
I was reminded of Peterson’s anlysis of the woke when I read this: Left-wing extremism linked to psychopathy and narcissism: study<\/a> <\/p>\n [I]ndividuals with dark personalities \u2014 such as high narcissistic and psychopathic traits \u2014 are attracted to certain forms of political and social activism which they can use as a vehicle to satisfy their own ego-focused needs instead of actually aiming at social justice and equality …<\/p>\n In particular, certain forms of activism might provide them with opportunities for positive self-presentation and displays of moral superiority, to gain social status, to dominate others, and to engage in social conflicts and aggression to satisfy their need for thrill seeking.<\/p>\n As grandiose narcissists typically desire fame, distinction, elevated social status and high social importance, they can be assumed to strive for influential positions that involve social visibility and outreach as well as access to financial and other resources.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve heard Jordan Peterson explain wokeness as a way to attain unearned moral virtue simply by having the right opinions and hating the right people. That phenomenon is not limited to the woke, of course. The idea that you are saved and Jesus’ best friend simply because you believe the right things about him is … Continue reading “The unearned moral virtue of the left”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3287,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions\/3287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}