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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Viking on February 22, 2014, 09:03:07 PM

Title: Harvard Crimson doesn't like Academic Freedom, instead wants "Ac. Justice"
Post by: Viking on February 22, 2014, 09:03:07 PM

"Ac. Justice" = "Academic Justice" when there's a limit on the length of post titles.
Didn't know whether to post it to the Round Table or Politics. I'll try it here to see if it fits.
http://www.thecrimson.com/column/the-red-line/article/2014/2/18/academic-freedom-justice/

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If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and heterosexism, why should we put up with research that counters our goals simply in the name of “academic freedom”?

tl;dr (snarky & condescending version): "Research is bad if it makes our fee-fees upset, therefore research that makes us feel bad fee-fees should be prohibited.".

What does APS think of this?

Title: Re: Harvard Crimson doesn't like Academic Freedom, instead wants "Ac. Justice"
Post by: AmbulanceDriver on February 22, 2014, 09:26:06 PM

*facepalm*

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Just think of the big foam cluebat as reality.

Eventually, we can only hope for this:

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Title: Re: Harvard Crimson doesn't like Academic Freedom, instead wants "Ac. Justice"
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 23, 2014, 12:02:12 AM

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If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and heterosexism, why should we put up with research that counters our goals simply in the name of “academic freedom”?

I wonder if they know that "put up with" is also spelled t-o-l-e-r-a-t-e.

Title: Re: Harvard Crimson doesn't like Academic Freedom, instead wants "Ac. Justice"
Post by: MechAg94 on February 23, 2014, 10:48:15 PM

Quote from: fistful on February 23, 2014, 12:02:12 AM

I wonder if they know that "put up with" is also spelled t-o-l-e-r-a-t-e.

Tolerance need only apply to Things judged as PC.  Non-PC things and behaviors can screw off and die. 

Title: Re: Harvard Crimson doesn't like Academic Freedom, instead wants "Ac. Justice"
Post by: RevDisk on February 23, 2014, 10:56:27 PM

Most people only want freedom for their pet causes. That is normal. Libertarianism is abnormal.

Title: Re: Harvard Crimson doesn't like Academic Freedom, instead wants "Ac. Justice"
Post by: MechAg94 on February 25, 2014, 09:38:37 AM

Quote from: RevDisk on February 23, 2014, 10:56:27 PM

Most people only want freedom for their pet causes. That is normal. Libertarianism is abnormal.

I don't know if I would say "most".  I would say those are often the loudest.