The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

by Andrew Doyle

I make no secret of my hope that the high priests of the religion of Critical Social Justice will soon lose their collective stranglehold on our media, our arts, and our major educational, political and law-enforcement institutions. I yearn for the day when their more hysterical grievances will be treated with the insouciance they deserve, and that their seemingly interminable culture war will draw to a close. But in a time of such uncertainty, when so many are feeling browbeaten into silence, we have to find a way to reinstate the importance of dialogue. To stand up to these new puritans, we need to understand where they have come from, what it is they hope to achieve, and where we go from here.