Re:Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over so...
by gallopingcomp on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:24PM
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As opposed to professional beliefs.
Which might be a tricky distinction sometimes, especially in psychology, because
(1) some beliefs and speech aren’t exactly object-level, but aren’t quite political either;
(2) previously non-political, purely object-level issues (eg. treatment approaches for trans people) sometimes become seen as politicized (make no mistake, JP very much played a part in making it so), or conversely lose its previous political connotation.
Which might be a tricky distinction sometimes, especially in psychology, because (1) some beliefs and speech aren’t exactly object-level, but aren’t quite political either; (2) previously non-political, purely object-level issues (eg. treatment approaches for trans people) sometimes become seen as politicized (make no mistake, JP very much played a part in making it so), or conversely lose its previous political connotation.