Re:The War over Academic Freedom
by whatshisface on Friday October 22, 2021 @12:10PM
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I see what you're saying, but "getting rid of trans people," is not an academic issue. It's an issue of whether you invite them to parties, or try to push them out because they make you uncomfortable. We should not let the meta-meta-debate (the debate about whether or not we should be allowed to debate the metaphysical structures of the issue at hand) distract us from the decision we really need to make, which is how to act towards others when they are standing right in front of us.
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Re:The War over Academic Freedom
by SpicyLemonZest on Friday October 22, 2021 @12:26PM
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I really don't know what you mean by "distract" here, because this isn't an issue of some hypothetical in the future. The source article describes a professor who's been analyzing a concrete decision we need to make (what the process should be for legally changing your gender), and protesters who strongly believe that she should not discuss this decision if she doesn't agree with their perspective on it.
Re:The War over Academic Freedom
by whatshisface on Friday October 22, 2021 @12:43PM
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Here's what I mean by distract: all of the protesting, all of the comments about the protesting, the entire edifice of cultural activism and reactionary counter-activism, is operating on a level that's totally disconnected from helping anyone.