On a more serious note, Neo links to a substack article by Martin Hackworth entitled, "Has woke higher education met it's destiny?" Hackswoth writes about the entire country finally getting "a crystal clear window into the woke, doublespeak" permeating academia.
And there it is (and isn't) one more time, with the phrase "woke double speak" covering the twists and holes, the entanglements and the falling in that's been happening over and over, with people who don't know how to hold or process uncomfortable facts and evidence, or the truth of human behavior.
A few days ago, the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and UPenn testified on Capitol Hill in a House hearing on antisemitism in higher education. The thing that is significant about this hearing is that the entire country finally got a crystal clear window into the woke, doublespeak that has permeated academia since the turn of the century, when none of the leaders of three of the most prestigious universities in the world could simply condemn antisemitism on their campuses.
To be clear, I am pretty close to a free-speech absolutist. I think that you should be free, at least from government intervention, to say any damn silly thing that you want. This is America, where you have the right to be wrong. It was never my job as a lecturer to tip-toe around anyone’s feelings, sensibilities, or lived experiences. It was my job to tell the objective truth to the best of my ability. If you objected, it was your right to respond. The best cure for poor speech isn’t suppression; it’s better speech.
Thought and its expression through speech aren’t the same thing as action. When they morph into action, we have laws to address whatever might arise. You should be able to say just about anything that you want on a college campus; it’s when you throw a rock that you’ve crossed the line.
I think we knew it a long time ago, Mama. It's just now how people see they've gone from anti-American to anti-thought. The issue is this has been going on since the late 60s, but now the mindlessness has reached its ultima.
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On a more serious note, Neo links to a substack article by Martin Hackworth entitled, "Has woke higher education met it's destiny?" Hackswoth writes about the entire country finally getting "a crystal clear window into the woke, doublespeak" permeating academia.
And there it is (and isn't) one more time, with the phrase "woke double speak" covering the twists and holes, the entanglements and the falling in that's been happening over and over, with people who don't know how to hold or process uncomfortable facts and evidence, or the truth of human behavior.
A few days ago, the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and UPenn testified on Capitol Hill in a House hearing on antisemitism in higher education. The thing that is significant about this hearing is that the entire country finally got a crystal clear window into the woke, doublespeak that has permeated academia since the turn of the century, when none of the leaders of three of the most prestigious universities in the world could simply condemn antisemitism on their campuses.
To be clear, I am pretty close to a free-speech absolutist. I think that you should be free, at least from government intervention, to say any damn silly thing that you want. This is America, where you have the right to be wrong. It was never my job as a lecturer to tip-toe around anyone’s feelings, sensibilities, or lived experiences. It was my job to tell the objective truth to the best of my ability. If you objected, it was your right to respond. The best cure for poor speech isn’t suppression; it’s better speech.
Thought and its expression through speech aren’t the same thing as action. When they morph into action, we have laws to address whatever might arise. You should be able to say just about anything that you want on a college campus; it’s when you throw a rock that you’ve crossed the line.
https://martinhackworth.substack.com/p/has-woke-higher-education-met-its?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=804000&post_id=139622758&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=9bg2k&utm_medium=email
I think we knew it a long time ago, Mama. It's just now how people see they've gone from anti-American to anti-thought. The issue is this has been going on since the late 60s, but now the mindlessness has reached its ultima.
PS Those signs nail cancel culture to the wall.
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