So it looks like philosophy’s transphobia and general illiberalism — is coming to the fore — just like psychology’s a couple of week’s ago.
I'll run through the main issues/parallels for both instances of transphobia and using Twitter to (attempt to) dehumanise/ruin people.
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And this is because he can't stand that she dislikes the current state of TERFs and generally transphobes being able to openly be transphobic, constantly, pretty much. She called him and her field generally out:https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/997220012501778433 …
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[INB4: But her tone. Anger when calling people out is natural. Of course we are angry people are being transphobic. Injustice makes one angry. Do not mention her tone — it's not relevant. Nobody's tone here is the problem.]pic.twitter.com/QWloaUczQl
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Similar things happened just a few weeks ago in psychology. Some people noticed that some others also in the psychology
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All people involved are pro-open science. This is a classic attempt at self-correction/-reflection in a community. And yes, Christa was one of those who noticed back then too:https://mobile.twitter.com/christapeterso/status/1085955334517055488 …
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A disappointing thing happened... Instead of taking the criticism and learning from it, thinking about it, reflecting on it at length, some people instead doubled down. Perhaps most upsettingly a trans woman in psychology literally left Twitter (at least for now) because of it.
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And all because of a thread basically drawing attention to something that is painfully obvious if you care about trans people. What does that say about us, about
#openscience in psych? I want our movement and field to be better.https://mobile.twitter.com/jinxgoh/status/1085234366370873344 …Show this thread -
I hope lessons can be learned here, mainly that:
snitch-tagging is bullying
sending letters to supervisors to get their students off Twitter is pathetic and harassment (happened in psych in the past too, not a unique thing)
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Also for the UK (please feel free to link to other good ones for other jurisdictions/countries), this is a textbook case of harassment under the law:https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/what-are-the-different-types-of-discrimination/harassment/ …
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"If you’re treated badly or less favourably because of your reaction to harassment which is related to sex or gender reassignment, you may have a claim under the Equality Act. The Act says this is also harassment. You’re protected[.]"
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IANAL of course, but writing letters to your employer to get your kicked off of social media, for example, is absolutely out of control and a case can probably be brought.
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Oh, and that comic panel about tone policing is from here: http://www.robot-hugs.com/tone-policing/ Follow them here:
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