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In 2021, Lindsay wrote on Twitter that "there will be" a [[genocide]] of [[White people|whites]] if [[critical race theory]] "isn't stopped."<ref name="woodruff">{{Cite web |last=Woodruff |first=Chase |date=June 12, 2021 |title=Ousted Space Force commander defended by Rep. Lamborn advanced white 'genocide' theory in book |url=https://coloradonewsline.com/2021/06/12/ousted-space-force-commander-defended-by-rep-lamborn-advanced-white-genocide-theory-in-book/ |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Colorado Newsline |language=en-US |quote=James Lindsay, a well-known right-wing academic whose work Lohmeier cites in his book, faced criticism from many of his fellow conservatives last week after writing on Twitter that "there will be" a genocide of whites "if this ideology isn’t stopped." Earlier this month, Lindsay was a featured panelist at the annual retreat of the Leadership Program of the Rockies, a conservative networking organization, at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. "James Lindsay is now peddling White Genocide Theory," Claire Lehmann, founder of the right-leaning website Quillette, wrote on Twitter on June 9. "Implying that a genocide against whites in the U.S. is imminent has the potential to inspire racist violence. Such comments are extreme, reckless, and irresponsible. They should be denounced."}}</ref> His statement was met with widespread criticism, including from founder of [[libertarian]] anti-[[identity politics]] magazine ''[[Quillette]]'' [[Claire Lehmann]] who wrote: "James Lindsay is now peddling [[White genocide conspiracy theory|White Genocide Theory]]. Implying that a genocide against whites in the U.S. is imminent has the potential to inspire racist violence. Such comments are extreme, reckless, and irresponsible. They should be denounced."<ref name="woodruff"/><ref name="clairlemon">{{Cite tweet |last=Lehmann |first=Claire |user=clairlemon |number=1402771614631006208 |date=June 9, 2021|title=James Lindsay is now peddling White Genocide Theory. Implying that a genocide against whites in the US is imminent has the potential to inspire racist violence. Such comments are extreme, reckless, & irresponsible. They should be denounced. |language=en |access-date=|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220501161818/https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1402771614631006208 |archive-date=May 1, 2022}}</ref>
In 2021, Lindsay wrote on Twitter that "there will be" a [[genocide]] of [[White people|whites]] if [[critical race theory]] "isn't stopped."<ref name="woodruff">{{Cite web |last=Woodruff |first=Chase |date=June 12, 2021 |title=Ousted Space Force commander defended by Rep. Lamborn advanced white 'genocide' theory in book |url=https://coloradonewsline.com/2021/06/12/ousted-space-force-commander-defended-by-rep-lamborn-advanced-white-genocide-theory-in-book/ |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Colorado Newsline |language=en-US |quote=James Lindsay, a well-known right-wing academic whose work Lohmeier cites in his book, faced criticism from many of his fellow conservatives last week after writing on Twitter that "there will be" a genocide of whites "if this ideology isn’t stopped." Earlier this month, Lindsay was a featured panelist at the annual retreat of the Leadership Program of the Rockies, a conservative networking organization, at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. "James Lindsay is now peddling White Genocide Theory," Claire Lehmann, founder of the right-leaning website Quillette, wrote on Twitter on June 9. "Implying that a genocide against whites in the U.S. is imminent has the potential to inspire racist violence. Such comments are extreme, reckless, and irresponsible. They should be denounced."}}</ref> His statement was met with widespread criticism, including from founder of [[libertarian]] anti-[[identity politics]] magazine ''[[Quillette]]'' [[Claire Lehmann]] who wrote: "James Lindsay is now peddling [[White genocide conspiracy theory|White Genocide Theory]]. Implying that a genocide against whites in the U.S. is imminent has the potential to inspire racist violence. Such comments are extreme, reckless, and irresponsible. They should be denounced."<ref name="woodruff"/><ref name="clairlemon">{{Cite tweet |last=Lehmann |first=Claire |user=clairlemon |number=1402771614631006208 |date=June 9, 2021|title=James Lindsay is now peddling White Genocide Theory. Implying that a genocide against whites in the US is imminent has the potential to inspire racist violence. Such comments are extreme, reckless, & irresponsible. They should be denounced. |language=en |access-date=|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220501161818/https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1402771614631006208 |archive-date=May 1, 2022}}</ref>


Lindsay has promoted the far-right [[Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory]],<ref name="weigel">{{cite journal|first1=Moira|last1=Weigel|title=Hating Theory: “Cultural Marxism,” “CRT,” and the Power of Media Affects|url=https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21427|journal=International Journal of Communication|date=29 October 2023|issn=1932-8036|pages=21|volume=17|issue=0}}</ref><ref name="Joyce 2022" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Skopic |first=Alex |date=December 1, 2022 |title=James Lindsay's "Race Marxism" is Ignorant About Both Race and Marxism |language=en |work=Current Affairs |url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/12/james-lindsays-race-marxism-is-ignorant-about-both-race-and-marxism |access-date=January 16, 2023 |issn=2471-2647}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Race Marxism Is a Very Strange, Very Bad Book |url=https://jacobin.com/2022/03/james-lindsay-race-marxism-book-review-crt-liberalism |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="splc">{{cite web |title=James Lindsay |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/james-lindsay |website=splcenter.org |publisher=The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> which alleges a concerted effort by [[Critical theorists|Marxist critical theorists]] to infiltrate academic and cultural institutions in order to destroy [[Western culture|Western civilization]].<ref name=":0" /> The theory, whose name is derived from the Nazi term “[[Cultural Bolshevism]],” has been characterized as [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and others.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Joyce 2022" /><ref name="splc" />
Lindsay has promoted the far-right [[Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory]].<ref name="Joyce 2022" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Skopic |first=Alex |date=December 1, 2022 |title=James Lindsay's "Race Marxism" is Ignorant About Both Race and Marxism |language=en |work=Current Affairs |url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/12/james-lindsays-race-marxism-is-ignorant-about-both-race-and-marxism |access-date=January 16, 2023 |issn=2471-2647}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Race Marxism Is a Very Strange, Very Bad Book |url=https://jacobin.com/2022/03/james-lindsay-race-marxism-book-review-crt-liberalism |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=James Lindsay |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/james-lindsay |website=splcenter.org |publisher=The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>


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