PSU collective releases letter to students attacking Peter Boghossian

[@AnnabelLeeIsNoContact]

These three are heroes to the silent minority in higher ed. Thank you!

[@RedVSBlueIsCewl]

i would go so far to even say they are heroes to the silent majority. Noone wants this stuff, everyone fears the consequences of speaking up about it

[@FesteringRatSub]

Fully agree with you here, i am from higher ed too

[@kaibe5241]

Seems like a facetious comment, but I think you may actually be right. IT's a big turning point against universities.

[@SoyDuckHot]

It’s at the point where they don’t even need to write a detailed hit piece, they could just point a finger and say “this person is bad.”

[@SoyDuckHot]

The ideology they’ve been indoctrinated is like a current in a river, I don’t know how to stop it because you can’t convince 1 of them, how can we convince all of them?

[@SSCrow]

At this point, whenever I see an attack on someone's character I'm inclined to believe the opposite of the claims.

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

Crow that’s how I get through life now. I also see it as projection.

[@giulioallegri1366]

Crow count me in.

[@lukesalazar9283]

@pffft63 hot damn. I don't think you forgot one trigger warning

[@liamkvideo1711]

Ad hominem, when they know they can’t win on facts they attack the character, slander is the default tactic of these far left looneys

[@strawberryinthesky607]

its ad hoc. usually its used in bad faith

[@RachelKaplanMini]

Your refusal to cower is god damn heroic. I’m not a teacher and I’ve already graduated school but if you ever need anyone to stand loudly with you all I will gladly.

[@jimluebke3869]

Share this with your friends. In July 2020 this is more critical than ever.

[@markburgess3860]

I am a PhD student, I support you guys.

[@ingwiafraujaz3126]

Which field?

[@markburgess3860]

@@ingwiafraujaz3126 Computer Science at the Australian National University

[@SoyDuckHot]

Mark Burgess Please do what you can to fight this wherever you may end up or at least do not sacrifice your beliefs to avoid their ire.

[@nickmagrick7702]

k... don't know what that has to do with anything but support is nice

[@nickmagrick7702]

@James B remember its not liberals, its the group identity politics. No one group in inherently evil.

[@jqsudachi]

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.

[@LordTurtleneck]

Which is exactly what happened with us and the SJWs before they took over the world. Here's hoping they're going to be as dumb as we were.

[@lukesalazar9283]

@@LordTurtleneck what do you mean?

[@andrewe3165]

Except that the left and more specifically the rabid progressives now makes up the overwhelming majority of the social sciences so I'd say they have already won. This is the first stage of squeezing them out or even better making them marginalised within their professions (keeping them in their jobs in some ways looks better, like they are superficially a "big tent" open to all ideas, but those dissenters are effectively knee-capped given no oxygen)

[@eiakv]

More like first they yell at you, then they play the victim, then they fight you, then they play the victim again, and then they probably win.

[@SoyDuckHot]

Andrew E How we win this cultural war is convincing people it’s okay to question these people and to not be afraid of the consequences. It’s becoming more socially acceptable to be against the progressive left or identity politics. Once it’s seen as a legitimate position their cultish ideology will slowly collapse.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

Keep going. The vast majority is behind you.

[@altprop826]

The definition of cowardice. A collective of back stabbers.

[@bvdswqawe11]

yeah,that`s what 21 century americans became ,another 'chosen people'

[@stevemygoodman7809]

“Who identify as women” the small things make me laugh.

[@Aderla22]

The small things show how far they are gone.

[@jamesbrooks1367]

what about attack helicopters? where is my representation?

[@derekmaggard9235]

Yeah, if they believe they're really women they wouldn't have to say "identify".

[@lukesalazar9283]

@@derekmaggard9235 i agree

[@yungLADSY]

Doesn't this also contradict their insistence that trans women ARE women. Saying that these people 'identify' as women implies that they aren't in fact 'real' women. Isn't this hate speech by their own standards?

[@zorbratron]

Keep on going. Dont give up on what you are doing.

[@johnshepherd8334]

You are restoring faith in academia.

[@pops1507]

“The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.” - Thomas Sowell

[@jasonhannon4735]

@James B you are spot on

[@mikez25]

This is absolutely crazy! I graduated 6 years ago and never saw anything like this. I'm in awe of your courage and determination to rid the world of this garbage! Wishing you all the best. Stay safe. More people need to know about this story!! You guys need to do more media to get this out

[@octopusonfire100]

Best documentary in the making ever

[@RonnieD1970]

Benjamin Boyce is also making one about Evergreen! I can't wait to see it.

[@carl7221]

Hope everyone on here sponsors it. If those who liked this video gave just ten dollars I'm sure it'd be up and running.

[@paulcoddington664]

The thing about being anonymous is that you can pretend to be a list of professors even if you're a lone nutcase undergraduate who is flunking their coursework. But the thought that these might really be professors is disturbing. It's not like there aren't already a few out there tweeting wicked nonsense under their own names. It's no surprise that the same pattern of cowardly attacks we have seen levelled against Damore and Peterson are coming the way of the Sokal Squared team. Give it time, they too will be referred to indirectly in hushed tones by initial only (like "He Who Must Not Be Named"). Quote mining, false framing and mockery will continue to be a fashionable way to feign intelligence to impress all the wrong people. Those who defend them will be labelled and dismissed as "delusional fanboys", muted and blocked.

[@AnnabelLeeIsNoContact]

Great point. The Laurier gang of three told Lindsey Shepard that students had complained about her lesson involving Jordan Peterson. They eventually had to admit that there was no student complaint. Anonymous hit pieces like this really shouldn't be allowed. If they have the "courage" to say it, they should put their names on it.

[@ReidNicewonder]

"But it is not the minds of heretics that are deteriorated most, by the ban placed on all inquiry which does not end in the orthodox conclusions. The greatest harm done is to those who are not heretics, and whose whole mental development is cramped, and their reason cowed, by the fear of heresy." - JS Mill

[@tg4796]

T Clark some people will only be able to see this in retrospect

[@IamGulzow]

Peter is one of the best profs that I studied under while getting my BSEE at PSU. I always found his classes to be engaging, enlightening, and broadening. He always struck me as a person who is deeply invested in the process of helping his students grow intellectually rather than just pushing his ideas on others. His classes, of which I took more than my STEM degree called for, where an absolute highlight of my time at PSU because he offered us the chance to discuss all manner of weighty, thorny issues with our peers by treating us like adults and pushing us beyond our intellectual comfort zones. Peter's style of teaching is what philosophy departments should be built upon. This man should be head of the department, not being shit upon in the school's paper by a bunch of people who are too afraid to put their name next to what they say. Tim Gulzow

[@TheLoneHiccup]

This is something that has to be confronted head on. You cannot back down from these threats and attacks. This group-think garbage is only defeated when it is faced head on, and with continued effort. The second you bend the knee and apologize, its over. Good luck to you all. The work you are doing is essential and I'm very thankful that you are all brave enough to do it.

[@Crazymummyp]

I am stunned this whole thing hasn't drawn a massive amount more interest. What you are doing is so exciting and so important. Have become a Patreon & will be watching from Perth (WA) with keen interest. All four of you are awesome!

[@MikeNayna]

Thanks for the support, Crazymummyp, I really appreciate it. Always happy to hear people back home are interested.

[@vicsummers9431]

I hope you gain some real support in the university, Peter. Good luck.

[@dead_rebel]

A flock of sheep. A pack of lions. A collective of cowards. Ready to add that last one to my nomenclature.

[@jameshanshaw516]

A cabal of authoritarians

[@HeathenGeek]

A load of bollocks

[@MikeAzariah]

I thought it was a pride of lions. Sorry, your point remains. Anonymity has become a tool/weapon of the far left and takes me back to the Stanford prison experiment. It is easy to be the faceless mob. Behind mirrored sunglasses, black balaclavas or the label of a collective.

[@dead_rebel]

@@MikeAzariah Doh, it is a pride. *slaps forehead

[@marianhennings1527]

A pride of lions is the term generally used, and I think the term applies to Boghossian, Helen Pluckrose, and others involved in this exposure of smelly sillness in some academic journals.

[@jeffboele5010]

Appreciate the work you are all doing - Jim, Peter, Helen and Mike. Telling my friends and will continue to get the word out. Anyone who pays taxes that go to a public university should be listening to this content and contacting college presidents, regents, etc. My letter to these people asks what measures are being taken to invesitage univserity wide diversity committees, grievance study programs and school policies as measured by the hetrodoxacademy.org tools.

[@swesleyc7]

Heterdox Academy rocks.

[@DTyrannosaurus]

"Pete, will it affect your job if we put it up on the web?" "I don't care." This is the strength of conviction that changes things. Putting their FACES and reputations, to say nothing of scholarship, out there, in the public, ready to be engaged with. Agree or disagree with the premise, you can't disagree with the method. (Well, you CAN, but not honestly.)

[@LAZARUSL0NG]

Keep it up, keep your chins up, don’t burn out. You’ve found the hub of the issue; the groundlessness of this field of the academy; but it’s a big wheel, with a lot of momentum. Don’t burn yourselves out trying to put the brakes on all by yourselves. Keep loudly clearly and patiently pointing out the dynamics of the wheel, and we will all try and apply some friction wherever we can get our a hands on. You’re doing great. Thank you so much.

[@inversehyperbolictangent3955]

Very good advice, IMO. I concur! 😊

[@Saylor_On_Shore]

I haven’t been this riveted by a developing story since Serial Season 1. Thank you, Mike! All the rest of you guys, we’re behind you. Truth will prevail. Stay strong!

[@amyzdrzalka7661]

I knew it was only going to be a matter of time, but Wow they have really gone above and beyond on this one!! Thank you Peter, James & Helen, you really are doing heroic work!! And thanks Mike for putting this together and out there!

[@theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909]

Bullying is bad enough in itself; bullying anonymously is an incredible act of cowardice.

[@mmille10]

I agree with Nayna. This is the Mean Girls "burn book." When they talked about Boghossian, et al. "devaluing the degrees of students," it confirmed something I've suspected for a while. This is the same criticism that is leveled at people like the anonymous authors of this article. They are paying attention to the criticism directed at them, noting it down, and then using the language of that criticism against people like these three. It is utterly disingenuous and spiteful. Once again, it's "idea laundering." It's completely in keeping with postmodernism, because why try to have an original thought? They would ask what *is* an original thought? To them, such a thing doesn't exist. Things like this are moves of power, not moves of reason. That's all one needs to know, and should be given all due respect, which is to say none. It's Mad Magazine shit.

Its feminism: concerned only with passive aggressive action and reputation destruction.

[@Marxone]

It is going to be a challenge for Mike Nayna to "pick and choose" the gold highlights as i bet the whole raw footage is a golden mine for absurdity :D

[@tha1ne]

I'm a PhD student and I support you guys

[@prison_wallet_thief]

I love you guys and gal! You are doing important work that needs to be done. You should argue that actually the feminist take over of academia is lowering the value of every degree issued by a university. I actually asked a question earlier today " could someone sue a university saying that allowing a non meritocratic system in said university actually lowered the value of alumni's degrees causing actual damages to the point where the degree is worthless"?

[@jaygilbert4546]

Someone should sue one of these Universities for a FULL REFUND of tuition & related expenses. Better yet, get a whole BUNCH of folks in a class action lawsuit who "feel" (heh!) that their degree lacks value because of the horseshit scholarship propping up greivance studies. In the end, it is ALWAYS "money talks, bullshit walks"...you can bet a successful lawsuit will get these dipshit administrators to stop allowing these fraudulent degree holders in the door.

[@matiastoro1667]

He should go to the newspaper and confront the editor... and record it, of course. See what he has to say.

[@matiastoro1667]

It's actually a she... How dare I assume anything (psuvanguard.com/contact-2/)

[@inversehyperbolictangent3955]

@@matiastoro1667 Good self-correction! 😁 Sign of intellectual honesty.

[@yegfreethinker]

What cowards. Don't give up. As a gay man and with all the bs that gets added in with another letter added to LGB rights movements etc. has been leaving me more empty. I cried watching a video you guys did with JP. Truth and the search for it is worth something. I cried bc I found some kind of human connection and meaning when there at times feels like there's so little of it at times nowadays. It means so much. Thank you. ❤❤❤

[@LeonardTavast]

You are doing a wonderful work documenting this process Mike!

[@Th3AverageGamer14]

Thank you three so much. Lots of love and respect. Keep it up!

[@TheGodfather101]

No good deed goes unpunished. Stay strong professor. We need people like you.

[@juliazimmerman1858]

Thank you for sharing this. I’m a proud follower of the IDW, and I’m so glad you guys are helping expose the rampant lunacy in universities.

[@DR_Neal_Rigger]

University SHOULD be a place where maturing happens, but this act of "warning students" seems anything but an encouragement of said maturity..

[@jasoncapit8640]

Stay strong! I've shared your story with a number of people and it's opening eyes. Your findings might prove to be the catalyst to real, positive change in academia, but it's going to come with a lot of BS and personal attacks in the meantime. Thank you all for your courage and hard work.

[@VestinVestin]

Fascinating... In the text where they attack an individual anonymously they acknowledge the danger of being attacked as individuals (potentially by others acting anonymously) if they were to not be anonymous. They represent the very thing they decry.

[@paullalonde592]

I'm sure it stings when you're the target, but for what it's worth, those reactions just make your case stronger. In some respects, much stronger.

[@inversehyperbolictangent3955]

In one respect in particular, it kinda prove the entire thesis.

[@CrisTooR]

Thank you for the update. Please keep posting.

[@joeykimble62]

The founding fathers signed the declaration they sent to king george knowing it meant certain death. They did this because they knew what was right in their hearts. I wish we had taught our kids the virtues of integrity and bravery. Maybe that hit piece would look a lot different.

[@MCMaterac]

Right. Either we do that, or the neo-Marxist ideologues do. I'd also add the virtue of personal responsibility. The "progressives" speak a lot about group responsibility and rarely demand personal responsibility from anyone they perceive a "victim" or "oppressed" - terms they define. The problem is, many useful idiots on the far left do what they do "because they knew what was right in their hearts", but they have their values twisted.

[@emajossch4442]

"Hard times create strong men, strong mean create good times. Good times create weak men, weak men create hard times."

[@joethemig1522]

Keep up the good fight. Genuinely can't wait to see this as a finished documentary.

[@cubbwatch]

So much respect for you all, I want to help too. From someone living in London, I know this isn’t a worldwide issue yet but it has to potential to be.

[@dealine109]

You are giving me lots of hope, joy and courage. Thank you Helen, Peter and James

[@indicababy5513]

I used to go to PSU. I say used to, but I dropped all of my classes only yesterday (due to their lack of care or concern for their students, and apparently faculty, in a multitude of ways) and I'm incredibly surprised by the stupidity of much of the student body and faculty, to not see the point that Boghossian was making with what he did. It is such a massive echo chamber, and if anyone questions their beliefs, they ostracize you. Just like they're doing to Boghossian. And not only that, but they get offended, they get loud, violent, vulgar, unprofessional... It speaks volumes to me that so much of the student body agrees with what PSU is doing, this smear campaign, and his punishment through the IRB. They have their heads so far up their own asses that they don't even see the point the three were making about the echo chamber that has become academia. Thank you, Peter Boghossian, Helen Pluckrose, and James Lindsay for your academic honesty. Thank you for pointing this out. I have no regrets about leaving PSU. I will be glad to be out of an echo chamber of ideas that I didn't agree with.

[@cbouchard3110]

Your story reminds me of the academic mobbing of Justine Sergent, an associate professor at McGill University, which led to her suicide. I admire your courage and I am glad to see that you have the support of many thinkers preoccupied with intellectual honesty in our institutions of knowledge.

[@lancelot1953]

Hi C Bouchard, very good point, I remember the erosion and destruction of Dr. Sergent and her husband - what a tragedy. Merci pour ces remarques, nous en avons besoin de plus de "bon sens" dans ce monde cruel et "bore-sighted". Peace be with you, Ciao, L (Universite de Montreal)

[@brownshoeblues2014]

Keep fighting the good fight! Sane people in the West appreciate your work.

[@Loxley1187]

Please pass on my love and support to these people. We appreicate and respect the work you are doing and please don't let these horrible people take you down.

[@invin7215]

Let's spread this far and wide. People need to know about this stuff. Retweet them, share, make sure the word gets out that this is happening.

[@Tehcarp]

It might not even be other professors. Anonymous means anything means nothing.

[@mnlewis57]

This article is extremely disturbing to me. I really am having a hard time getting my head around how this is happening. Please, Helen, James and Peter continue your efforts to expose this hypocrisy!

[@chrismason9481]

@ 8:36 Helen sums it up nicely... The same is true for not only academia, but also politics, journalism and activism.

[@adamsperry2248]

Peter we are all behind you!!! Do what needs to be done!

[@krypteia2]

I love the fact that they admitted that they're worried about their work being devalued.

[@RenaldoRamai]

As a student with a passion for truth and moral value, you three are my role models. Best wishes.

[@hvrtguys]

Sue them.

[@FocusProj]

Stay strong guys. We are with you until the end. It is going to get worse before it gets better.

[@menisc2797]

You guys keep up the amazing work, they have no leg to stand up on

[@mitch3357]

Thank you so much for documenting this Mike. Thanks for Evergreen stuff too. I’ve also watched the Benjamin Boyce series. It was great to see you James & Benjamin all together.

[@KleaverOfficial]

You are doing a great thing here Mike. Cheers!

[@trainerdisability]

Please make a full doco. This is fascinating and important for the public to see.

[@ThePowers5485]

“That’s not criticism, that’s cynicism!” BRILLIANT!!!!

[@ThinkClub]

Gender studies is theology.

[@edmorphis118]

How are gender studies the study of God?

[@Gnostic88]

@@edmorphis118 its dogma.

[@CattleCluj]

I'm wondering, Is this the way Christianity also started to spread during the fall of the Western Roman Empire? Some people spreading rumors about a certain character, then other people, usually more versed and more educated ones, recognizing that the character is fictitious and the story is basically a ripoff of other mythical characters and then the people spreading the rumors portraying themselves as the victims while blaming the ones calling them out, for their false dogma, as being the oppressors?

[@paulquast4004]

It is, insofar as the dogmatic element of theology is concerned. You can't however, equate theology with dogmatism, per se. Besides the belief in god's existence and the truth of scripture, plus some other beliefs, theology was and is in most parts concerned with logic and reasonable arguments. All the scholastic thinkers saw themselves in the tradition of pre-christian philosophers like Aristotle and Plato. They tried to conceptualize the relationship between rationality, intellect and belief on a philosophical and rationality-based level. The belief in god is always a given, yes, and that is the dogmatic element, but that doesn't make theology dogmatic in of itself.

[@sleepinertiac]

@@edmorphis118 God is whatever you base your morals around because when it comes down to it, religious behavior is religious behavior. Go to a rock concert and look around at how people (especially musically illiterate folk) behave regardless of their religious affiliation. There is a growing vacuum of traditional religious belief right now so other cultural spaces have completely taken it over... that's why they're arguing postmodernism is the cause. Remove the sacred and the sacred will take on a new identity. This is why it's such an awkward time for me to be an atheist; the bandwagon is full of idiots with no self-awareness or ability to analyze their own behavior.

[@WorstChicken]

First, for lack of a better way of saying it, I am on the side of these three and what they are doing. Second, you know what else is cowardly? All the other teachers who have told these three that they are on their side but want to remain anonymous under the guise of losing their jobs. If this shit keeps going, you're going to lose your job anyway and without a fight. Don't be like the anonymous garbage that wrote the hit piece.

[@jaygilbert4546]

"-At first they came for the Jews- but I did not speak out, because I was not a Jew. -Then they came for the Gypsies- but I did not speak out, because I was not a Gypsy. -Next they came for the trade unionists- but I did not speak out, because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me- and I was taken, for there was no one left to speak out for me."

[@WorstChicken]

@@jaygilbert4546 Exactly.

[@mattzacharias6133]

Good job, I mean that sincerely. I hope this does something besides bring you all a bunch of unwarranted hate from your peers. You are right, if other professors would stand up against this kind of stuff in great enough numbers, this would not be allowed to continue. Keep up the good work.

[@arthurbilltoe4939]

this needs to be more widely known

[@IgnacioGlezCllo]

From a Spaniard living in the UK (all of this 'grievance studies' sh*t is endemic), please, never give up. What you guys are doing is right, it's just, it's a necessity. Please don't be bullied by these sycophantic cowards. We must prevail.

[@redeemed615]

Thank you, @mikenayna @peterboghossian @jameslindsay @helenpluckrose for you exceptionally important work. The PSU portion piece is disgusting. Thank you for standing up to the bullies.

[@chiuansheng]

This letter is the evidence you hit them really really hard.

[@TheEnergyWarning]

You guys are heroes! Thanks.

[@erocwee8793]

I could not think of a better advertisement for Professor Boghossian’s courses. If I had seen this in my school paper I would have immediately adjusted my schedule to include one of his courses. I am now a little disappointed I didn’t go to PSU for graduate studies.

[@RonnieD1970]

COWARDS!!! This only CONFIRMES you are doing the correct thing. Peter keep up the great work. You have MUCH MORE support then what these 'professors' lie about. So glad you made this response video. 100000% behind you.

[@jamiebrown4507]

Glad you had the balls to do this

[@potzdonner]

They use this technique that is so widespread nowadays: Accuse your adversary of your own misdemeanors. It is hard to counter because you would logically repeat the same accusations back at them, and that in turn would make you sound childish and silly. I think they rely on that tactic. They think it gives them the freedom to act as foolishly and maliciously as they want, as long as they can officially accuse YOU of it. Victimologists do that a lot, including politicians, educators you name it. What they don't seem to notice is that they LIE. They have become so over-confident that they lie the public in its face. They are overdoing it so fast, it gets embarrassing enough so that everybody notices. You (We) will win soon, I can smell it. Your fates don't go unnoticed. Keep strong, just expose the lies and the cowardice. They're on the brink of collapse.

[@ot44eto]

You have my virtual support. Don't give up. We need good science. Cheers.

[@FreedomFundsTV]

I was a student of Peter's last term and what an honor.. probably one of the best things I've ever done!

[@ErnoSallinen]

Don't give up, your work is important. You've already made a difference, just keep doing it.

[@lars.hennewellner]

Since I am only a poor student in the Netherlands I only support you with 1€/month. As soon as I have more income and stable finances I will increase my donation. I wish you a lot of success with these documentaries. I feel like all my fellow students underestimate the danger of the current SJW-movement. Hopefully, people will realize soon how important scientific thinking and logical reasoning is. Thanks, guys, for helping with speeding up this process.

[@come2know]

I am totally on your side, Peter! This is nonsense and the perfect example for cowardliness at the same time! Don't give up the fight against these witch-hunters! Let there be the light of reason! Cheers from Vienna, Austria, George

[@drweetabix]

Keep up the good work folks. People like yourselves could possibly stop the death of sense.

[@datky101]

Got my support! Thanks for your stand against nonsense

[@cherylhutchinson2206]

I am in awe of you guys. I wish I could say I would be just as courageous in your shoes but that probably isn't so. You are my heroes.

[@cib8616]

I really hope this gets more attention

[@mattycuss]

Mike, this is gonna be a awesome documentary.

[@GlobohomoGulag4678]

I only had a very basic education in a state school in the UK. A lot of this is just beyond my understanding. However I’m absolutely stunned at the content of your videos and the state of affairs in universities across Europe/USA/Canada. These people are so certain that they’re the good guys they feel they can behave how ever they please. They wield their power like a sword and simultaneously consider themselves powerless. It’s fucking scary !

[@ricodelavega4511]

How did PSU president respond to this campaign by some faculty against one faculty member?

[@spunkybuddy]

Excellent and important work you're doing. Keep going!

[@internetgorilla4231]

Sue them...

[@zan_wild]

Shared...fight the good fight! We are with you!

[@miguelorozco9770]

I don't usually post things ever really. However this is a real problem with real world consequences. What can I do to help spread this narrative of nuance and truth to others who can fall victim to what you guys are trying to combat? I don't have social media (never liked it or cared for it) and I'm far from being a scholar to fully understand all the terminology used, but I do know what's right and what you have committed to do is the right thing. Thank you for your work. You are a beacon of hope not only for this generation, but also for those that follow.

[@id.unknown1283]

This is just wrong on every level. I am so glad these 3 have said enough and did what they. It took real courage

[@williamcaseywells604]

I know all too well how infuriating and at times even hopeless it is to stand in front of an agry mob behind nothing more than the banner of truth. The absolute COWARDS in academia who refuse to stand up to this insanity are complicit. You are all heroes. You’re not alone. We can all see how absolutely absurd this nonsense has become and we stand together with you.

[@jimkennedy4509]

I applaud you and your colleagues. None of you have urged anything violent. None of you are alt right (not even close).

[@SureOkYeah]

I was fortunate enough to take 4 undergraduate courses from Dr. Boghossian. He's brilliant. He provides a platform for ideas to be evaluated on their merit, evidence, etc. I don't know why his colleagues are going after him and not the currupt "academic" journals that published his bad-on-purpose papers. They have clearly shot the messenger here. My only thought is that they don't want to upset the low bar status quo these journals have for accepting papers. They need the low bar, in order to get their low quality work published, in order to keep their jobs. Also, not putting their names on that letter is cowardly.

[@Mozart13331]

I'm happy he is not dealing with this alone.

[@condew6103]

Isolating their victim is the purpose of all the unfounded accusations like racism and sexism. It sure helps to be a member of a team.

[@ruthven78]

If a paper allows articles to be published by anonymous people I feel that paper should be held liable

[@lancelot1953]

Hi Mike, excellent production and very enlightening upload if not terrifying upload. I am appalled at the erosion of freedom of speech in our (American and Canadian) societies in direct conflict with our First Amendment, yes the first (USA). I thank you for taking the time to assemble these videos which provide some balance and shed the truth on these popular if not spectacular gender/racism/inequity/... issues the US/Canada media are inundating us with. Please keep on the good work and maintain your objectiveness doing your best to present both sides of the coin(s). Peace be with you, Ciao, L (USA)

[@boredom5132]

I love how the entire purpose of this stunt was to prove that humanities departments have no standards when it comes to their scholarly work and a humanities department responds by immediately proving their point.

[@clay1678]

Pete's taken a real risk for something worthwhile. Hopefully those at Portland State stand with him and don't let these attacks go unanswered.