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On Wokeness and Other Obstacles to Clear Thinking

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On Wokeness and Other Obstacles to Clear Thinking
Protesters march in the Marina Del Rey neighbourhood of Los Angeles during a Black Lives Matter rally to demand social justice on December 19, 2020. (Apu GOMES / AFP) Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images
Brad Bird
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Why are wokeness, political correctness, and virtue signalling condemned? It’s because they interfere with clear and logical thinking, producing faulty decisions and policies that waste money and hurt a lot of people. Canada and other countries today are full of examples of crooked thinking. Rex Murphy, Barbara Kay, Tucker Carlson, and Jordan Peterson are among those who reveal it.

Brad Bird
Brad Bird
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Brad Bird began his career by freelancing in the 1970s. He worked for the Winnipeg Free Press in the 1980s and various smaller papers since, as well as abroad in conflict zones and for a Conservative MP in the Harper government. Also an author, he divides his time between Manitoba and B.C.
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