Thank you. The Orwelexicon has some...interesting...responses to critical (race, gender, sexuality, etc) theories, and the ideologically dogmatic forms of Applied Social Justice masquerading as scholarship.
Thread: The Orwelexicon Replies 1/n ending in END
"in every generation they rise up to destroy us."
From The Haggadah, the Jewish celebration of Passover, a celebration of freedom.
What does antisemitic propaganda look like? 1/n ending in END
Sometimes, like now, it looks like this. It is blunt and crude. "Hitler was right."
Sometimes, it appears more subtle. History is often a useful guide to resolve such doubts. Left, a cartoon that appeared in a Seattle paper, 2003. Right, a Nazi-era cartoon (the actual Nazis).
Consider signing:
"...freedom is among the essential tools by which American minorities...have made progress in advancing the causes of equality and justice.
Today...an ideology is taking hold...that insists...those who disagree must be silenced." jilv.org/be-heard/
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Jewish Institute for Liberal Values is new. This open letter is for anyone who values bedrock protections of individual human rights. Personally, I'd *especially* value nonJewish signatories -- united front against rising authoritarianism. Check out the signatories...
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American Psychology Association moves towards having "positionality statements" appear on its "scientific" peer reviewed publications. apa.org/pubs/authors/e…
What, you ask, is a "Positionality Statement"?
Its right out of CRT/intersectionality/GS/AppliedPoMo: 1/n
Actually, the statement on the left *could hypothetically* be used to reveal political biases for which there is far more evidence than "identity biases" (worldviews).
But the emphasis is on identity.
Who wants to take me up on this bet:
APA won't include political/ideological affiliations, "positions" or identities as part of "positionality" statements anytime in the next 2 years.
Stakes: An embarrassing pinned tweet declaring the loser to be a clueless ax-grinding fool.
Brilliant, brutal critique/exposé of Modern LeftWing Authoritarian takeover at Georgetown with echoes of The Suicide of the Liberals, No Enemies to the Left&Dictatorship of the Small Minority quillette.com/2021/04/09/geo…
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1st let me intro the author:
Lama Abu Odeh, a Palestinian American law prof at Georgetown. She has worked at the World Bank (@april_harding, you know her?) and as a UN elections observer.
Not exactly a White Supremacist fascist-apologist.
Ready? Here we go:
"an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Law Center, was forced to resign because she was caught on video saying to her colleague and co-teacher David Batson" that a lot of the lower performing students in her classes were Black.