social justice is identity politics, no-platforming, cancel culture, and the like. They further reinforce this notion when they say things like how the real divide today is whether you support social justice, how the concept of social justice is invalid, or how 'social justice is cancer'. The problem with letting critical theory activists appropriate 'social justice' is that it confuses many people, because that's not what 'social justice' has meant, and still means, for most people. In particular, left-leaning circles have always prized their commitment to social justice, as the word originally meant. If those opposing critical theory and postmodernism brand themselves as anti-social justice, left-leaning circles would just ignore what they have to say.
The overall point is, we need to cut through the noise and spread awareness about the problems critical theory and postmodernism are creating, and we need to correct the multiple misconceptions out there. It won't be an easy task, but we need to do it. One way to do it would be to start a conversation with a friend. Another way to do it would be to give a book like this one to a friend to read.
We Need to Provide a Better Alternative Raising awareness about critical theory and postmodernism, and vigorously making our case against these ideologies in the public arena is important. We have the power of rational reason behind us, we have the scientific truth behind us, and 148
