Scott A. Shay > Quotes

“Leor Zmigrod, Peter Jason Rentfrow, and Trevor W. Robbins, “The Partisan Mind: Is Extreme Political Partisanship Related to Cognitive Inflexibility?” Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 149, no. 3.”
― Scott A. Shay, Conspiracy U: A Case Study

“The influence of critical theory—especially Marcuse’s concept of repressive tolerance—on many disciplines, especially “studies” programs like American studies, is beyond dispute. In fact, the ripple effects of Marcuse’s concept of repressive tolerance are growing exponentially. The result has been a justification of snuffing out scholarly approaches and viewpoints uniquely on ideological rather than factual grounds. This is the root of cancel culture and of the silencing of opposing viewpoints.”
― Scott A. Shay, Conspiracy U: A Case Study

“In contrast, protesters in Gaza have launched thousands of rockets aimed at neighboring communities, continued to divert humanitarian aid to build tunnels to infiltrate bordering towns so they could kill residents there, and continued to vow to reclaim every inch of land of the surrounding communities and put the present residents “to the sword” or “into the sea.”
― Scott A. Shay, Conspiracy U: A Case Study