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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait Feb 13

      Brown students demanding @guypbenson not be allowed to give a talk are admirably clear about their belief Republicans have no right to free speech. None of the usual obfuscation here: http://bluestockingsmag.com/2018/02/13/silencing-and-free-speech/ …pic.twitter.com/uliI5hj9Wt

      364 replies 896 retweets 1,604 likes
    2. James Schapiro‏ @JSchapiro_SBR Feb 13
      Replying to @jonathanchait @guypbenson

      Liberal Brown student here, and I promise you, we’re not all like this.

      3 replies 1 retweet 29 likes
    3. Christina Sommers‏Verified account @CHSommers Feb 13
      Replying to @JSchapiro_SBR @jonathanchait @guypbenson

      The intemperate ideas expressed in the letter are from critical theory.(More specifically, intersectionality) Of course, not all Brown students are exposed to the theory; & even those who are don’t act out in extreme ways. But the illiberalism & paranoia are part of the theory.

      1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
    4. Carlo‏ @jcfrancisco Feb 13
      Replying to @CHSommers @JSchapiro_SBR and

      A bit silly to map a complicated academic field onto contemporary politics. Name a passage of Foucault or Baudrillard where free speech was denounced. I’ll wait

      3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
      Replying to @jcfrancisco @CHSommers and

      Foucault claimed that discourses create social reality, that there is only one episteme in any culture & that it is a product of power - power knowledge. Surely, you see the logical connection between this understanding of power dynamics & the perception of speech as dangerous?

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    6. Carlo‏ @jcfrancisco Feb 15
      Replying to @HPluckrose @CHSommers and

      Sure. I also remember being taught to read every thinker critically. (and I went to one of these super “PC” colleges!) It’s not the coursework that’s the problem.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
      Replying to @jcfrancisco @CHSommers and

      No, its much more insidious than that. There has been a huge epistemic shift which has affected society and the way it understands power, knowledge, truth & identity. The first PoMos just articulated this and so epitomise it.

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
      Replying to @HPluckrose @jcfrancisco and

      A good parallel is with religion. How many people will oppose LGBT rights, reproductive freedom, STEM cell research etc because they are Christian, Muslim etc but never studied theology at university or even read their holy texts. The ideas are internalised in their culture.

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    9. Carlo‏ @jcfrancisco Feb 15
      Replying to @HPluckrose @CHSommers and

      Ha, high five for mentioning religion at the same time

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
      Replying to @jcfrancisco @CHSommers and

      Ideology really does affect culture. I came into this because someone linked one of my essays. It is the one which explains how these ideas became mainstream.

      6:31 AM - 15 Feb 2018
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        2. Carlo‏ @jcfrancisco Feb 15
          Replying to @HPluckrose @CHSommers and

          I totally agree with you, but at the same time students should be exposed to all sorts of ideological currents in school, as long as it’s in a critical light. I would say my own school DIDN’T expose me to enough of that, I was politicized more by virtue of twitter

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
          Replying to @jcfrancisco @CHSommers and

          I'm very glad to hear it. Mine was also quite low key. I was able to express my disagreement with postmodernism and even of feminism but submitting essays on either caused me to get such poor grades I would have failed had I persisted.

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