This is weird and worrisome http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/transracialism-article-controversy.html …
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Replying to @KevinSimler
Ex ante, I wouldn't have predicted so much outrage. Earnest Q: (why) is the identity-political left allergic to transracialism?
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Replying to @KevinSimler
Another explanation (of a different kind) is that her facile argument by analogy refused to pay homage to critical race theory, and
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Replying to @amelapay
do you mean "facile" in a particularly derogatory way? if so, could you elaborate? (i haven't read paper/don't have strong prejudices here.)
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Replying to @KevinSimler
Personally I don't have a problem with the form of the argument - kinda quick and dirty with minimal citations. It has its place.
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Replying to @amelapay @KevinSimler
Such as exactly this case - to stir pot. But critics think it's facile in derogatory sense, irresponsible and even "enacts violence" or w/e
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Replying to @amelapay @KevinSimler
They're even saying that Hypatia did the *author* a disservice by publishing! Yeah right. They just don't want authors writing around them.
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Replying to @amelapay @KevinSimler
It's so fubar. Tuvel critics think Tuvel supporters just provide evidence that their own (often convoluted) contributions to philosophy
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Replying to @amelapay @KevinSimler
are under systemic attack but more essential than ever.
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cool, thanks for the (sober) perspective
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