Sheep-Kickers and Apostates in the Culture Wars
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"I’ve seen critical theory—more accurately, grievance studies—compared to a virus, a poison, brainwashing, or radioactive toxic waste (and, accurately, as a religion). I like the metaphor of fungal infection, like the space mushroom from the Twilight Zone that reprograms people when they eat it, with spores in the air a constant danger. The metaphor allows for involuntary infection as well as culpability.
"The armor of God might be visualized in this context as a hazmat suit. We must put it on, and keep it sealed. For, whether poison, virus, radiation, or fungus, when this dis-ease takes hold, it first attacks the sense of humor, then destroys the spine, and then begins to rewire the brain. Initially, nothing changes on the surface. But the person—or the institution—wakes up a zombie, hollowed out, compromised, dangerous—speaking the old language with new intentions, and programmed to attack and infect anyone around them.
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