The Symbolic Violence of Progressives

<p>I am currently exploring the incorrect, immoral, indecent, or just plain odd behaviors that proliferate in online spaces. As a part of this exploration, I developed a new course for my university, Online Deviance. I am making it up as I go! It&rsquo;s never advisable to do this, but I&rsquo;ve learned over time that one grows intellectually when put in situations that require thinking oneself out of them. So, each week, I have to think my way out of the problem of having no content to teach in this new course. It&rsquo;s painful going through it, for sure. But at the end of the semester, I will have a new course and knowledge base.</p> <p>Last week, I decided to prepare materials on the set of behaviors online that are so harmful to people they can rightly be considered&nbsp;<em>violent.&nbsp;</em>Not violence inflicted through physical or material means, but violence inflicted on an individual or group through the use of symbols. It is&nbsp;<em>symbolic violence.</em></p> <p><a href="https://roderickshawngraham.medium.com/the-symbolic-violence-of-progressives-dfc34977baec"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>