No, we don't. Academics aren't a unifed group of people. And we have lots and lots of different opinions. Many of those are that academic are usually idiots outside of their field and shouldn't make fools of themselves by speaking shit.
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thesohoriots @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
Sign an open letter, letter gets published, see who else signed that open letter, backpedal because of the associations, sign the next open letter denouncing the problematic signatories of the first one, emails go out, committees are formed, platitudes are had, repeat.
fossilesque in academia
Academics Have a Responsibility to Speak Out Against Palestine Repression
https://truthout.org/articles/academics-have-a-responsibility-to-speak-out-against-palestine-repression/No, we don't. Academics aren't a unifed group of people. And we have lots and lots of different opinions. Many of those are that academic are usually idiots outside of their field and shouldn't make fools of themselves by speaking shit.
Sign an open letter, letter gets published, see who else signed that open letter, backpedal because of the associations, sign the next open letter denouncing the problematic signatories of the first one, emails go out, committees are formed, platitudes are had, repeat.