His phrasing is purposeful and ignores that the word choice evident on even his own tweet creates situations that would resemble his tweet
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You figured all that out from 140 characters?
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I figured out how many people, Boghossian included, will ignore nuance in 140 characters.
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"Boghossian included" - only U know what Boghossian meant by his "purposeful" phrasing. Not even Boghossian knows Boghossian's purpose.
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Not what I said but interesting interpretation. I said he is purposely ignoring nuance with his statement and everyone is blindly agreeing
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Not blindly, no. The problem of this kind of double standards is one that many have addressed. Here I do:pic.twitter.com/EvI47kn5D5
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We can all think of reasons to explain reasonably why any individual man's ideas might be engaged w differently than any individual woman's
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But the problem of women's ideas not being as open to critique as men's *because they are a woman* is what is being addressed here.
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From my perspective, it undermines me as a serious thinker, as an academic writer, as a social commentator if I must be humoured coz female.
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And if you're reading all of that into his tweet you are looking at a different message than I am. I certainly haven't humored you just coz
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I am not accusing you of humouring me. I'm saying it happens and is seen as virtuous because of identity superseding quality of ideas.
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