If I were trying to encourage a culture of academic civility I'd probably avoid insinuating that my colleagues were completely unqualified and/or directly attacking them on social media, but I guess that's just me
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Anyway, if the pandemic has shown nothing else it's that virtually no one who claims to think that academic civility is important is willing to walk the walk when it comes to their own actions
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Replying to @GidMK
I get what you are saying, but I think you may want to walk this statement back a bit and clarify. There very much are those actively working toward and personally embodying civility at all times (
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I agree! They just tend not to be the ones who are most vocal about how important 'civility' is.
@ProfMattFox is a beautiful example of someone who embodies kindness without the endless appeals to a formulaic civility that often doesn't exist1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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I think the distinction might be something along the lines of calling consistently for civility after particular defined events and situations post-hoc vs. calling for civility and kindness as part of your every day, unconnected to people and events.
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For me the difference is between people who encourage kindness and those who hold up the idea of politeness between academics as an ideal without which science falls apart. The two are related to an extent, but dissimilar in practice
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