Is There a Distinction Between the Academic Left and the Twitter Fever Swamp?
27th December 2021
Not so’s you’d notice.
On Christmas day, the following statement popped up on Twitter:
Just so we’re clear on the Right’s agenda – racism good, abortion bad, money good, women bad, capitalism good, sustainability bad, stupidity good, science bad, power good, equality bad, white people good, nonwhite people bad. Stench, indeed.
Who wrote this simple-minded rant? Monica Casper. Who is Casper? The dean of the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University in California.
What support did Casper provide for any of her derogatory characterizations of the views of people on the opposite side of the ideological divide from her? None.