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Expanding scope?

I'm glad that at long last this article has been created. It needs to be noted, however, that not everyone who uses the term is buying into the conspiracy theory. So my question is, do we want to expand the article to include the *term* and/or the thing people are referring to by it (if not the conspiracy theory)? StAnselm (talk) 14:41, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Do you have any reliable sources documenting use of the term in other senses? No-one had provided any, prior to the split. Newimpartial (talk) 14:55, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

This is a balanced review that should be in the article; it also mentions the British use of the term. StAnselm (talk) 15:20, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

I think the article distinguishes between the "conspiracy theory" and the "conservative narrative" of people like Peterson. If we are going to mention Peterson, I think we would need to adjust the scope of the article (and move it to Cultural Marxism). StAnselm (talk) 15:53, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

How do you see that as a distinction in the article? I read the "conspiracy theory" and the "conservative narrative" as depicted in that source as essentially the same thing, while the distinction it makes is between those appropriations and actual intellectual movements on the left and in the universities. Newimpartial (talk) 15:58, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

"But beyond its unshakable association with fringe conspiratorial thinkers, the cultural Marxism narrative has another shortcoming...": there's the conspiracy theory of fringe websites, and the "narrative" of conservative intellectuals (which is associated with/based on/inspired by/related to the conspiracy theory). StAnselm (talk) 16:22, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

For the purposes of this article, I think that's a distinction without a difference. If someone blames pronoun choice on "cultural Marxism", for example, their "conservative narrative" hasn't stopped being a conspiracy theory. I think the more relevant distinction the author is making is between "fringe" websites and users of the conservative narrative who may not be obviously Fringe (like Peterson, for example). The conspiracy theory winds through both. Newimpartial (talk) 16:29, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Yes, but this article is weighted towards the far-right, whereas the phrase has (int he last couple of years) become a lot more mainstream than that: e.g. the Washington Times, Tablet,, and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. To be NPOV, the article must describe these opinions/uses of the term. StAnselm (talk) 18:08, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

That is to say, not everyone accepts that it is a conspiracy theory. StAnselm (talk) 18:10, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Also, while I am happy to discuss her before inclusion and pursue improved sources, I don't see any serious opposition in the RS to the idea that Jordan Peterson has disseminated the conspiracy theory, and therefore no BLP violation in saying so since it is not a controversial claim. Newimpartial (talk) 15:14, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

We need something more than an opinion piece on thestranger.com. StAnselm (talk) 15:24, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. I have added new text with a proper source. Newimpartial (talk) 16:22, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

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