I regularly attend talks at Harvard & when it’s unclear if they are open to public I always email dept to request permission to attend. I don’t tell them that as I saw it posted on their website I shall just show up because I’ve been welcome to other talks at Harvard in past. 2/
-
-
Replying to @keikoinboston @HPluckrose and
Profs may have any number of perfectly reasonable reasons for not welcoming a stranger sitting in on a class that they’re in no way entitled to sit in on if they’re not a paying student: protection of IP, student safety, or simply just not wanting distraction of a visitor. 3/
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @keikoinboston @HPluckrose and
So at a minimum I find the email to PB incredibly presumptuous and rude. If it were me, I’d deny it on those grounds alone. /end
2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @keikoinboston @HPluckrose and
Is it presumptuous and rude? It seems silly, as they know each other and the purpose of asking if it's ok is to make a point, but very polite.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dorianleakey @HPluckrose and
Keiko Retweeted Melissa Krawczyk
But he didn’t ask. It’s presumptuous and rude to tell anyone that you intend to simply show up to their private class uninvited, regardless of prior association. This is apparently not okay for someone not affiliated with PSU.https://twitter.com/moolecular/status/970054013700861952 …
Keiko added,
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @keikoinboston @dorianleakey and
I’d also add that this is entitled behavior coming from a member of the media. Every school will have different rules but when I worked in academia press visits needed to be cleared through press office. 1/
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @keikoinboston @dorianleakey and
If that’s also true at PSU then he would need both permission of instructor & press office. But it’s all moot since he is perceived as being a stalker. He simply has no right to be there. /end
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @keikoinboston @HPluckrose and
Is it not possible he is treating him as a stalker because he doesn't want to respond to actual ideas? He should have worded it as more of a request to avoid any wriggle room for his point perhaps.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dorianleakey @keikoinboston and
Possible but not the case. He responds to all sorts of ideas all the time. Just two weeks ago, I was there when an open invitation was given for counterviews. This is a specific case of stalking. Legal advice has been sought. But this is slippery anyway.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @HPluckrose @dorianleakey and
It really doesn't matter if you think someone has asked you to leave them alone because they don't want to consider your views. You still need to leave them alone. You can express your views freely w/out forcing them to hear it or turning up at their workplace.
3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
I think you'd see the problem if it was feminism he was so opposed to rather than New Atheism & a feminist he was insisting must hear him out no matter how much she didn;t want to, how much she blocked him, got legal advice, threatened to call police? Or not?
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.