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Good thing I am not accusing Hsu of being guilty of the same crimes as the people who he has lent his name to. Those people are racist, Hsu is academically irr

• karaterobot 6y ago
  But he was accused of being racist, due to his association with someone else, and this is why he was forced to resign. I think you're saying the following: Even though you do not necessarily consider him guilty of racism by association with Molyneux, the fact that some people consider him guilty of racism by association is enough for him to have committed an act worthy of public shame. If that's true, then call it guilt through association, but to my mind it's a distinction without a practical difference.
  • bloaf 6y ago
    The practical difference is that the association was in Hsu's professional capacity. That is to say, he didn't decide to join the same bowling league as Molyneux as a random guy, he went on Molyneux's show as an academic authority on the science of race and said what Molyneux wanted to hear. I have heard Molyneux's fans say to me that they were drawn to Molyneux's racist ideas "because he just applies science" and pointed to Hsu's interviews (and others) as evidence of this. Hsu enabled that not by association in general, but in this specific form of association which some people have interpreted as endorsement. There are plenty of other professions with ethics rules prohibiting certain associations due to how those associations may be perceived, e.g. large companies have antitrust guidelines that prohibit associations that may cause the perception of anti-competitive behavior.