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Historian of sci/tech/colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland & Atlantic; blog http://memoriousblog.com ; views mine; pronouns in bio: he/him

Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Québec
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    1. Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

      So, in sum, a school district made material available and Counterweight helped get it removed and replaced. "Extreme" is vague rhetorical garnish. I don't see how this is more than an ideological pressure group -- which is fine, but has nothing to do with protecting free speech.pic.twitter.com/3vL2jHbSN0

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    2. Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

      I mean, the whole point is explicitly to make things they don't agree with harder for people to access. The comments congratulate them on rolling back CRT "implementation", but that's a red herring -- by their own account, the only "implementation" was making material available.

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      Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

      Again -- if you want to be an ideological pressure group that agitates for school boards to replace things you don't like for ideological reasons with things you do, OK. That's your right. But to pretend this is about promoting free speech or debate is silly. It's clearly not.

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        2. Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

          It is revealing that Counterweight is posting this themselves as a proud victory, since it is counter to the values they pretend to espouse. It is not surprising to anyone who's been paying attention, but it indicates how cynical (or just uncritical) they know their fans are.

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        3. Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

          Anyway, this is Helen Pluckrose's brand of "liberalism": prescribed readings from one ideological perspective, and the removal of alternatives from public view. Once a fraud, always a fraud.

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        4. Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

          Counterweight is just "cancel culture" for centrists.

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        5. Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

          Counterweight's ancestry here is less John Stuart Mill, more Mary Whitehouse.

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        6. Ted McCormick‏ @mccormick_ted Feb 24

          Ted McCormick Retweeted Ted McCormick

          but the replies, oh the replieshttps://twitter.com/mccormick_ted/status/1364648145171406851?s=20 …

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          Ted McCormick @mccormick_ted
          Lots going on over at Counterweight. I agree that reading probably doesn't play a big role pic.twitter.com/Ww9jvOcyo4
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