There could be cases where a pseudonym is a good idea, e.g. if someone is in a situation with very limited academic freedom. This definitely doesn't look like one of those, but it's one for the moderators when they have a minute. It shouldn't be compulsory to use a university email or to have a university job, as we have students and lay people, but it really doesn't look like such a case.

Judith
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You're right, Judith, this person ("Willis N. Churnocht") doesn't seem to exist, at least not in the ways most academics do (e.g., with a documentable position at a university, or even findable through a Google search). His email address ([log in to unmask]) is also not traceable through that method. This raises the question of what the status of fictional individuals (otherwise known as trolls) should be on listservs like this. Is there any expectation that list participants at least use their real names?

Adrian Ivakhiv



On 10/11/17, 9:47 AM, Judith Watson wrote:
Agreed, it wasn't. But least it was written by someone who actually exists, unlike Willis N Churnocht.

Judith
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If it had been a properly constructed and refereed scholarly argument, I'd agree. But it wasn't.

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On 11 October 2017 at 14:31, Willis N. Churnocht <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The removal of Gilley's writing is a sad state of affairs.

We must either learn to live with an opposing argument, or construct a counter-argument.

To shut Gilley's argument down completely is counter-productive and symptomatic of the regressive left, which has alienated many.

If we introduce a blanket ban on arguments for colonialism, why not do the same for Marxism?

After all, Marxist-leaning articulations of politics were responsible for vastly more deaths across the twentieth century than any right-leaning regimes. Yet Marxism is glorified in the social sciences.

The bottom line is that 'I'm so offended by this' should not provide a legitimate means for educated and critical academics to wash their hands of an argument.

Whither academia's freedom, objectivity and critical foundations?

Peace, WC x


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