That Harper's piece is a WTF. So here we are and I am now going to do a thread about free speech and academic freedom. Because people seem unable to understand what those things are especially in higher ed circles. You can begin here w/ @Prof_FSultana: https://www.acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1715 …
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Now for academic freedom. Academic freedom as
@Prof_FSultana excellent articles explains is about academic expertise & quality control. Yes you heard that right, "RIGOR." So, I do not know (but#STEM folks feel free to correct me) any Astronomy Dept. inviting a speakerShow this thread -
to campus to who giving a talk about "how the moon is made of cheese." Academics have the right to say, there is no evidence that the moon is made of cheese, & this person saying alt-facts should not be given an invite to talk b/c there is no scholarly evidencefor this statement.
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So unless you think fascist propaganda, white supremacist propaganda, flat earthers, folks who believe "the moon is made of cheese," is "RIGOROUS" b/c this is the "academic rigor" you uphold in your departments & area, this Harper's statement is nothing but academic MORAL PANIC.
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Also, it just shows how much you have bought into the white supremacist/fascist propaganda machine. They have played you really well. Apparently critical thinking skills or research into fascist history seems something people do not want to do.
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Feel free to reread and cite this excellent
@Prof_FSultana piece. Because it lays it all out explicitly: https://www.acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1715 …Show this thread
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