Reclaim Logic as Progressive
Logic is “our kind of people” [consistent with who we are]. Logic has been slandered . . . and misused and abused by the oppressive society, but logic is not “cold.” Logic is warm, human, and loving, and we must not allow logical thinking to appear to be monopolized by the oppressors. We must make it our own.
Especially as liberation fighters, we must never assume that logical communication is left to the oppressors while we make emotional appeals in order to rally people for liberation. That has never really worked. When it appeared to work for a few days at a time, it created additional problems later.
Logic belongs to us. We, the liberation forces, are the human ones, and logic is a warm, essential human characteristic. It is part of our elegant functioning.
From page 33 of “Thinking All the Time” in The Benign Reality
(Present Time 201, October 2020)