#PoliticsLive was brilliant today.
First @TrevorPTweets exposes the ignorance of @dibyeshanand's attitude to Noah Carl (qv https://blog.usejournal.com/noah-carl-controversy-faq-ad967834b12d …).
Then @afneil highlights @benshapiro's inconsistency, who at least has the grace to admit he got it wrong.https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1126561352867147776 …
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Replying to @bgprior @TrevorPTweets and
More than 600 academics have signed a petition defending Noah Carl's academic freedom:https://quillette.com/2019/05/02/cambridge-capitulates-to-the-mob-and-fires-a-young-scholar/ …
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Replying to @KirkegaardEmil @bgprior and
This is not about academic freedom & freedom of speech to produce racist research. This is about an institution providing platform & respectability to such research & thus going against its commitment to diversity & inclusion & failing in its duty of care to students & staff.
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Funny how it's always "This is not about academic freedom & freedom of speech" when it's someone else than the in-group. If you want to be a selective censor, own it. Say it proudly instead of this pretension.
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