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So you're admitting this has nothing to do with actual concerns about academic integrity, and instead is about an "oncoming storm" to purge woke social justice

by lukev 3y ago

So you're admitting this has nothing to do with actual concerns about academic integrity, and instead is about an "oncoming storm" to purge woke social justice lunatics? Sounds about right. Glad you have no "agenda" though.

infamouscow 3y ago
When the Greek soldiers emerged from the Trojan Horse, declaring 'this isn't a gift' would be a monumental understatement. Continuing to dwell on such an observation is akin to debating the quality of the woodwork while the city falls around you. It's a distraction, and frankly, it's preferable to keep it that way. Better to have the enemy class lost in trivialities than rallying to mount a defense.
jrflowers 3y ago
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/03/christopher-rufo-claudine-gay-harvard-resignation-00133618 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/03/christophe... There’s a sort of nazi propagandist that just openly tweets out his plans to bamboozle people into supporting his agenda. When it works out he gets interviewed and praised. We’re way, way, way past good faith on a lot of issues
- eureka-belief 3y ago
  Yikes what this guy is basically admitting to is using astroturfed cancel culture tactics to make power plays in American politics.
  - jrflowers 3y ago
    He’s very popular and the Harvard stuff is just the latest. He’s openly on Twitter chronicled his project of getting people to lump every bit of political correctness that they find irritating under the umbrella of “critical race theory”, and then once he succeeded at that pivoted to doing the same thing for DEI. Funnily enough, as an aside, I can’t imagine an easier place to propagate his sort of nonsense than a large, highly visible discussion forum that codifies assuming good faith into the rules and makes it explicitly against the rules to point out astroturfing, even if it’s obvious. Any platform that prides itself on an outdated idea of neutrality is easily weaponized by these bad actors.

by lukev 3y ago

infamouscow 3y ago

When the Greek soldiers emerged from the Trojan Horse, declaring 'this isn't a gift' would be a monumental understatement. Continuing to dwell on such an observation is akin to debating the quality of the woodwork while the city falls around you. It's a distraction, and frankly, it's preferable to keep it that way. Better to have the enemy class lost in trivialities than rallying to mount a defense.

jrflowers 3y ago

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/03/christopher-rufo-claudine-gay-harvard-resignation-00133618 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/03/christophe... There’s a sort of nazi propagandist that just openly tweets out his plans to bamboozle people into supporting his agenda. When it works out he gets interviewed and praised. We’re way, way, way past good faith on a lot of issues

eureka-belief 3y ago
Yikes what this guy is basically admitting to is using astroturfed cancel culture tactics to make power plays in American politics.
- jrflowers 3y ago
  He’s very popular and the Harvard stuff is just the latest. He’s openly on Twitter chronicled his project of getting people to lump every bit of political correctness that they find irritating under the umbrella of “critical race theory”, and then once he succeeded at that pivoted to doing the same thing for DEI. Funnily enough, as an aside, I can’t imagine an easier place to propagate his sort of nonsense than a large, highly visible discussion forum that codifies assuming good faith into the rules and makes it explicitly against the rules to point out astroturfing, even if it’s obvious. Any platform that prides itself on an outdated idea of neutrality is easily weaponized by these bad actors.