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Kathleen Stock on academic freedom

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BeansandRice · 03/07/2019 15:43

Academics and freedom of speech

I'm reading this and literally shaking. My story is in there - one of so many - I didn't realise there are so many women who've had to go through what I went through.

It is very scary, reading how many feminists (I'm not going to add "gender critical" as gender critical is what feminism is ) have been shut down, doxxed, and faced with students (and sometimes not even students) attempts to get them sacked.

Thanks to @DocStockk for collecting them, and continuing to speak out.

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Mermoose · 03/07/2019 16:45

My god. This is awful. Has anyone shown it to Caroline Dodds Pennock? I wonder if she has the integrity required to acknowledge it.

OvaHere · 03/07/2019 16:45

Incredibly eye opening accounts. It's horrifying what is currently happening in our institutions.

truthisarevolutionaryact · 03/07/2019 16:44

That was a chilling read.

Kathleen Stock and all these academics are courageous individuals. And yes HerFemaleness, for once, facism is an appropriate description of this bullying and intimidatory movement.

To say thank you for standing up to this frightening level of fear and intimidation seems trite - but thank you Flowers - all of you.

HerFemaleness · 03/07/2019 16:30

Wow. I'm not one to throw out the word fascism. It's used far too frequently to describe people who aren't even remotely fascist. But this forcing through of an ideology. Persecution of those who disagree with the ideology. Suppression of research and study which could contradict this ideology. Mandatory training to indoctrinate on this ideology. It all seems a bit fascist to me. Shock

arranbubonicplague · 03/07/2019 16:15

I'm only partway through and I'm horrified at what this represents for the unimpeded progress of totalitarianism in our institutions.