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Wait, they opted to keep the Yarvin guy in the conference?! This post says readers are "undoubtedly" aware of the decision De Goes made, but I was not (though
by draw_down 11y ago
Wait, they opted to keep the Yarvin guy in the conference?!
This post says readers are "undoubtedly" aware of the decision De Goes made, but I was not (though I was aware of the controversy itself). I read De Goes's blog post about the decision just now, but it's so mush mouthed I still can't tell if they opted to keep him. If so, wow.
The only thing I don't really agree with here is talking about this in terms of labor. I mean, just imagine if they decided to only send the questionnaire to white men, to avoid visiting this labor upon minorities and women.
Usually this logic goes something like: since minorities and women have already suffered oppression and discrimination, they should not also be responsible for arguing against or affecting change against that oppression/discrimination. But if white people and men were going to just do the right thing on their own, then we wouldn't be in this situation to begin with.
I like Fredrik DeBoer on this particular point, he talks about it in this post: http://fredrikdeboer.com/2014/12/26/race-science-and-shoulds/ http://fredrikdeboer.com/2014/12/26/race-science-and-shoulds...
- theorique 11y agoWhatever decision the conference leadership made, it would offend someone. Apparently, making women and minorities decide whether Yarvin would be permitted to present was too much for some, since it put the onus on those "oppressed" individuals. But if they had just made an executive decision, they would have been castigated for "erasing voices of oppressed persons" or some similar complaint. Under the circumstances, they made the only plausible decision: in favor of free expression and sharing of ideas, and against the awful "no-platforming" that the Left seeks to promote against all their political opponents.