That's what I'm objecting to! Instead of situating TNC with online discourse, he should be placed in context of black intellectual history.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
The piece was referring to replies to TNC critic George Packer. Those replies, like much racial justice discussion, now takes place online.
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Replying to @amlamey
The idea that George Packer -- a New Yorker staff writer who was given space in Atlantic to respond -- is persecuted is...strange.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Straw doll. Criticisms of Packer can be worth analyzing even if he is not "persecuted."
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Replying to @amlamey
"For having the temerity to defend himself" (Williams' words) suggests that Packer is somehow persecuted or in subservient position.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I read it as saying he was subject of unjustified criticism, which can happen to anyone, regardless of career success.
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Replying to @amlamey
Sure, people get unjustified criticism all the time. But, Williams' own piece consists largely of unjustified criticism.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I am open to the possibility that there may be more to say in defence of TNC, but it would be better to do in article . . .
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. . . rather than in tweet that distorts and dismisses Williams.
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I think it is worth emphasizing problems with identity epistemology because they seem hard for many leftists to acknowledge . . .
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Disagree. Socialist magazines like Jacobin are constantly criticizing identity epistemology (too much so, for my taste).
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