I suppose I should note that both Kaufman and Leiter have called me some variation of confused, as if standing against transphobia and bullying is "mistaken," but this is the first time that the undercurrent of ableism ("deep issues" "get help") has crept in. (1/n) 
To be clear, I'm a Black man in philosophy with a disability who is generally outspoken about institutionalized oppression in my field and academia: I've been called far worse by people with far more institutional power, so I'm not concerned about Kaufman's petty insults. (2/n)
What I am concerned about is the ways that our field allows people like Kaufman, Leiter, and Stock (and I'm sure there are others) to use their platforms or adjacent platforms to engage in this kind of behavior. I am concerned that this is a disciplinary norm in our field. (3/n)
Here, I have to ask: what it will take to convince the field that it needs to do something about these assholes? After all, if they're this cavalier online, consider what they're doing in classrooms, committee rooms, conference rooms to students and colleagues. (4/n)
Finally, to the field, I say this:
"I am satisfied, and have been all the time, that the problem of this field consists in the awful fact that the present class of men who rule the discipline must be cancelled outright rather than in the diversifying of philosophy." (fin)
"I am satisfied, and have been all the time, that the problem of this field consists in the awful fact that the present class of men who rule the discipline must be cancelled outright rather than in the diversifying of philosophy." (fin)
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