1. A few musings on this Charles Murray tweet and its followup:https://twitter.com/charlesmurray/status/542517933776175107 …
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@HeerJeet As well as in the rhetoric of his apologists, like@sullydish . -
@HeerJeet@sullydish always falls back on "but, free speech!" As though it's a substantive response to a substantive challenge of racism.
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11. When challenged on racism and dubious science, Murray (and defenders like
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@HeerJeet@sullydish Raising racist questions. Which of course they have a right to do. But free speech is not consequence-free speech. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet As@Noahpinion put it well, offensiveness does not make one a better academic: http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/offensiveness-does-not-make-you-better.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@docfreeride delicious scientific racismThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet For Murray, "scientific racism" just makes $; he's totally insulated from negative consequences for POC.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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