#JamesLindsay has another wild take on history. Remember when he said colonialism was about bringing the Enlightenment & liberal democracy to the Americas? Now he says the French Revolution—an uprising of do-nothing bourgeois—spawned critical theory.
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Perhaps relevant: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy summarizing Nietzsche, not on ressentiment in this case, but on vengeful outbursts. Image
In case #JamesLindsay comments on how the statues of slave traders and confederates have an important role in preserving history (maybe he already has?), please remember this tweet. Is it possible to bend historical narrative any more in service of one’s present-day crusade? Image

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5 Nov
While Glaude's words sink in, let's review how some fascism-adjacent critics of academia are reacting to the election results.

Spoiler: They aren't moving past white supremacy. Oh, no. Their heels are dug in. In Glaude's words, they want to do this again & again & again. 2/
New Radical Racism: If the Democrats were just a lot more racist, they would have won more handsomely! Not incorrect, I suppose.

Also cheers on #JamesLindsay in proclaiming that anti-racism is a poison. How dare anyone suggest white people have anything to do with racism! 3/ ImageImageImage
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3 Nov
Thread on recent question period back-and-forth about freedom of expression. Erin O'Toole stood up trying to criticize Justin Trudeau's comments on events in France. O'Toole tried to chastise in the broadest, least specific terms about #FreeSpeech and freedom of assembly. 1/
Obsessive yet undifferentiated focus on the concept of freedom of speech in discussions of this recent case of the murder of Samuel Paty obscures more than it reveals. I have some thoughts for you. 2/
The hook for O'Toole was that Trudeau had uttered the (banal, really, it's Canadian law) phrase that "free speech has limits." O'Toole's questions were trying to make Trudeau look like he'd abandoned the value of free speech by merely stating a legal fact. 3/
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17 Oct
What "sex-based rights" would these be, Colin?

"The Equality Act...would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation & gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, public education, federal funding, credit, & the jury system."
I have been puzzling about this concept of "sex-based rights" that anti-trans campaigners are working so hard to establish. As far as I can see, it is only anti-trans campaigners who use the phrase. 2/
Let me point out the slight of hand that is the phrase "sex-based rights", based on what I understand about the Canadian legal situation. 3/
Read 21 tweets
11 Oct
It really is so very bothersome that there is smearing and name-calling in conversations between anti- and hereditarians. By all means let’s condemn those who call the others “lying idiots” who are “deranged.” *thumbs up*
I can't always seem to find the patience that others have. I'm often sorry about that. I edited my response to this thread in an effort to be a little nicer. You can still see how shaky the defence is of what emerge as noticeable implications from #NathanCofnas' published work.
Someone asked me, in response to my mini-thread above, why I would object to keeping "equally smart" kids out of the same class. He also suggested that Phillippe's defence is not elaborate, but a plain reading of #NathanCofnas's paper. I think the opposite is true. My response:
Read 5 tweets
9 Oct
Imma gonna start a hashtag. For archiving purposes.

#NathanCofnas
Let's observe this pattern of #NathanCofnas saying something and then insisting he didn't quite say what he said.

Going strong since at least December 2019!

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9 Oct
Neat how the study presents Trump as a garden variety conservative who neatly balances the scale to Biden, Warren, or Sanders. Rather than as the white supremacist, misogynist, and transphobe that he is.
Yo don't say!

"Female students reported less tolerance for speakers than male students. LGBT students reported less tolerance for speakers than straight students. Black students reported less tolerance than Hispanic, Asian, or white students."
Whysoever would these groups of students not support Donald Trump coming to their campus to give a rousing campaign speech? It's is truly a free speech mystery.
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