Term 'theory' in "critical theory" falsely suggests methodological rigor when, in fact, there is no method at all, much less a rigorous one. CT is instead a set of assertions, amongst which is the idea that 'methods' and 'rigor' are tools oppression. It is motivated sophistry.
Horkheimer, "Traditional and Critical Theory." Please identify the set of assertions you think defines CT, and give page numbers for the claim that methods and rigor "are tools oppression."