that the head of department for philosophy used disciplinary threats to silence a gender-critical student is such an embarrassment to our discipline. as philosophers we are trained to disagree well, we should not need to "protect" colleagues from students' ideas.
if the head of department acted without the lecturer's consent, he should think about the soft bigotry of low expectations: a person can be both trans and capable of impartiality. and if he acted with the lecturer's consent, the lecturer should be moved from teaching classes on
Dec 3, 2024 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
VICTORIANS! did you know there's now a vilification bill? 👉🏽 "justice legislation amendment (anti-vilification and social cohesion) bill 2024". here are the highlights:
SERIOUS VILIFICATION to become an offence under the crimes act, punishable with prison time.
there are two versions of this offence. the first is INCITEMENT ON GROUND OF PROTECTED ATTRIBUTE, punishable up to 3 years in prison. a defence is the conduct having been engaged in "for a genuine political purpose".
Sep 5, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
~VICTORIAN VILIFICATION LAW REFORM~
we have until 5pm friday to make submissions on stage 1. some notes below on the main points of interest/relevance for gender-critical feminists & other gender-critical people.
engage.vic.gov.au/project/anti-v…
how does victoria understand vilification? from the stage 1 consultation paper: "vilification refers to public behaviour that incites or encourages hatred, serious contempt, revulsion or severe ridicule against a person or group of people".
May 22, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
a australian media story in three parts:
what @independentaus stands for & how it operates:
