While I am on the subject of free speech, it's worth reading the deranged attempt to "cancel" @sapinker signed by 575 members of "The Linguistics Community" and sent to the Linguistic Society of America: docs.google.com/document/u/1/d…
At first I thought this was a parody. But no. The letter - demanding that Pinker be removed from the LSA's list of distinguished academic fellows because of six old tweets - exemplifies the toxic mentality that is so widespread in universities today.
The best rebuttal is here whyevolutionistrue.com/2020/07/05/the… but there are links to others here: motherjones.com/recharge/2020/…
I hope one day that the people who signed the Cancel Pinker letter will feel ashamed of themselves. It's possible to wake up from being "woke." But it's all too rare at the moment. And it mostly only happens when the revolution starts to eat its own: quillette.com/2018/07/14/i-w…
