From Titania McGrath, dedicated to keeping us all on track:
And if you have any friends who are teetering from this vile poison spewed by dictionaries, by all means keep them away from Colin Wright:
Wright is a bad person because Wright lives in a fact-based world and reports on articles like this, which contain facts:
From the Daily Mail:
A student who said women were born with female genitals and the difference in physical strength between men and women ‘was a fact’ is facing disciplinary action by her university.
Lisa Keogh, 29, who studies law at Abertay University in Dundee was reported to university chiefs by her classmates after she said that women were not as physically strong as men.
The mature student, who is in her final year, is now facing a formal investigation by the university for the alleged ‘offensive’ and ‘discriminatory’ comments.
Falsehoods:
There are two sexes, males who have penises and females who have vaginas. A minuscule portion of the species is hermaphroditic.
The objective of mathematics is to find true answers that help us understand the world around us.
Authority-mandated separation of races is harmful to all involved.
Truths:
Skin color is the most important attribute of a person.
All heterosexual white males are oppressors of everyone else.
Authoritarians should make up the rules as they wish.
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I have enjoyed as much of this universe as I can stand.
Thank goodness, Abertay University conducted such a thorough “investigation.” Here’s the result, probably after intense closed-door deliberation:
Actually, I suspect that the discussion was something like this: “The media and the Free Speech Union are onto us. We need to pretend that she was a bad person for other reasons and then forgive her.” See the article for details.