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Kim Weeden is also on 'sky & Mastodon
@WeedenKim
Sure be nice if government-sponsored suppression of exchange of ideas received even 1/4 the attention as Middlebury students. @NAChristakis
2017-03-20 08:18:12
Nicholas A. Christakis
@NAChristakis
@WeedenKim Yes. I agree; have been saying so. But we in academia have lost credibility. How can we resist R incursions if not consistent?
2017-03-20 08:28:51
Nicholas A. Christakis
@NAChristakis
@WeedenKim If we say: don't interfere academic freedom, they'll say "you don't even allow people to hear speakers or choose costumes freely"
2017-03-20 08:31:13
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Also, terrible strategy, not just because alienates potential allies, as you note, but b/c directly counterproductive. 2/9
2017-03-21 11:23:28
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After all, Murray gets free press and more book sales than he would in absence of protests. Peaceful protests = bad copy. 3/9
2017-03-21 11:23:53
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But, who is going to read the work of scholars who can’t attend conferences b/c they are from the wrong country, religion, or race? 4/9
2017-03-21 11:24:11
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Who is going to read scholars whose grant proposals go unfunded because topic is not “in American interests” as defined by @HouseGOP? 5/9
2017-03-21 11:24:43
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Or whose research centers are eliminated b/c results don’t support Republican legislature’s political agenda? 6/9
2017-03-21 11:25:15
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@WeedenKim
Not a surprise that right wing focuses on “PC” student protests, ignores state suppression of ideas. 7/9
2017-03-21 11:25:38
Kim Weeden is also on 'sky & Mastodon
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But, relative prevalence & impact of student protests overblown by pundits on left or center, too. That concerns me. 8/9
2017-03-21 11:26:06
Kim Weeden is also on 'sky & Mastodon
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Handwringing over “PC” students focuses on relatively powerless, gives free pass to greater suppression of ideas by powerful. 9/9
2017-03-21 11:26:39
Nicholas A. Christakis
@NAChristakis
A fine tweet storm by @WeedenKim which I largely agree with. I've been saying many of these things myself. But we must also be consistent. twitter.com/weedenkim/stat…
2017-03-21 11:29:08
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@NAChristakis. I agree that disruptive protests on campuses are antithetical to academic freedom, goals of universities. 1/9
2017-03-21 11:22:55
Nicholas A. Christakis
@NAChristakis
@WeedenKim Yes agreed. I've been fighting this issue (politicization of science) for quite some time. But to be effective we must be fair.
2017-03-21 11:31:18
Nicholas A. Christakis
@NAChristakis
.@WeedenKim If we want climate science, political sci, gun epidemiology, we must also want behavior genetics, anthropology of violence, etc
2017-03-21 11:35:19