A brief thread on Gilley et al. The one thing to keep in mind is that at the most basic level they have no qualifications or expertise in the fields to which they claim to be contributing. This is not about freedom of speech, it’s about basic academic standards. 1/
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You will note that they never actually engage with the substance of the criticism levelled against them and their arguments and instead build their entire grift on attacking a variety of lazy strawmen. They are charlatans, not intellectuals. 7/
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This is what the identity-politics of the right looks like - its about feelings rather than facts. And that is why we should not debate them. 8/
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PS: These people - and the newspapers and publishers who provide them with a platform - are obviously entitled to their views. But they're not entitled to being taken seriously. You don't talk fashion with the naked emperor.
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And how does one account for writers who have no/limited academic credentials and yet are given column inches in influential magazines like New Yorker, NYRB, LRB et al? (They opine on everything from Kashmir to Palestine based only on secondary sources)
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Ok, but what I don't get is why not let them have their little fun, and then skewer them in reviews?
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Because the whitewashing of the empire is not 'little fun' - despite their claims of being silenced, they have massive media platforms at their disposal. Its no different than fact-checking Trump *after* the interview, when its too late...
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