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Well d’uh, I think anyone would have to have been living under a rock to not understand the problem with academia more broadly, but the idea that the solution is a disingenuous blowhard like Rufo is laughable.

I’m simply making the point that to defend academic freedom requires defending academic freedom, that Rufo clearly isn’t interested in that and that a culture war race to the bottom is terrible whoever is doing it.

A lot of the comments here seem to be willing to give Rufo a pass because ‘look at what the other lot do’.

There’s also a lot of comment that amount to ‘Stuff I agree with should be taught, stuff I disagree with is a waste of time’. That one side of aisle has more influence in Academia doesn’t make the other side attacking academic freedom ok.

A lot of the criticism of J&K seem to be they haven’t given Rufo the benefit of the doubt, but that requires pretending his real agenda isn’t patently obvious.

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