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The latest manifestation of the conservative targetting of academia is the Professor Watchlist, created by the "activist organization" Turning Point USA, founded by rising star Charlie Kirk. It's stated purpose is to "watch" professors "who discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom"
Of course, this is not new. David Horowitz has written a book called The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America . HeterodoxAcademy.org has rational articles discussing the liberal slant to modern college campuses. Nicholas Kristoff writes an interesting piece on the same topic. However, with the election of President Trump, the stakes may have been raised. A professor in California has gone incognitio after criticizing Trump in the classroom and receiving death threats.
But more important is how the attempt to blacklist liberal academics has actually backfired. George Yancy [not the George Yancey from the Kristoff piece above] published a response, "I Am a Dangerous Professor" in the New York Times, and since then it seems to have become de rigueur for all academics to get their name on the Professor Watchlist in order to cement their tenure. An entire hashtag on Twitter has taken form: #trollprofwatchlist! People have taken to mocking the list by suggesting candidates such as Thomas Jefferson, Gandhi, and Jesus, not to mention Socrates, who obviously belongs.
Charlie Kirk may not be dangerous, but he did start this list. I am watching him now.
[Editor note - This story was substantially rewritten for balance. As always, the original submission is available at the link below.]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday December 20 2016, @03:24PM
I… look. The premise is laughable. Why would somebody transgendered want to be referred to by an imaginary pronoun instead of an authentic one?
There again, maybe the answer key is this “gay rights campaigner” Peter Tatchell [petertatchell.net]. Let's take a look.
Hmm [petertatchell.net]
London & Belfast – 24 October 2016
The Appeal Court in Belfast has today ruled that a local Christian-run business, Ashers Bakery, was wrong to refuse to decorate a cake with a pro-gay marriage message.
“This verdict is a defeat for freedom of expression. As well as meaning that Ashers can be legally forced to aid the promotion of same-sex marriage, it also implies that gay bakers could be forced by law to decorate cakes with homophobic slogans,” said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
Wait. A gay activist taking a pro-free speech position on wedding cakes? It's almost as though some of faggots think that forcing somebody to produce work they object to is wrong. It's almost as though you right-wingers are assholes who always miss the target. Seems you have a lot in common with another group of people who absolutely hate male homosexuality and transgenderism.
Hmm [petertatchell.net]
London - 3 August 2007
Gender reassignment (sex-change) surgery is unnecessary and a form of body mutilation, according to Guardian columnist, radical feminist and lesbian campaigner Julie Bindel….
Ms Bindel is challenged in the BBC programme by a four-person panel: human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell; Professor Stephen Whittle, a world expert on transsexualism and the law who had reassignment surgery nearly 30 years ago; clinician Kevan Whylie, a consultant in sexual medicine and gender dysphoria specialist; and psychotherapist and transsexual Michelle Bridgman of the Gender Trust….
Ms Bindel proposes that transsexualism is a condition "created by reactionary psychiatrists in the 1950s" who promoted the false idea that it is possible to be born "trapped in the wrong body." She asks: "is it right to apply a surgical solution to what I believe is a psychological problem?"
…
Peter Tatchell defends transsexual people and gender reassignment surgery as an issue of "choice, self-determination and human rights."
He endorses Ms Bindel's criticism of "traditional male and female roles and the social pressure to conform to cultural expectations of how men and women are supposed to behave," describing these as "often profoundly oppressive." But he goes on to criticise Julie for "putting gender theory and ideology before the happiness of individual human beings who feel out of place and unhappy in their birth sex."
So, I don't get it. Once again we see the steadfastness of feminism with the right wing. The article you link is an outright lie as others have pointed out. Is just easy to blame the transgendered because there's so few of them they can't really stand up to you damned feminists and right-wingers?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday December 20 2016, @08:28PM
Sure, Kurenai, because every single feminist is a TERF. Just like every Christian is a member of Westboro and every single gay dude is a flaming cross-dressing showtune-singing glitterslut.
That is a helluva big brush and a lot of tar. Watch where you're swinging that thing around, lest you alienate your few remaining allies. I've already had it up to here with your bullshit.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:18PM
because every single feminist is a TERF.
It's like those M&Ms.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday December 20 2016, @10:00PM
Skittles, not M&Ms, and nice work; you just lumped yourself in with the neo-Nazis. Excuse me, "alt-right."
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Wednesday December 21 2016, @02:45AM
No. I said M&Ms, and I meant M&Ms. Everybody knows that only Skittles are racist. See here now [slate.com].
Ok, I will admit that when I picked up on the M&M thing at first, I didn't realize the connection to Nazi propaganda. Of course, it was obvious that the statement was morally wrong, however one gets used to being an all-men after a few decades. When the Nazi connection came to light, I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Then I got over it because the irony was delicious. Here's the relevant tweet. I can't link it, of course, because TwitFace is an inferior medium, as I'm sure you're aware:
"UNFAIR! NOT ALL MEN!" Imagine a bowl of M&Ms. 10% of them are poisoned. Go ahead. Eat a handful. Not all M&Ms are poison. #YesAllWomen
— Martin Wagner (@wagnerfilm) May 26, 2014