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A documentary is out on YouTube about the Bret Weinstein story at Evergreen College. He was pushed out by the students who had no real reason for their grievances, but they were supported from behind by the admin of the college. More recently I’ve started listening to his podcast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cajzi2Fubj0 . It can be pretty heady. I can pinpoint the part where he worries about the techniques being used on him becoming something more mainstream.

I share your concerns CC, but I’m not sure the direct approach is the answer. The “New Atheist” opened up a lot of ground, advanced the conversation by decades, but their tactics have been countered and  new tactics will need to be developed. Weinstein and Douglass talk about good faith vs bad faith discussion. The problem today is, people are suspicious of good faith attempts because they know how they can be used in bad faith. They have become so suspicious that they put their faith in a guy who lies blatantly out of some twisted logic that openness is better than dispassionate logical reasoning.