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To: GOPJ
The key question is

“Mr. Boghossian doesn’t have tenure and expects the university will fire or otherwise punish him. Ms. Pluckrose predicts she’ll have a hard time getting accepted to a doctoral program. Mr. Lindsay said he expects to become ‘an academic pariah,’ barred from professorships or publications.” as quoted in https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-news-comes-to-academia-1538520950

The newspapers have written about it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/arts/academic-journals-hoax.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/04/paper-that-would-never-have-gotten-past-peer-review-criticizes-academy-film/

15 posted on 10/09/2018 8:48:03 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
“The three academics call themselves “left-leaning liberals.” Yet they’re dismayed by what they describe as a “grievance studies” takeover of academia...”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-news-comes-to-academia-1538520950

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Three ‘left-leaning liberals’ - amazing. Three people worthy of respect who will most likely be ditched by their Universities... And you're right AdmSmith, I jumped to conclusions about the New York Times and Washington Post - - based on their reputations - - rather than on evidence.

16 posted on 10/09/2018 9:30:29 AM PDT by GOPJ (Last time the American job market was this strong, astronauts were going to the moon.Lydia DePillis)
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