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"The Jedi are inappropriate mascots for social justice... a religious order of intergalactic police-monks, prone to (white) saviorism and toxically masculine approaches to conflict resolution (violent duels with phallic lightsabers, gaslighting by means of “Jedi mind tricks,” etc.)." and it goes on.

It's really really hard not to believe the authors are trolling. Is this parody?

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If you strip out the woke language, it's pretty easy to see this as factual. The Jedi absolutely are a police force. They often use violence and psychic manipulation through the Force. They are arguably a religious force, pursuing a fairly ascetic lifestyle consistent with a monk.

Plus the Jedi portrayed in the prequels aren't supposed to be the heroes. They are a blinded group of zealots tricked into using their powers to wage war because of their own hubris.

It looks serious to me. Go to the homepage and look at the some of the other articles; this one doesn’t seem unusual.

The better it is masked, the more masterful the troll, though.

We live in a continuous validation of Poe's Law

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

Detecting sarcasm needs contextual cues such as vocal inflection or facial expressions. In the 1700s pamphleteers would distribute satires, if you read them today you might mistake them for sincerity.

Where is Samuel Clemens when you need him?

To me, it reads as some of it is hyperbole for emphasis after they already made their point.

Their main point is pretty good.

I really want to believe this is another "Sokal Squared" attempt.

Where else has been taken over hardest by the woke other than corporate America and geek culture?

This is a perfect fit.

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