Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to quit academic society

Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by trention on Sunday October 02, 2022 @02:06PM (#33058556)

I consider "restrictions of freedom of speech" justified only in the context of employment, during work hours, where said restriction directly influences your working output. If public school teachers want to teach woke pseudoscience on their own premises, during their off hours, using their own money, that's OK.

I have absolutely no problem with increasing policing in white neighborhoods. The risk to people who are not criminal lowlifes is not zero, but is negligible. And I place 0 weight on the lives and well-being of criminal lowlifes.

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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @02:41PM (#33058902)

So, "restricting freedom of speech in any way" is actually "restricting freedom of speech in any way unless during working hours and influences working output". This revised definition now supports the use of DEI in the OP article.

I will take your word that you'd be happy with increased policing even if it affected you personally, but I doubt that if you actually experienced it that you would be happy with the outcome.

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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by trention on Sunday October 02, 2022 @03:05PM (#33059125)

It's actually not consistent (and the example is compelled speech not restricting speech). But then again, I shouldn't be breaking what I said earlier about responding to sealioning.

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