1. Introduction. 1
What is Identity Politics?. 2
What is a Social Justice Warrior?. 4
A Note on Vocabulary and Grammar 18
2. How the Left Went Crazy. 24
The Theories that Made the Social Justice Warriors. 24
The Birth of the Social Justice Warrior 41
3. Identity and the Social Justice Warrior 45
Grievance Studies. 47
Self-Identity. 48
'Validity' 64
4. Class and the Social Justice Warrior 67
Class and Political Activism.. 71
How Social Justice Warriors See the Working-class. 74
Ignoring Issues that Matter to the Working-Classes. 78
5. Mental Health in Identity Politics. 90
Why Are Social Justice Warriors So Unhappy?. 90
Self-Care, Self-Love and Radical Kindness. 94
The Politicization of Mental Health and Emotions. 96
Mental Health Activism.. 100
Safe Spaces and Trigger Warnings. 103
Emotional Blackmail 107
Fragile Minorities. 108
Call-out Culture: Mental Health and Kindness Matter, Except When They Don't. 112
6. Speech, Language and Violence in The Social Justice Warrior Movement 116
The Language Police. 117
Censorship. 126
'Violence' 131
7. Capitalism and the Social Justice Warriors. 141
Woke Companies. 141
Left-wing Media. 154
The Wokeness Industry. 155
Woke Feminism.. 158
8. The Social Justice Warrior Movement and Reality. 166
Postmodernism and Reality. 166
Re-writing History. 169
Ignoring Science. 173
9. The Consequences of Identity Politics. 192
Trump was Elected President 192
Labour Lose Four elections. 205
Brexit 207
Splitting the Left 209
Hurting Marginalized People. 212
10. Conclusion. 219
References. 238
Index. 327
