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jon-nyc
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posted 07 July 2020 01:45 PM
Some great signatories.

https://harpers.org/a-letter-o...ice-and-open-debate/


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posted 07 July 2020 01:51 PMHide Post
A must admit there are a couple of names on there that surprised me, people I thought might comfortably slide into the role of inquisitor.


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posted 07 July 2020 10:38 PMHide Post
We have our first retraction from a signatory.

Jennifer Finney Boylan.

https://twitter.com/jennyboyla...646004136697863?s=21

Maybe it was her way of signaling her oppressor is still in the house.


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posted 07 July 2020 10:50 PMHide Post
And another.

https://twitter.com/greenidgek...608456152678406?s=21


Funny how once it was printed some signatories first thought was ‘but some of the people who signed it I really want to cancel’.


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posted 08 July 2020 08:32 AMHide Post
I don’t quite understand why you would sign something that seems like a reasonable opinion to you and then want to cancel when you see who else signed it. But I don’t feel like I understand enough these days.


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posted 08 July 2020 09:36 AMHide Post
Seen on twitter:

"I'm sorry! I didn't realize that, when signing a letter that warns of an expanding culture of 'ideological conformity,' I was agreeing with people whose ideology does not conform with my own."


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jon-nyc
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posted 08 July 2020 09:48 AMHide Post


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posted 08 July 2020 09:53 AMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by jon-nyc:
Seen on twitter:

"I'm sorry! I didn't realize that, when signing a letter that warns of an expanding culture of 'ideological conformity,' I was agreeing with people whose ideology does not conform with my own."


I suspect fear of retribution dominates ideological niceties. Buyer's remorse in this case does not seem driven by high-minded concerns.
 
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posted 08 July 2020 12:55 PMHide Post
"While I'm against bombing orphanages, I did not realize that Noam Chomsky and Gloria Steinem shared this view. I never would have signed this letter had I known of their participation in this endeavor."
 
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posted 08 July 2020 01:07 PMHide Post
Jonah Goldberg commented

“I just thought this was an invitation to the cool kids lunch table”


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posted 08 July 2020 02:10 PMHide Post
Caitlin’s on a roll:


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Piano*Dad
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posted 08 July 2020 02:34 PMHide Post
Yes, she is having fun ... using twitter very effectively!
 
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posted 12 July 2020 09:42 PMHide Post
Chomsky comments on the reaction the letter had generated.


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posted 12 July 2020 10:09 PMHide Post
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"You're seeing half of it. The other half is a stream of cowardly letters from left academics and activists who don't want to be identified because of the toxic abuse they would receive if their friends saw them stray one iota from the outraged group orthodoxy, ... and tenure would probably be out the window, by the way."


FIFY, Noam.
 
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