This is really, really, really bad. @HeatherEHeying @BretWeinsteinhttps://twitter.com/michaelmoreno2k/status/1188175155240947712 …
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Proceed with extreme caution. "Debate" as a formal school activity is a very strange phenomenon. The fact of a position being sophistry is immaterial. And there are strong hints in the full recording that the positions being advanced by the prof are put forward as an exercise.
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If that's what it is, then the professor is loosely playing the role of an opposing team, advancing arguments his students might face. He uses some terms that suggest that's what's going on. That said, the exercise feels way off target, but 'off target' isn't the same as bigoted.
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"Off target" or even "bigoted" seem sort of beside the point, except on an exceedingly tilted playing field — the arguments are *really weak.* Is that not enough, in the context of formal debate?
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