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The Silencing of Me
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The Silencing of Me

Current Affairs presents a new “anti-woke” manifesto by Dr. Peter B. Jordanson, a man who refuses to be canceled even when nobody is canceling him, and who dares to angrily speak up for Facts in an age of mushy Feelings. The book is called The Silencing of Me: How Feminism, Wokeness, DEI, Marxism, Transness, and Several Other Things Brought Western Civilization To Its Knees, Ruined My Marriage, and Made Me Late For Work. Today, editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson reads selected excerpts.

Current Affairs

November 14, 20251h 38m

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Current Affairs presents a new “anti-woke” manifesto by Dr. Peter B. Jordanson, a man who refuses to be canceled even when nobody is canceling him, and who dares to angrily speak up for Facts in an age of mushy Feelings. The book is called The Silencing of Me: How Feminism, Wokeness, DEI, Marxism, Transness, and Several Other Things Brought Western Civilization To Its Knees, Ruined My Marriage, and Made Me Late For Work. Today, editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson reads selected excerpts.

Written by Nathan J. Robinson, with additional contributions by Devin Schiff, Stephen Prager, and Michael Lodato.

0:00-17:15 Introduction

17:15-27:24 How Things Used to Be

27:24-36:17 Education as Child Abuse

36:17-40:25 Guns: What Harm Have They Ever Done?

40:25-44:50 The Left’s War on War

44:50-53:00 How I Learned Everything About China

53:00-59:29 A Culture’s Decline

59:29-1:04:39 Everything Is Censored

1:04:39-1:11:20 The "So-Called" Environment

1:11:20-1:17:35 The Eclipse of Traditional Marriage

1:17:35-1:39:04 Why Won’t They Stop Complaining?

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