My University Sacrificed Ideas for Ideology. So Today I Quit.
My resignation letter.
Peter Boghossian
@peterboghossian
Philosopher, author, father. Contact: peterschwan4531 at gmail dot com 
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This month, instead of an AMA, I had a casual conversation with my friend Gina about my time in Puerto Rico. It's available to paid Substack subscribers:
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Swap my name for another BLM critic — I just tried and — and you get the same warning. Swap it for the name of a member of the BLM faithful and it disappears. Really messed up.
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Do a Google search for ‘Tom Slater Tyre Nichols’ and you’ll see this content warning. Swap his name for one of the BLM faithful and it disappears. Google is essentially urging users not to read his spiked editorial because it challenges the woke narrative:
spiked-online.com/2023/02/03/goo
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Thanks to Portland Mayor , the city continues to achieve Social Justice!
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Breaking: Overnight in Portland, Ore., the memorial to fallen officers at Waterfront Park was destroyed. Vandal(s) smashed up the names one by one. The city suffers from a far-left extremism problem that has manifested in attacks on police (eg 2020 riots). facebook.com/PortlandPolice
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Any help on this, please
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I find this hard to believe. If anyone can access the actual paper can you please send it to my assistant. E-mail in my signature. Thanks.
openicpsr.org/openicpsr/proj
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Tag the friend you would bring with you to see speak! 🤝
If you will be near the University of Central Florida on February 15th, come to "How to Have Impossible Conversations", presented by AHA Foundation.
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"I heard that Trump was a very bad President."
Three Romanians reveal mixed feelings when discussing the claim, “The U.S. is a force for good in the world.”
Full video: youtu.be/KtDb_Jd7ujo
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Join me for another thoughtful, challenging summer with ’s Forbidden Courses.
Last summer we discussed: moral facts, God, true/for, the singularity, alternative histories, the end of history, problems & benefits of capitalism, ethics of factory farming, Fermi paradox
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This summer we’re gathering courageous scholars, leaders, and entrepreneurs to discuss the great human questions of our time.
June 18–24 & June 25–July 1. Dallas, TX.
Join us: uaustin.org/forbidden-cour
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If you want to understand the hullabaloo re. universities & education, & & ’ actions, this video will explain virtually everything. Note, this is neither an endorsement nor a prescription but an explanation of the problem.
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What did you think would happen if the universities conspired for decades at every administrative level to eliminate all not only conservative but even centrist liberal thought and dialog? Sow the wind; reap the whirlwind. twitter.com/CarlosGSmith/s…
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One ship is filled with antifa and one with Christian nationalists. They’re at sea for 500 years (and can deep sea fish). What can one expect to find with each when they dock?
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"We all have, within us, instincts for violence," tells me in our upcoming 'Forbidden Conversations' podcast. Matt Thornton is a 5th degree black belt in BJJ & the author of 'The Gift of Violence,' which you can pre-order now on Amazon: amazon.com/Gift-Violence-
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Has society turned-off our natural affinity for violence? What are the consequences of that? (a short excerpt)
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Taiwan invasion alert: Island scrambles fighter jets, puts navy on standby and activates missile systems in response to 34 Chinese jets and nine warships - as NATO warns of dangerous situation
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1
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Would you fight a war against China to defend Taiwan?
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If you can see this, what’s your favorite sci fi character? (Star Wars doesn’t count.)
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Deconstructing Whiteness (along with commentary)
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"Do you think you're that special or individual that you can go and have a happy life knowing so many people are going through extreme injustice?"
Four students studying in Debrecen, Hungary consider if they would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion: youtu.be/qC0BIQc-2E8
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“Judge allows PSU professor’s free speech case against University of Oregon to proceed”
If you think was enraged at before this, just wait until he wins this case.
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“[Women staying home] is viewed as a lazy or negative thing.”
“It’s a default setting for Hungarian cultural reasons.”
Should women stay home to raise the kids? Are traditional gender roles the answer?
Watch: youtu.be/mYgl9ioVVK0
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“Is it true that when you put ice on snow it melts?” Question from a native of Puerto Rico
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“Gringo Go Home” as seen in Puerto Rico!
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This is what happens when you engage in activities that take you away from reality. You think you know things and can do things that you do not know and cannot do.
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Biscuit used to have a lot of health problems before I switched her to a fat-affirming veterinarian. Now she gets a clean bill of health and a cookie every visit. That’s the power of body positive medicine.
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Konstantin (and others): always record all legacy media interviews. When the predictable lies emerge, post the unedited recording. End of problem.
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The New Statesman, which famously lied about Sir Roger Scruton shortly before his death, has been caught lying AGAIN.
(Not very) SHOCKING details below:
konstantinkisin.substack.com/p/my-first-hit
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“Puerto Rico should limit gringo immigration”
Doing Spectrum Street Epistemology in Old San Juan!
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I guarantee the men who liked and retweeted this watch porn.
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Why do you I think pornography should be banned?
It’s bad for relationships, it’s bad for society, and it’s bad for your soul.
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Police officers should be required to have minimum of a blue belt in BJJ. twitter.com/FightHaven/sta
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How is it I keep hearing that nobody actually believes this, then when I point out an example of someone in authority who professes to believe it I’m emphatically told, “They don’t actually believe that”.
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Key author in the AP African-American studies course. twitter.com/KeeangaYamahtt…
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Interesting that the number three definition of “virtue” is “chastity; virginity”.
“To lose one’s virtue”
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Have there been any studies on why seeing the inside of a court room seems to trigger gender dysphoria in sex offenders?
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Reverse Q&A: Hungary & Romania (Part 2)
Why do people believe what they believe? Can they change their minds?
Watch these conversations on controversial topics and learn how to think about your own beliefs. youtube.com/playlist?list=
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If you want to understand what’s quickly becoming all the rage—decolonization—this easy to understand video series is for you.
By Dr
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This is a textbook example of starting from a conclusion and working backward to find evidence that supports that conclusion. In this case it is actually worse as the fallacious process is foisted upon students by authority figures who will grade on conforming to the conclusion.
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If you think the Memphis police officers had to be white in order to exhibit anti-Blackness, you need to take that AP African American Studies course Ron DeSantis just banned.
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