I need to write a thing on what I think is the right way to protest. Ways that are effective but not intimidating or authoritarian.
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Responding in a way which actually shows why the problem is a problem. Use of words, arguments, humour, reductio ad absurdum.
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These things sting and are effective. eg The Tim Hunt thing? A hashtag started
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If Hunt had been serious, lots of people laughing at him cld well have made him embarrassed to say such a thing again.
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When it turned out he wasn't, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. We'd have been laughing with him. No damage done.
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Instead, he was reduced to tears, contemplated suicide & felt compelled to resign because of the unreasoning rage & demands for punishment.
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When that happened and I saw the hashtag, I thought 'Yes, they're getting it right. They're making this outdated attitude laughable'.
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This is meaningful. People will see the problem. But then the calls for punishment started & a witchhunt & all meaning was lost.
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People love a good witch hunt. I often say we haven't changed much in our moral attitude towards people. Few agree with me on this.
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:) No, I got that. I wasn't clear, sorry. I was suggesting that alternative forms of protest depend on the person in question. ->
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Student, teacher, philosopher, scientist, journalist etc. So, I wondered if you were thinking of a specific group or field.
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No, tailor it as appropriate but have a thoughtful, strategic & humane attitude.
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Yes. I see now, you mean the attitude. I was thinking too practical.
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If students had called Jordan Peterson 'Jordana' & referred to him as 'her' rather than demanding firing it would have tested his principles
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If free speech was his whole aim, he cld not reasonably object. If he found it distressing, he'd have learnt what they wanted him to learn.
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Instead, they made him a martyr and increased antagonism against trans people. (This is hypothetical. I agree with Peterson on free speech)
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Yes. I support the idea of alternative forms & pushing for those. I was being pessimistic and claiming it seems to be in our nature to
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