tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post541090996845197966..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Liked Tweets Nearly Cost Me My University JobAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-27403313377857110232020-07-05T06:50:57.222+01:002020-07-05T06:50:57.222+01:00Barry - I think the comment "so many damned b...Barry - I think the comment "so many damned blacks" is what damned him rather than the opinion that slavery was not genocide per se. I think the comment in relation to genocide is permissible even if objectionable. It is part of what makes free inquiry in a way that his "so many damned blacks" does not.<br />I actually debated him yonks ago on the Moral Maze. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22672821731862563062020-07-04T23:31:40.304+01:002020-07-04T23:31:40.304+01:00I am glad that the case was dropped. It was notnh...I am glad that the case was dropped. It was notnhing like the gratuitous racism that David Starkey spouted (again) this week for which he has rightfully been sanctioned for.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2464651734771841922020-07-03T18:39:51.381+01:002020-07-03T18:39:51.381+01:00I know it has ramifications, but I believe academi...I know it has ramifications, but I believe academics who value free speech should leave these institutions, they have lost all rationalityDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.com