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So is this evidence that there is widespread disdain for the current president among academics, or evidence that many non political organizations and institutio
by betwixthewires 6y ago
So is this evidence that there is widespread disdain for the current president among academics, or evidence that many non political organizations and institutions are getting politicized? News like this could be taken either way. One person might say "these institutions have no credibility anymore" and another might say "things have gotten so bad with this guy that people are feeling the need to step in." So which is it?
- acdha 6y agoThey authors of that article make it very clear that they are in the latter camp for a LONG list of well-supported reasons which are only partisan to the extent that Republicans have begun to self-identify as the anti-science party (as someone who grew up reading, say, Niven & Pournelle’s outrage at cuts to the space program, this didn’t used to be a simple litmus test). It’s far from just academics, too - if you work in healthcare, for example, you probably aren’t jumping to defend Trump even if you normally vote for Republicans.
- strikelaserclaw 6y agoI would say latter, this coming from a very non political person who in the past didn't care if the president had a R or D next to his name. For the first time in my life I feel compelled to step in and vote to get back to somewhat normalcy
- betwixthewires 6y agoThat's a perspective, but bear in mind that this magazine has been around for 175 years and didn't weigh in on Hitler. That would lend credence to the people claiming it is the former.
- strikelaserclaw 6y agoi mean, this is an American magazine, things look more real the closer they are to you.