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Old 06-02-2025, 02:47 PM #3
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Hmm. I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of what she says, but I don't think the tone of this is particularly helpful or anything new; this feels a bit 2022 in terms of where the conversation in academics and politics is now.

I also find this statement a little ... odd.

"If you had any sense, you'd be quietly deleting every trace of activist mantras, ad hominem attacks, false equivalence and circular arguments from your X feeds, because the day is fast approaching when you'll want to pretend you always saw through the craziness."

Why would someone need to delete past comments "if they had sense" rather than simply evolving their opinions, if their opinions do evolve? Why would they be revision their timeline "if they had sense"? What's going to happen if they don't? All a little Orwellian there.
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