So a few things. Professor Abbot is unquestionably the good guy in all this - he's criticizing the exclusion of Chinese students and comparing it to the discrimination that his Jewish ancestors faced (his full name is Dorian Schuyler Abbot). The people attacking him are absolute, purebred sociopaths - look at the censored list of names Wright provides. Every one of these little Red Guard monsters lists his pronouns next to his name.
So while I am fully on Abbot's side, there is something unfortunate about him. I read his defense of himself, and he completely unironically cited the pseudo-scientific 'implicit association test'. He said he took it five years ago, and it showed bias against wahmen in science, and that he took it again this year and it showed no bias. He thinks this shows change in himself, rather than the supposed test being bunk. Quite unfortunate. But his heart is in the right place.
There is a petition in his support, which Steven Pinker has signed and which now has nearly 2500 signatures.
Dumb doemvotes. This thing needs to boil over, and the sooner the better. The "moderate" left must suffer the consequences of the beasts they've unleashed. For irrational idiots, pain and fear are the only effective teachers.
The "moderates" and the left leaning centrists must feel the full brunt of cancel culture for things to change.
Can confirm. When they started targeting me for being part of GG, I saw what they were truly like.
I have no sympathy for a leftist college professor who pushes shit like the IAT.
Neither do I, but he must prevail - because if a leftist who pushes the IAT is not safe, how much worse do you think it will be for anyone remotely sane?
So a few things. Professor Abbot is unquestionably the good guy in all this - he's criticizing the exclusion of Chinese students and comparing it to the discrimination that his Jewish ancestors faced (his full name is Dorian Schuyler Abbot). The people attacking him are absolute, purebred sociopaths - look at the censored list of names Wright provides. Every one of these little Red Guard monsters lists his pronouns next to his name.
So while I am fully on Abbot's side, there is something unfortunate about him. I read his defense of himself, and he completely unironically cited the pseudo-scientific 'implicit association test'. He said he took it five years ago, and it showed bias against wahmen in science, and that he took it again this year and it showed no bias. He thinks this shows change in himself, rather than the supposed test being bunk. Quite unfortunate. But his heart is in the right place.
There is a petition in his support, which Steven Pinker has signed and which now has nearly 2500 signatures.
EDIT: Good news: Brian Leiter, a leftist professor so radical that he called for Trump to be deposed in a military coup and jailed, has come out in support of Abbot.
Do you have a link to mirrors of the videos in question? Says in the messages on Twitter they were pulled down, but now I'm curious.
I have not found them.
Dumb doemvotes. This thing needs to boil over, and the sooner the better. The "moderate" left must suffer the consequences of the beasts they've unleashed. For irrational idiots, pain and fear are the only effective teachers.
The "moderates" and the left leaning centrists must feel the full brunt of cancel culture for things to change.
I have no sympathy for a leftist college professor who pushes shit like the IAT.
Let him suffer the consequences of what his political party has weaponized.
Can confirm. When they started targeting me for being part of GG, I saw what they were truly like.
Neither do I, but he must prevail - because if a leftist who pushes the IAT is not safe, how much worse do you think it will be for anyone remotely sane?
The enemy of my enemy...
Is my enemy's enemy. Nothing more, nothing less.
Nah, anyone who will fight SJW scum is my friend.