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A couple of clarifications, from the links: 1. He wasn't forced to resign. He was requested to resign by the president of MSU. 2. He's still a tenured profess
by blisterpeanuts 6y ago
A couple of clarifications, from the links:
1. He wasn't forced to resign. He was requested to resign by the president of MSU.
2. He's still a tenured professor, and he will be returning to that role.
3. The group trying to oust him is the GEU (Graduate Employees Union, affiliated with the AFL-CIO), which represents 1200 graduate assistants at the University.
Apparently Dr. Hsu has made some controversial statements about genetics. The GEU's accusations appear to be about perceived racism.
One of Dr. Hsu's sins was appearing on a program with Stephane Molyneux, a conservative commentator whom they call "a white supremacist". I've watched several of Molyneux's programs and he is hardly a racist. Conservative and white, yes. I guess that's bad enough these days.
- markdown 6y ago> I've watched several of Molyneux's programs and he is hardly a racist. Conservative and white, yes. From his Wikipedia page: Stefan Basil Molyneux (/stəˈfæn ˈmɒlɪnjuː/; born September 24, 1966) is a Canadian far-right, white nationalist[2] podcaster and YouTuber who is known for his promotion of scientific racism and white supremacist views. Molyneux is described as a leading figure of the alt-right movement by Politico and The Washington Post, and as a far-right activist.[8][9][10][11] Tom Clements in The Independent described Molyneux as having "a perverse fixation on race and IQ".[12] The Freedomain internet community which Molyneux leads has been described as a cult, and Molyneux has been described as a cult leader, using cult indoctrination techniques on his followers. Molyneux is a proponent of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theo...
- mistermann 6y agoBe careful to distinguish between rhetoric, opinions, and facts.
- markdown 6y agoHow about from the horse's mouth: https://i.redd.it/cc8wtw97vo931.jpg https://i.redd.it/cc8wtw97vo931.jpg
- blisterpeanuts 6y agoI couldn't find that tweet -- is it fabricated? I did find this, from Molyneux: "It’s interesting that if you don’t have a uterus, you can’t have an opinion on women’s issues, but you can compete in women’s sports." Apparently this is offensive to SPLC?
- joshuamorton 6y agoIt was eventually deleted. He said the quiet part too loud.
- mistermann 6y agoRight. Just as one should ask themselves whether each assertion written in Molyneux's wikipedia page is rhetoric, opinions, or facts, so too with that tweet. This is my point: almost no one really cares what is true or not, including acknowledging the shades of grey that exist everywhere in the complexity of reality. It's simply how the human mind works.
- ylem 6y agoAre these comments taken out of context? https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/stefan-molyneux https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/indi...