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Tell me how many white male Harvard presidents suffered this kind of close scrutiny of everything they ever wrote? This is not a fair comparison. Every chauvini

Tell me how many white male Harvard presidents suffered this kind of close scrutiny of everything they ever wrote? This is not a fair comparison. Every chauvinist, racist, and other kinds of lowlifes who want to take her down are joining in this fishing expedition.

gruez 3y ago
"Controversial figures get more scrutiny" explains this without having to get race involved and implying that all scrutiny are from "lowlifes". Furthermore, I'm not sure what your policy prescription is here. Should we give people in disadvantaged groups a pass on scrutiny because we can write off any attempts as bad faith attempts from "lowlifes" to discredit them?
- coliveira 3y ago
  If you don't understand why she is being closely scrutinized now, just check the front pages of major newspapers in the last weeks. That is not an academic integrity check, it is a campaign by lowlifes to take her out of a position where they don't want her to be.
  - gruez 3y ago
    We're going in circles here. >If you don't understand why she is being closely scrutinized now, just check the front pages of major newspapers in the last weeks. So far as I can tell, she's being scrutinized because she was involved in some controversial stuff. That is perfectly consistent with the "Controversial figures get more scrutiny" explanation from my previous comment. >That is not an academic integrity check, it is a campaign by lowlifes to take her out of a position where they don't want her to be. You didn't answer my previous question. What should we do in cases like this? I'm sure a non-zero amount of the scrutiny is from "lowlifes to take her out of a position where they don't want her to be", but the same could be said for people digging up dirt on politicians.
    - coliveira 3y ago
      I will tell you what could be done. Don't accept any kind of "academic integrity check" at this point. However, put all these questions on a file and check again at least a year from now when the issue is not on the newspapers anymore. Then I want to see who is really interested in the academic issues per se.

gruez 3y ago

"Controversial figures get more scrutiny" explains this without having to get race involved and implying that all scrutiny are from "lowlifes". Furthermore, I'm not sure what your policy prescription is here. Should we give people in disadvantaged groups a pass on scrutiny because we can write off any attempts as bad faith attempts from "lowlifes" to discredit them?

coliveira 3y ago
If you don't understand why she is being closely scrutinized now, just check the front pages of major newspapers in the last weeks. That is not an academic integrity check, it is a campaign by lowlifes to take her out of a position where they don't want her to be.
- gruez 3y ago
  We're going in circles here. >If you don't understand why she is being closely scrutinized now, just check the front pages of major newspapers in the last weeks. So far as I can tell, she's being scrutinized because she was involved in some controversial stuff. That is perfectly consistent with the "Controversial figures get more scrutiny" explanation from my previous comment. >That is not an academic integrity check, it is a campaign by lowlifes to take her out of a position where they don't want her to be. You didn't answer my previous question. What should we do in cases like this? I'm sure a non-zero amount of the scrutiny is from "lowlifes to take her out of a position where they don't want her to be", but the same could be said for people digging up dirt on politicians.
  - coliveira 3y ago
    I will tell you what could be done. Don't accept any kind of "academic integrity check" at this point. However, put all these questions on a file and check again at least a year from now when the issue is not on the newspapers anymore. Then I want to see who is really interested in the academic issues per se.