Joseph Dillard's FB post copied below.
"As a long-term progressive and supporter of Integral, my frustration,
irritation, and anger with Integral, SD, "New Age," and all things
progressive, is that while they are obsessed with Trump, culture wars,
and social justice warriors who bizarrely attack the likes of Jordan
Peterson, they are generally curiously silent about issues of justice
and obedience to international law, particularly where Israel is
concerned, but also in blaming Russia for our own collective deceit,
corruption, and imperialism. I include Steven Pinker, who I greatly
admire, in that critique. Is this a manifestation of a fear of being
labeled "anti-Semitic?" Of appearing "un-PC?" Does being "fair and
balanced" mean changing the subject from our responsibility to that of
others? Is it the manifestation of a genuine belief that an uplifting of
consciousness will save the day, when the data shows it has been the
spread of universal standards of lawful behavior that has reduced
violence world-wide and raised measures of well-being, not professions
of religions, or of morality, and spirituality? Is it a sort of elitist,
exceptionalistic arrogance that says that we and ours must be more
evolved, more spiritual, even if we and our allies are killing people in
cold blood? Is there really a meme or level of development that is
higher or more sacred than reciprocity in respect for human rights? Can
we realistically claim that our priority is compassion toward all
sentient beings if we are not ready to defend for others those rights
that we demand for ourselves? So we celebrate our mutual Teal
wonderfulness in Hungary at the European Integral Conference while
essentially ignoring issues of international justice and law? Just what
level of development is that?"
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