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"[A]n idea can be contaminated by proximity to something which is itself already contaminated; if an idea seems to have something in common with another that is already considered polluted, the association can provoke powerful emotions like disgust and contempt. It is exceedingly difficult to give an idea a fair hearing while experiencing those emotions, and giving someone the benefit of the doubt while experiencing powerful, negative moral emotions such as disgust is very hard to do. Instead, our biases do the work for us. This can prevent us from being able to formulate coherent arguments against positions we find contemptible because we have not really understood those positions; we have only understood our reflexive emotional reactions to them."

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I was chief researcher and in-house editor for The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. In the book, we outline three misguided principles (“Great Untruths”) that form the foundation of the new moral culture we are seeing on some college campuses: The Untruth of Fr...

"This is bigger than Harvard. Asian-Americans see the Harvard lawsuit as just the first step in the eventual toppling of the entire elite school racket against their race. In April, the Center for Equal Opportunity (a conservative think tank) released a study confirming what has long been common knowledge in the Asian-American community: it’s not just Harvard. Elite schools like MIT, Yale, and Princeton appear to also be discriminating against Asian-Americans in some form, keeping their Asian admissions down to a ratio that reflects what each college believes ought to be an acceptable balance in the racial composition of its students."

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Harvard is known as the Ivy League’s Ivy. It is toasted as the gold standard, not only in education, but in academic culture—in visibility as the pinnacle of academic achievement in the entire world. It’s the #1 best-endowed school in the world, with a 400-year history that has produced some o...
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Great resource with critical thinkers.
I have been very concerned about the bias of the modern press in Canada. My father was a CBC produce...r and even as a teenager I could see the disconnect between the claims of impartiality and the reality of the totally biased product.
I have watched as activists were courted , groomed and promoted to reinforce a political agenda using taxpayer funds by this “public broadcaster”.
The press in Canada has followed in the mothercorps footsteps almost without exception. The Canadian public has been egregiously propagandised over multiple generations. The result is a public that has very little original thought and almost no critical reason. The alternative has always been social conservative press that was offensive to most of the public.
I am very pleased to have discovered this outlet for writers with the ability to question the assumptions of the status Quo. Thank you for having the courage of your convictions.
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