(np) The Neurodiversity Case for Free Speech

[L E Bryan]

Republicans in academia are “oppressed” like creationists are “oppressed” in biology departments. At least the bulk of the current crop of religious neo-facists.
 
> On Jul 25, 2017, at 9:23 AM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I think the writer creates a fallacy that men on the Autism/Aspergers scale (however loosely that's defined) are likely to be right-wing and/or Republican, leading to him to argue that right-wing men are an "oppressed" group in academia, and deserve the protections of other marginalized groups. Given the loose definition he uses (apparently any man who's a little crusty or socially awkward), I'd have to argue that almost 100% of the men I know who fall into that category are politically progressive and/or Democrats. So basically, he's just whining about how badly Republicans are treated in academia. The poor, oppressed, marginalized little dears.
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> I agree with him that the current cultural obsession with micro-aggressions and triggers, amplified by crowd-shaming and the taking of statements and pictures out of context, is a serious threat to free expression. As a feminist, I find the sniveling about the need to protect women from even modest innuendo (I'm not talking about sexual assaults or serious threats or hazing campaigns) a throwback to Victorian times, with the emphasis on women as weaklings who need to be sheltered and protected, lest they ... faint. And I can't imagine that any psychologist would instruct someone suffering from PTSD to spend the rest of their life hiding from anything that triggers distressing memories.
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> LK
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> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 3:53 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de <mailto:lorentzen at hotmail.de>> wrote:
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> Having a daughter who's not only studying history and English but also
> politically active in the fields of LGBT and migration, I'm often
> shocked how little Free Speech counts among the young.
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> http://quillette.com/2017/07/18/neurodiversity-case-free-speech/ <http://quillette.com/2017/07/18/neurodiversity-case-free-speech/>
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