And that this association has already been damaging in the past where sadly people defended him instead of calling him out.
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Exactly like you say, it's extremely important to not allow OA (even if you're uncomfortable with community to describe it) to be associated
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I think this is really the issue (and that goes way beyond racism, sexism etc). A lot of people are skeptical of open science...
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We shouldn't treat it as a "movement" as this only makes it seem more elitist which is really the antithesis of what it ought to be...
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But at the same time there are some who make it seem elitist & unforgiving to many people who are used to the status quo. It's not helping.
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That said, I don't see a special responsibility of OS advocates to condemn this guy. Every decent person should condemn racists.
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Replying to @sampendu @annemscheel
Both are true. K specifically uses OA to give him credibility. So if we want OA to be welcoming we should not defend him (occured in past) &
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As I said just now in another tweet this is a feature of OS. I think the only weapon against abuses of open data is more open data.
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Well. You can also criticize the analysis. Where is it flawed? Where did it go wrong. If the data is open this should be easier.
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Exactly - the data in this case is deliberately skewed, and the plot by K is an exceptionally racist interpretation of the data.
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Being able to call a racist thing racist is incredibly important and empowering.
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