.@twitter keeps suspending lefties who criticize the right, somehow manages to not suspend righties who insult, harass, & threaten the left.
Case in point: @paulengelhard, who posted the following series of tweets back on February 14th, and whose account is currently suspended:
Case in point: @paulengelhard, who posted the following series of tweets back on February 14th, and whose account is currently suspended:
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Universities didn't "turn left;" they stayed committed to rational thought.
It was the right which turned imbecile.
Universities didn't "turn left;" they stayed committed to rational thought.
It was the right which turned imbecile.
I am HAPPY to debate the merits of mysticism vs scholasticism any day.
I am NOT debating people who think Jesus rode on dinosaurs.
I am NOT debating people who think Jesus rode on dinosaurs.
Dear conservatives: you cannot create the most rabidly anti-intellectual movement in Western history, and then demand a voice in academia.
If 99% of climate scientists tell you that climate change is real, and Trump says it isn't, then the only intolerant ideology in the room is YOURS.
Let's dispense with the myth that there is no place for conservatives in academia because universities are ideologically intolerant, okay?
The problem is that if your religion is creationism, your news is infowars, and your economics are magical thinking, academia isn't for you.
It's not academia's fault that the chief intellectuals of the right these days are Newt Gingrich & Charles Krauthammer, for f**k's sake.
It's not academia's fault that social progress has become so mainstream that all that's left to the right is the frothing, lunatic fringe.
And the simple fact is that THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES OF 4CHAN INCELS (which is what RW "thought" is today) ARE NOT WORTHY OF ACADEMIC DEBATE.
I mean, the right makes fun of gender theory, but believes that pizzagate is a clear and present threat to the nation.
GET. OUT. OF. CLASS.
GET. OUT. OF. CLASS.
You can't deny objective reality, historical facts, and social consensus, and then cry foul if the places teaching those things shun you.
So, republicans, until you learn to accept OBJECTIVE FACTS, the only academic field that will show any interest in you is psychology.
I'm an academic.
And we don't owe ignorant, benighted fools time, debate, empathy, or consideration.
You want debate? Up your f**king game.
And we don't owe ignorant, benighted fools time, debate, empathy, or consideration.
You want debate? Up your f**king game.
You dislike gender theory? Feel free to debate it. But don't bring Toby Keith to a Judith Butler fight.
THEY ARE NOT INTELLECTUAL EQUALS.
THEY ARE NOT INTELLECTUAL EQUALS.
That's the whole f**king issue. You are trying to fight phallogocentrism with "not Adam and Steve."
Fine. But do so in 3rd grade, not college.
Fine. But do so in 3rd grade, not college.
Here's an idea: I don't show up at a NASCAR race with a '01 Prius, and you don't show up to an academic debate with Alex Jones. Deal?
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I've retyped this series of tweets after finding them in a series of screenshots, because I think the open marketplace of ideas is better off with these tweets being available for review.
I've retyped this series of tweets after finding them in a series of screenshots, because I think the open marketplace of ideas is better off with these tweets being available for review.
