The idea that an inquiry is incapable of getting to the truth because it doesn’t have any members who have a particular skin colour, or who grew up on a council estate, is patently absurd. Identity politics at its very worst.https://twitter.com/hackneyabbott/status/994876361494933505 …
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Nice straw-man argument. You'll need to do better than that.
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How about you explain WHY it's a straw man argument.
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Easily: The Grenfell families are asking for *diversity* in the panel. Julia’s straw-man insinuates that they want a non-white panel; and her arguments demands a complete lack of diversity in the form of an all white, female jury. It's an entirely false equation. Ergo, straw-man.pic.twitter.com/aXH7jqrmnG
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LOL Ignores original tweet which includes socio-economic background Describes a "complete lack of diversity" as all white, all female panel - reducing those people to two race/sex characteristics Posts gif like a really clever boy So what DO you consider a diverse panel then?
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You didn’t ask me to address the original tweet, just the straw-man. 2 characteristics? You mean exactly as Julia did and you pointed out? GIF, I know, right
, I can walk you through it if you’re confused.
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Diversity is important, not because of superficial appearances, but for neural diversity. ND is about the idea that what you actually after is diversity of though and approach. That’s about life experience, background, brain wiring. /2
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That’s hard to test in a direct way, but you can get there by developing as diverse a group of people as possible. It’s therefore not about targets or specific demographics, but relative difference amongst the set. /3
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Get that right and you theoretically make far better desisions as a result of the problem being tested from a diversity of perspectives. So diversity here is not about colour or gender… but about sufficient difference of life experience and neural make-up. /4
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Don’t think their are any left handed Ginger haired Irishmen on the committee either
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Again , missing the point , a jury is made up of more then 1
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