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		BitwiseFool on Jan 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts ... I have a feeling most of the professors in the Humanities departments would be not at all sympathetic to Parler or all the deplatforming happening around Donald Trump and his supporters. If anything they'd be broadcasting the Karl Popper "Paradox of Tolerance" as justification for everything that's been happening this week.

ceilingcorner on Jan 11, 2021 [–]

Humanities students do not and should not merely repeat their professors’ opinions. To do so almost entirely misses the point of being educated.

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