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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I think one of my recurring questions re: the BLM stuff, is that support for what's going on is obviously coming from some deep lack of interest in truth or rigorous analysis. Is this a new thing, or has it always been there and is now just showing up?
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@Aella_Girl
What substantiates the claim that support for BLM (or adjacent events) is "coming from some deep lack of interest in truth or rigorous analysis"? A concrete example would be helpful -- without committing to agree or disagree, that claim is not obvious to me.
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@Aella_Girl
Would describe self as BLM-sympathetic, but not sympathetic to calls to "shut down academia" etc. Haven't polled my friends, but could, and suspect many would agree. Is the claim that shutdownstem (&etc) is widely supported among pro-BLM? My instinct is this is peripheral.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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Yeah I don't think it's central, but it's an example of something that's coming out of the movement, and I bet you if you went to the protestors and showed them that page, at least 40% would express support for it.
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Would encourage disentanging or clarifying the (narrow) claim that some BLM-adjacent initiatives appear anti-intellectual/anti-rigor from (broader) claim that support from BLM comes from a place of anti-rigor -- if I am understanding your position accurately
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