A fabulous post on the limits and pitfalls of “civil discourse.” Via Historiann.
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A fabulous post on the limits and pitfalls of “civil discourse.” Via Historiann.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
And actually, the problem she describes explains in a nutshell what I did not like about my first education, and Reeducation, and much of professordom.
It means I can stop wondering, what is it … is it that I don’t like the town … is it that I am not interested in my field … NO, it is that I am not interested in what I’ve been asked to put up with and in peoples’ non recognition of what one must deal with.
Also, I am generally pissed off at people thinking my not liking professordom was just a spate of toddler like pouting, or that my plans to do other things could possibly have been made from a mature point of view.
A pox upon them all. I am so over everything.
If you cannot express the full range of your emotions, you are hobbled by the society that prohibits this. Human beings discover and come to terms with the world around them on the basis of the knowledge that is gained from experience, which is coloured by subtle emotional qualities. Ignore these at your peril. You will suffer from “soul loss” and become an easy victim if do not pay attention to what your whole brain is telling you about a situation.
Also, no debate is worth having that starts as its investigation point whether or not I should have rights. It is neither acceptable nor common to debate with males whether or not they should be allowed to eat food or to have roof over their heads based on their genetic characteristics. But this is exactly what a debate about whether women should have rights boils down to.
I don’t engage in those debates, because people who do not already know the answer to this question are barbarians who are beneath my contempt.
“You will suffer from ‘soul loss’ and become an easy victim if do not pay attention to what your whole brain is telling you about a situation.”
–Yes, that’s the problem with my first education, although Reeducation refused to see that I had refused to let go as much as my soul as had been requested.
Barbarians, refusing to debate — well, nice work if you can get it. I make 76 cents or something on the man’s dollar and I do debate it. 🙂
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/ComparableWorth.html
You should never be quiet about inequalities. As for debating human rights and whether women deserve them — I still wouldn’t. A different, and more demanding stance, is necessary.
Yes, of course, but this civil discourse thing is a really difficult problem in institutional contexts. These guys have figured out how to be uncivil in legal ways, how to get very manipulative and so on. How to deal with that has to be worked on.
True.
But don’t underestimate the value of a strong and resistant demeanour. It will not win in the short term, but it will in the long term, since it has to.
Case in point: My parents have recently come around to viewing me as a complete person with an actual person’s natural imbuement of intelligence.
“Well done for your persistence!” they say.
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IN my oblique way, all I am saying is “do not negotiate with terrorists”. Realise what is going on. It’s rarely more words that are needed. The really convincing thing is a strong stance, over a long term duration.
By and large I have found that to be true, although not always, and it really depends on the organization / how many people are involved, and so on. Isis is talking about the whole broad context of labs and so on, which is a whole very complex jungle.
Although of course, it is my full on power I am bringing back to deal with this Blackguard and, coincidentally, my book.
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Thinking about the science situation makes me realize something about my sister in law’s personality.
I am feeling your power increase. Really.
Wow!!!! From that far away!!!!
It is quite simple. You are analysing the objects around you more accurately, rather than turning a questioning eye upon yourself.