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Even though I find his political beliefs repulsive, and am sure that his beliefs have put him afoul of the academic groupthink (which leaves me in a weird place
by michaelochurch 12y ago
Even though I find his political beliefs repulsive, and am sure that his beliefs have put him afoul of the academic groupthink (which leaves me in a weird place, because I dislike his beliefs but also dislike the leftist conformity being brandished against him and breaking his career) I don't think any of this stuff is relevant.
Standing alone, everything he says in this essay is correct and insightful. So I'd rather discuss that than him.
- jjoonathan 12y agoDid you actually read what he wrote? The views he expressed are much closer to what you so derisively call "leftist conformity" than his titles would seem to indicate.
- Myrmornis 12y agoHuh? Modern "Leftist conformity" involves placing homosexuality and heterosexuality in a scientifically and sociologically spurious equivalence. His piece on homosexuality is extremely far from leftist conformity.
- Myrmornis 12y agoThere's a place on HN for discussing both strictly the content and also issues related to the author don't you think? I mean, we have a beautiful tree UI, we may as well use it :)