A friend just sent the petition being circulated by Hindu students against Prof @AudreyTruschke. Am not sharing that. What insufferable, ill-informed toxic fragility is this? If scholarship threaten your safety, and your religion. Perhaps time to rethink what those values are.
I want to take this moment to share Prof @KanitkarT ‘s talk
It’s a good indication of where we are as a society and a community. We have lost any capacity for robust interrogation or rational thought.
It’s a good indication of where we are as a society and a community. We have lost any capacity for robust interrogation or rational thought.
Also adding a thread by @quizzicalguy where you debunks the claim of Hindu genocide the students have listed as proof of “bigotry” against them!
https://twitter.com/quizzicalguy/status/1370075622899290113
Taking the moment to acknowledges the immense privilege of being in a space that can give you some protection. If this was India — I shudder to think what would have happened.
I say this knowing how precarious academic freedom in this country is.
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