Where is it going? As an academic, why be wary of another academic sharing his ideas?
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Replying to @C_C_Gill @GodDoesnt
Academics don't tend to regard criticism of other academics as being wary of them sharing their ideas. This is known as engagement with them which is how scholarship and knowledge progresses. Otherwise, we'd never get anywhere. We'd be stuck with the first ideas ever written.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
That's not what I'm saying. I'm happy for academics to criticise other academics. I'm not an idiot. But saying you're "wary" in my experience leads to censorship
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Replying to @C_C_Gill @GodDoesnt
But then you are arguing against something that hasnt been argued for. We are all (presumably) wary of where the postmodern left is going. Peterson certainly is. It;s his central thesis. Must he not say so or is it just ppl who are wary of him who shouldn't?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
Yes, you're allowed to say you're wary. But wary has become code for "let's censor this person". And censorship is more likely to happen to right-leaning individuals because of the prevailing left-wing ideology across the media and universities
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There have been some pretty astonishing bad faith attacks on Peterson, but as a Peterson fan I don't think
@HPluckrose and@GodDoesnt fall into that camp. Their critiques are eminently reasonable.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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Thank you. I apologise, Charlotte, for being more abrupt than I would normally be. Much sleep deprivation. But we should be able to criticise him without being accused of speaking in code for censoring right-wingers. James' piece is nuanced. Me:https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/999604113208901632 …
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