Hoax against ‘grievance studies’ may get academic fired

The prosecution of people who criticise grievance studies is just confirming what these authors are trying to prove - prosecuting people who criticise will only backfire and convince more people about the cult-like properties of these grievance studies. The constructive response would had been to launch a reasoned/empirical response to counterargue their attempts. It is strange that the 11 signatories of that letter denouncing Dr Boghossian were done anonymously for fear of reprisal when in fact it was Dr Boghossian, instead of those 11, who is now at the threat of being fired. This just shows the level of misplaced victimhood of the 11.

The whole case is revealing. The authors were right to expose the relativist quagmire and absence of nerve that permits blatant rubbish to be taken seriously (although I don't see the activist politics as 'left wing'). The University is acting typically in its amour propre and its sophist use of ethical rules to defend an injustice. The anonymous protesters have predictably rushed to claim victim status as a standard response. The useful case made by the hoaxers has been ignored and hidden under the blustering outrage