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The criticism section, part deux

Four years ago, I made comments about the criticism section, which is really just an arbitrary collection of individuals who at one point or another spoke negatively of the subject. Here is the relevant archived thread.

Since then, not only were my objections not addressed, but the section grew with three more entries, which are again, just cherry-picked individuals who at one point or another said something negative of the concept. As it stands, only one out of the eight different and completely unconnected paragraphs, only the the comments made by Yascha Mounk are in any way meaningful.

McWorther is a right wing pundit, who is frequently pushed by conservatives as a dissenting voice in matters concerning race. Jonah Goldberg is a conservative political commentator and his opinion on the subject is purely reactionary, and not based on any meaningful observation. Neither of these people are an authority on the subject.

Shriver and Evaristo are two writers reacting to criticism. They don't speak in any official capacity and have zero authority on the subject matter.

The Harward Crimson article is an opinion piece from a student newspaper, and the Chris Berg article is just an objectively lower quality version of Yascha Mounk's critique, which is the only inclusion in the list that qualifies as a meaningful criticism of the concept, as opposed to just random famous people complaining but offering nothing to back up their complaints. As such, I am deleting all but the final paragraph of the section. Please discuss here before reverting. 46.97.170.26 (talk) 11:34, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]