The New Infantilism
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Fascinating piece by Tyler Harper on the “diversity” madness at Bates College…
…where he used to teach, before joining The Atlantic. Harper is Black and also a socialist. I first encountered him on Twitter, where he was a sharp critic from the left of the excesses of the Wokerati. This new piece is beautifully written and both horrifying and laugh-out-loud funny at points. Some excerpts (but there…
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An interview with philosopher Rebecca Tuvel at CHE
Here, almost a decade on from the defamatory harassment of her orchestrated by the “usual suspects” in academic philosophy (Alcoff, Trott, Winnubst, et al. [see] . We first wrote about this misconduct here, and quite a bit thereafter. An amusing bit from the interview: Goldstein: Two hallmarks of the Hypatia crisis strike me as relevant…
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If Plato had written a dialogue about the New Infantilists and Wokerati in philosophy
As the reader who sent this to me observed, this amusing piece seems inspired by “that other philosophy blog and how it reflects some troubling trends in the profession.”
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Hey “guys,” get a load of this!
Sent out by a senior philosopher at a major department in the UK to TAs: What I don’t understand is why this senior professor didn’t just tell the student that “guys” in colloquial spech is not gender specific.
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What is “cancel culture”?
This is a pretty apt characterization of some of the markers of “cancelling”, including, e.g.: 1) Punitiveness: Are people denouncing you to your employer or your social connections? Are you being blacklisted from jobs and social opportunities? Does what is being said to or about you have the goal—or foreseeable effect—of jeopardizing your livelihood?…
There is a lot to reflect on here but, having already commented enough, I won’t. Just one thing on climate…