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Can you actually provide any concrete example that demonstrates the patter of dismissal that you're repeatedly mentioning? It's starting to sound an awful lot l
by geezerjay 8y ago
Can you actually provide any concrete example that demonstrates the patter of dismissal that you're repeatedly mentioning? It's starting to sound an awful lot like weasel words to keep insisting on a thesis that's already been put to rest due to the oveewhelming evidence of the contrary.
- krastanov 8y agoThese two comments of mine cover some of it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19445027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19445027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19442868 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19442868 Most of the "overwhelming evidence of the contrary" is the prof trying to pacify overly-angry and overly-emotional students in a YouTube video, without any commentary on the majority of the events and conversations surrounding the debacle. The fact is that the prof did little to fight the casual racism on campus (and their position as "head of college" expects them to deal with problems surrounding bullying/racism/sexism/etc). They simply tried to switch the topic (not maliciously, rather because of obliviousness) to talking about freedom of speech. Most people already agree with them about the freedom of speech topic, so let's try to do something about the casual even oblivious racism on campus.